Rotary donates $10,000 for community grants
Rotary Club of Morgan Hill has granted $10,000 to local organizations for wide-ranging local needs that include hot meals, music, fingerprinting, sheep scales, lab stools, therapy toys, kitchen cabinets and raptor enclosures.
Friends, family to celebrate Tara Romero’s 16th birthday
Friends and family of Tara Romero will celebrate the late Morgan Hill teen’s 16th birthday Friday at the Coyote Grange Hall, nearly 15 months after she was killed in a drive-by shooting in Morgan Hill.
Do you feel safe?
A survey designed to gauge Morgan Hill residents’ feelings about local safety showed overwhelmingly positive results, but police and City officials plan to use the data to identify areas where they can improve their public safety efforts in order to reach desired long-term outcomes.
Glitz, glamour and fun at ‘Celebrate’ community awards
Saturday night’s Chamber of Commerce Celebrate awards ceremony brought local bureaucrats, politicians and other official types together with farmers, retirees and small business people together with black ties and red carpets to honor those who exerted the most effort to improve Morgan Hill and the Chamber last year.
Stitch-by-stitch to beat cancer
Linda McGinnis took up quilting around the same time doctors told her she had breast cancer. Eleven years ago during a routine mammogram, a physician at the Saint Louise Regional Hospital Breast Care Center found a lump. Doctors said the cancer invaded her lymph nodes and would have spread to her brain, bones and throughout her body had they caught it any later.
Coats of compassion
Ninety-three coats is an amount that one would normally expect to find in a thrift store, not in someone's living room, but Melissa Wilder is no ordinary 21-year-old. She hopes that through her coat drive, all of those coats will be gone from her family's house and into the hands of those who need them.
Woman of the Year Cricket Rubino leads wide variety of volunteer efforts
By the time Chamber of Commerce 2013 Woman of the Year Cricket Rubino and her husband Michael “retired” from the Live Oak Emerald Regime in 1998 – more than 25 years after the couple helped establish the marching band – she knew so many people in Morgan Hill that she couldn’t avoid being involved in the community.
Man of the Year contributes with talents
Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce Man of the Year Bob Snow has used his unique graphic design, artistic and sound mixing skills to contribute to local organizations and fundraising efforts over the years.
