By mvlife on October 5, 2010
The Mission Viejo Relay For Life Committee is seeking volunteers to serve on its 2011 Planning Committee. Members of the community interested in joining the committee are invited to attend a planning meeting at 6:00 p.m. Oct. 21 at the City’s Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center, 24932 Veterans Way. Committee members are responsible [...]
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By mvlife on September 3, 2010
A group of local children who call themselves “It’s Not All About Me” raised more than $340 to benefit the Mission Viejo Animal Services Center on Hillcrest. This is the second year the kids – Brogan Dooley, Parker Dooley, Samantha Morgan, Jack Morgan, McKenzie Wilson, Sandi Wright, Cassia Efthymiou, and Andy Efthymiou – organized a [...]
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By mvlife on June 21, 2010
Gabe McFadden is determined to achieve his Eagle Scout rank through a project that benefits the community. On Saturday, Gabe, a member of Local Boy Scout Troop 745, re-landscaped the parking lot median at Beebe Park on Olympiad Road. The impressive community service project puts him in line to obtain the highest rank attainable in [...]
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By mvlife on May 19, 2010
Dick LaRue has a passion for literature and a penchant for giving back. On Friday, the community volunteer will present a reading of favorite literary pieces and philosophical vignettes written by Mark Twain, an American author and humorist. This free hour-long reading starts at 9 a.m. May 21 at the Norman P. Murray Community and [...]
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By mvlife on May 11, 2010
Scott Gordon, a member of Boy Scout troop #1602, completed a community landscape project at the Mission Viejo Animal Services Center Saturday, putting him in line to obtain his Eagle Scout ranking. The Eagle Scout rank is the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America. Scott, armed with [...]
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By mvlife on October 22, 2008
Mission Viejo continues to be a leader among volunteer-service projects in Orange County – with 51 Eagle Scout/community projects and more than 5,000 hours of service completed by 1,500 volunteers and church groups. With two months left before the end of the year, the City’s Public Services Department is on track to breaking records in [...]
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By mvlife on September 15, 2008
Groups and individuals are sought to don some rubber gloves, grab a bag and help remove trash and debris from in and around Oso Creek on Sept. 20. Mission Viejo’s Inner Coastal Clean Up Day event, part of a statewide cleanup of beaches and inland waterways, is from 8 a.m. to noon at the Oso [...]
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