Cheers to everyone who supported the Moreno family while
39-year-old Craig Moreno waited for a second heart transplant.
Unfortunately, he died Monday afternoon.
Cheers to everyone who supported the Moreno family while 39-year-old Craig Moreno waited for a second heart transplant. Unfortunately, he died Monday afternoon. But the outpouring of love from the community was overwhelming. And, several businesses stepped up to raise money. Shear Color & Design, where Craig’s wife Janine works, threw a “Cuts for the Heart” event, washing, cutting and styling more than 240 people. Baskin Robbins donated 20 percent of ice cream sales and Betsy’s Restaurant will hold a $10 a plate spaghetti dinner from 3 p.m. until the food runs out Sunday. Finally, Morgan Hill Bowl will donate 50 percent of its proceeds from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. It’s gestures like these that make Morgan Hill a wonderful place to live. Donations can be made directly to the Moreno family. Make checks out to Aiden Moreno and send to Bank of the West, c/o Eva Thompson, 206 Tennant Station, Morgan Hill, CA 95037-5485.
Jeers to PG&E for not immediately returning numerous calls this early week asking for the cause of last week’s outage that knocked out power to more than 7,000 customers, some for more than 12 hours. The outage caused numerous businesses to shut down for the evening and left many residents sweltering in the triple-digit heat.
Cheers to the organizers and hundreds of volunteers who put on this year’s Freedom Fest celebrations. They started with the golf tournament and ended spectacularly with the fireworks show. In between there was the bike ride, fun run, patriotic sing, street dance, car show and the best parade around. It takes a lot of time and effort, not to mention money, to put on the free events. To donate, mail check made out to IDC to IDC, P.O. Box 1776, Morgan Hill, CA 95037, bring the check to BookSmart, 80 E. Second St., or call (408) 779-6686 and someone will pick it up.
Cheers to the Morgan Hill Library Foundation for garnering a $100K grant for a two-year project that will train reference librarians to promote investor education and empower library patrons with financial knowledge. Dubbed the “Smart Investing @ Santa Clara County Library” Program, the first phase will train staff and develop web components onsite, focusing on training workshops on financial topics and reference sources. A new 24-hour financial education web portal will offer a variety of investor education resources, investment-related library collections, online videos, databases and reliable websites, materials and tools. The second phase of the program will begin with public workshops at several Santa Clara County libraries in September through Fall 2012. For more information about the foundation, got to www.mhlf.org.
