EveryDay Living

How-To’s and articles that help our readers get through the day to day events of life.

City of Adelanto Helps Local Group Find A New Home

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All too often we hear about the corruption of a city or other negative stories about the crime within a city.  Well, this story that had its ups and downs but it is amazing what people who care about others along with the city could do together to help the community. The story all started in 2010 in the High Desert City Of Adelanto, an extraordinary woman named Lisa Anderson, was inspired after attending another local kids clothing swap in a neighboring city.   Lisa is a woman that regardless of her own occasional struggles always helped others how she...

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The Joe Baca Foundation Brightens Up The Holidays For Many Inland Families

On December 17, 2011, the Joe Baca Foundation provided holiday meals and distributed toys and bicycles to local children. Local non-profit organizations helped idenfity families in need. Pictured are Rialto Councilman Joe Baca, Jr.and a recipient of a brand new bike.

By Gary Martin The Joe Baca Foundation an organization founded by Rialto Councilman Joe Baca, Jr. in 2006.. Has been on a mission to enrich our community through sponsoring community programs such as a Youth Baseball Team, Fitness Clinic, Scholarship Programs, Organized Toy Drives and Turkey Days. The Joe Baca Foundation has once again shown that their passion is helping sustain and improve the lives of many families that reside in the Inland Empire. On December 17, 2011 The Joe Baca Foundation had a Toy & Bicycle Giveaway.  Treating these youth and their families that were identified by non-profit...

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AARP Presents ‘To Serve, Not to Be Served’ Week’ in Los Angeles, Nov. 5-12th

Weeklong series puts spotlight on unique issues facing African American older adults and what Los Angeles citizens can do to empower others in their own communities (Los Angeles,California) AARP, in collaboration with the American Heart Association, WARD Economic Development Corporation and West Angeles Community Development Corporation, will host ‘To Serve, Not to Be Served’ Week, from November 5th- November 12th.  Taking place in various locations in Los Angeles, ‘To Serve, Not to Be Served’ Week is a unique series of events that will energize and connect people, within the African American community, to ways they can empower their own...

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The New Senior Citizen- An Ageless Generation

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By Mary Smith The Baby Boom generation has always been a generation that has challenged the way society views life. From the free love of the 60’s, to the women’s movement of the 70’s, we have set the standard for change. Now that many of us are in our 50’s and 60’s we, are challenging the concept of what it means to grow older in society. As our generation continues to grow older, we are finding that society has a set idea of what a 50 or 60 year old should look like. For example, it seems that at age 55, I’m should be...

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BLU Educational Foundation Awards More Than $100,000 In Scholarships To California Students

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College Bound Black and Latino Young Men Among Recipients Groomed for Academic Excellence (Fontana, California) BLU Educational Foundation’s College Exodus Project (CEP) is pleased to announce the recipients of more than $100,000 in renewable scholarships.  The awards were presented to 17 students graduating this summer from high schools in Southern California’s Inland Empire (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties).  The students are preparing to enter colleges and universities this fall.  The scholarships are made possible by a grant from the College Access Foundation, a national leader in the fight to ensure that deserving students with financial need are able to...

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Reunions-Looking Back At The Past

By Mary Smith The sound of school bells ringing and children walking home always take me back to another time when my life revolved around reading writing and studying.  School dances, football games and old flames all played an integral part of my high school experience. Now that I’m older, those memories come to life for me whenever I reunite with old friends from the past. Class reunions have a way of doing that.  Walk into any class reunion and you will see just what I’m talking about.  Oh, and don’t let this event take place at the school...

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Coupon Crazy!!!

Crazy Couponing

If you ever watched the TLC show called Extreme Couponing you probably wondered if the people were for real.  The people on these shows, mostly middle aged women literally get obsessed with using their coupons to stock up on 500 tubes of toothpaste, 50 packs of diapers, 80 bags of potato chips and hundreds of toothbrushes.  Most of us wish we could get free or almost free items but wonder why these people need these huge stockpiles, some have things like diapers without a baby in sight.  It is great and very rewarded to be a smart shopper but...

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How To Plan A Wedding

Planning a wedding involves making lots of decisions, and depending your wedding date, the process of planning can be hectic to say the least. This is why you need all the help you can get in terms of ideas and activities that will help you plan your wedding with ease. 1. Always Involve Your Partner In Planning Your partner is plays a huge part in planning your wedding. When you cooperate with each other in the wedding plans, you may be pleasantly surprised by the creative ideas that you can come up with together. You may not always agree...

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Generation Huh? The impact of hand-held devices on kids and teens

Generation Huh? The impact of hand-held devices on kids and teens

Being a teenager from the 1980′s, I had a good life. After school, I would put away my books, change my clothes, grab a Coke and a cupcake, and then hang around watching MTV (when they were playing videos). Then the doorbell rang. I answer and see a neighbor friend of mine holding a bat and a baseball mitt. I go into my garage, pick up my mitt and run out the door. As we played on our front yard it would not be long before other kids joined us. At 5pm we saw our parents drive into the...

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New School Year, New Beginning

By Josephine Williams Can it be – the start of another school year? Some will greet the new year with great anticipation while others will meet the challenge with trepidation and indifference.  Regardless of the emotion, the journey is unavoidable and so consider making it a positive endeavor.  But how?  Students, know that your education is priceless and the key to your future.  A good education promises a lucrative future; without it, life may be more of a struggle.  It is wise, then, to make the most of each day. Prepare for the upcoming year.  Don’t just allow it...

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