Scouts’ projects benefit community, environment
Someone once said that the heart of a volunteer is not measured in size, but by the depth of the commitment to make a difference in the lives of others. Indeed, that statement is true and was echoed this weekend by two Mission Viejo Boy Scouts who worked on separate environmentally friendly projects to earn [...]
Saturday’s Drive-thru Shred event benefitted community, environment
More than 500 residents and business owners took part in the second annual drive-thru document shredding event Saturday at the Mission Viejo Civic Center. The event, hosted by Mission Viejo Police Services Crime Prevention Unit and the City, was designed to promote the importance of properly destroying sensitive documents to help prevent identity theft. Orange [...]
T. Jefferson Parker to speak at Mission Viejo Readers’ Festival
Popular and charismatic, T. Jefferson Parker is the bestselling author of numerous novels including “Storm Runners” and “The Fallen.” He will join more than 30 other renowned authors and illustrators at the Friends Present Mission Viejo Readers’ Festival on Saturday, Sept. 25. Alongside Dick Francis and James Lee Burke, Parker is only one of three [...]
Tickets available for 1st annual Taste of Capo to benefit local high school
Tickets are available for the first annual “Taste of Capo” – a community-wide event designed to tantalize folks’ taste buds and benefit Capistrano Valley High School. The fun-filled event with a theme of “Supporting the Cougar Community for Today and Tomorrow” is on Thursday, October 21st from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the school’s “mall” [...]
Volunteers sought for Mission Viejo’s Inner Coastal Clean Up Day Event Sept. 25
Community groups, students, churches, families, businesses and individuals are sought to help remove trash and debris from local creeks, watersheds, trails and neighborhoods on Saturday, September 25. The public is invited to participate in the annual Inner-Coastal and Watershed Clean-up Day from 8:00 a.m. to noon in Mission Viejo. Inner-Coastal Clean Up Day, held in [...]
