The American Legion Post 121 welcomed eight new Post Officers for 2022, including its new Post Commander Felipe Hernandez.
Hernandez, who was voted in by members at the previous meeting, will be filling the spot left by Rick Sanchez, who served two consecutive terms, including during the pandemic amidst strict restrictions.
Hernandez is an Army veteran and Desert Storm veteran. His goals as the Post Commander include bringing more activities for younger veterans and restarting activities like hall rentals, Monday Hamburger Nights, Sunday Breakfast and others.
Barbara Adamski (Adjutant), Ricky Sanchez (Finance Officer), David Ambriz (First Vice Commander), Ray Cervantes (Second Vice Commander), Rafael Hernandez (Chaplain) and David Trevino (Sergeant of Arms) were also recently sworn in.
Monday Hamburger Night will take place every Monday from 6-7:30pm.
Sunday Morning Breakfast will go from 8-11:30am at 214 Center St. in Watsonville.
For information about the American Legion Post 121, contact Post Commander Hernandez at 831-707-4392.
Stuff-A-Thon to provide students with supplies
After raising funds and school supplies from hundreds of donors, the Santa Cruz County Office of Education and United Way of Santa Cruz County are gearing up for the Stuff The Bus “Stuff-A-Thon.”
Stuff The Bus is a program that distributes backpacks and school supplies to local students experiencing homelessness or hardships. It has raised enough money and supplies to help more than one thousand students prepare for the upcoming school year.
Now, it’s time to fill the backpacks with the donated supplies. With the help of volunteers, Stuff-A-Thon will fill backpacks with school supplies and load them onto a school bus, to be distributed to local students around the county.
Volunteer Aug. 7 from 10am-noon.
Stuff-A-Thon will take place at the Kaiser Permanente Arena, 140 Front St., Santa Cruz.
RSVP if you plan to attend.
For information, visit unitedwaysc.org/stb.
Republican Barbeque with Speaker Assemblyman Kevin Kiley
The Santa Cruz County Republican Committee is hosting a family barbeque for local Republicans.
California State Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, who represents California’s sixth district and is currently running for governor, will join as a speaker with more speakers to be announced soon.
The barbeque will offer tri-tip, salads, hot dogs and chips for kids, desserts and more.
The event will take place Aug. 21 from noon-4pm in Corralitos. Tickets to the barbeque are $40 each or $10 per person in a family.
For information or to purchase tickets, visit Santacruzrepublicans.com.
Monte Vista Christian chooses hew Head of School
Monte Vista Christian School’s (MVC) Board of Directors has appointed Nikki Daniels as the next Head of School.
Daniels was the Interim Head of School after former Head of School Mitchell Salerno resigned this past April. Daniels served as MVC’s Assistant Head of School for four years, and the Board of Directors chose Daniels unanimously to fill the position as Head of School.
Prior to her time at MVC, Daniels spent a collective twenty years in Christian education at both the secondary and university level.
Among Daniels’ priorities for MVC are restoring boarding enrollment to pre-pandemic levels and safely reopening the school for all students in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
