The Five Cites Relay For Life Team Dangerous Curves Taking Care Of Business is accepting $25 donations for chocolate pizzas, a 12 inch pizza (the base is milk chocolate with rice crispies) decorated with coconut, mint candy for the pepperonis, M & Ms and honey roasted peanuts. They are double wrapped and heat sealed so they will last for months if you can resist that long. They make great hostess gifts for those holiday parties you are going to attend, secret Santa gift or a unique gift for that hard to buy for person on your list. You can wrap it in bubble wrap and mail it in the pizza box that Palo Mesa Pizza donated for each pizza. Email orders to . Order yours today before they are all gone.
St. Benedict’s Episcopal Church, corner of LOVR and Clark Valley Road, will host a gathering at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3 to reflect and grieve for the recent deaths of several young and older Los Osos citizens in terrible traffic accidents. “We will meet in a respectful and loving environment to share our concerns and thoughts together as a community that has lost too many, both young and old,” reads a press release.
The Holiday in the Plaza Arts & Crafts Fair takes place Dec. 6 and 7 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in front of the SLO Mission. Admission is free. There will be great food and live music by Grass Fire on Saturday. For more information, call 559-288-6614 or see: www.thecraftfair.org.
There will be a book signing for “The Settlers of Arroyo Grande” by authors Patricia Loomis and Mary Mueller on Saturday, December 13 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. At the Historic IOOF Hall, 128 Bridge Street in Arroyo Grande. Author Mary Mueller will be on hand to autograph books. Refreshments will be served. The event is sponsored by South County Historical Society and the Patricia Loomis Estate. The Settlers of Arroyo Grande covers the days of the huge ranchos, the beginnings of the towns, and the early settlers. Much of the material came from early newspapers and oral histories, and was enhanced with newly available information of digital resources. organizes years of research into 111 biographies, a list of historic homes by address in the village of Arroyo Grande, historical tidbits, and stories of the early days of the area. Gathered and written over a period of two years by the late Patricia Loomis and Mary Mueller, it is the last work of Patricia Loomis, a celebrated and prolific writer. After the loss of Patricia Loomis, Mary Mueller continued organizing and editing for another two years to bring the book to completion. The book manuscript and all the proceeds have been donated to the South County Historical Society to benefit continued historical research and preservation. Book Price: $20.00 plus tax and a credit card processing fee.
The Estero Bay Republican Women’s Federated’s next monthly meeting is set for 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 11 at The View restaurant at Morro Bay Golf Course. Cost is $20 for members and $25 non-members. This month they will be honoring past club presidents and the speaker will be Dist. 4 County Supervisor-elect, Lynn Compton. The club is open to expand its membership and should you wish to join call the membership chairman Carolyn Atkinson at 528-6208 or email to: [email protected].
The Prado Day Center needs our help. Each winter they reopen in the evening as a “Warming Station” to provide overnight shelter to more of our homeless men, women and families who would otherwise be sleeping outside when freezing temperatures and/or more than three nights of rain are forecast. They need more volunteers from 4:30 p.m.-12 a.m./12 a.m.-8:30 a.m./or 4:30 p.m.-8:30 a.m. What’s needed? A photo ID, volunteer application, and willing to be called with 24-hours’ notice. If you can’t volunteer your time, they need blankets, pillows, sleeping bags, disposable plates, bowls, cups, utensils, milk, juice, lunch meat, cheese, mayonnaise, mustard, sliced bread, coffee/tea, creamer, sugar, Cup of Noodles, canned soups, and snacks. To help out, email Shawn Ison at [email protected].
SLO Skiers, a local non-profit sport and social club, is having its next monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, at the Elks’ Club Lodge, 222 Elks Ln., in San Luis Obispo. Membership is $40 a year and is open to all adults. Sports activities and social events are held year round. See the website at: www.sloskiers.org or call 528-3194 for more information.
It’s time to festive-up the town and Morro Bay Beautiful is gearing up for its annual Christmas Lights Contest for residences and businesses. The judging will take place Dec. 12-13 touring town and picking the winners in five categories: Traditional/Religious, Best use of lights, Commercial , Children’s Delight, and Best Animation. Awards will be handed out Dec. 16 with the traditional Trolley tour to the various winners. A list of the winners’ addresses will be printed in The Bay News for everyone to drive around and admire. Call Ann Reisner at 772-8117 with nominees for the awards. They are looking for “exceptionally” decorated homes.
The Cal Fire/SLO County Firefighters Benevolent Association is holding its 24th Annual Operation Santa Claus Toy Drive to provide toys to kids under the care and protection of SLO County’s Child Welfare Services. The toy drive runs through Friday, Dec. 12, at any Cal Fire station — Los Osos and Cayucos locally — and the Morro Bay Fire Department’s station house on Harbor Street. The gifts should be new and unwrapped. The public is urged to make donations as soon as possible to assist volunteers with distribution before Christmas. Call Brett Walker, event chairman at (805) 438-3820 or (805) 235-6453. See: www.calfireslo.org for information on drop-off locations.
Over the past 17 years, the San Luis Obispo community has generously provided the homeless with a home-cooked Christmas Day dinner, live entertainment and much needed care packages with new sleeping bags, hooded sweatshirts, winter jackets, socks, underwear and toiletries. The effort is spearheaded by the Jewish Community, but not limited to any one religious persuasion. Business partners throughout the county donate goods, equipment and services, including San Luis Obispo Odd Fellows, SLO Camp-n-Pack, San Luis Sourdough, Apple Farm, Marie Callender’s, Doc Burnstein’s Ice Cream Lab, Trader Joe’s, Ralph’s, Ride-On, Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center, PG&E and San Luis Garbage. First Solar Electric has also been a corporate sponsor of the event. For as little as $20 readers can provide a warm, winter jacket that will help make a tremendous difference in helping someone through the winter. Donations to the “Coats for Christmas Day” program can be made by going to the United Way of San Luis Obispo County website at: www.unitedwayslo.org. Or checks can be mailed to: PO Box 14309, San Luis Obispo, CA 93406. Write “coats” on the memo line. For more information on Coats for Christmas Day, call Sheri Eibschutz at 594-1999.
The Morgan Stanley Foundation recently donated $1,000 to Big Brothers Big Sisters thanks to the efforts of volunteer fundraiser, William Wesnousky. Morgan Stanley and Wesnousky have been proud supporters of the youth mentoring agency, donating over $30,000 over the past 10 years. For more than 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life. Most children they serve are in single parent and low-income families or households where a parent is incarcerated. As a part of the nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, they make meaningful, monitored friendships between adult volunteers and children. In the photo: Big Sister Amy and Little Brother Hector explore a book on diving dogs. For more information on volunteering or contributing, call 781-3226 or see: www.slobigs.org. Submitted photo
Cal Fire/County Fire will have an open house at the Morro-Toro Fire Sta. 14 on Hwy 41 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6. The open house is in support of Cal Fire/County Firefighter’s Benevolent Association’s Operation Santa Claus Toy Drive. Bring a new, unwrapped toy to donate or donate money to the cause. Refreshments will be served. For information call Heather Thurston at (209) 559-9650 or Morro-Toro Fire Sta. 14 at (805) 466-5089.
Seven Sisters Gallery in Morro Bay will celebrate the Holiday Artwalk from 5-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12. Free and refreshments will be served. The new show features wearable art by Susan Terese, Rone Prinz, Rochelle Niemerow, and Elizabeth Ngo, copper sculptures by Trudi Gilliam and ceramic pieces by Janice Stone (shown here). Show ends Jan. 8. Seven Sisters is at 601 Embarcadero, Ste. 8 in Marina Square. Call 772-9955 for more information.
Everyone is invited to the 12th Annual “Away in the Manger” at Calvary Lutheran Church, 480 Monterey Ave., Morro Bay is set for 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13. This event will feature more than 250 Nativity sets and scenes from all over the world. Live music and refreshments will be provided. Pianist, Ina Davenport, will play piano and organ at 1:30 followed by Christmas Carols and songs lead by the Church’s Spirit’s Voice worship team, at 2:30. Free admission. Call the church office at 722-8457 for more information.
