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Confessions about Meme's

Submitted by My Five Monkeys on Tuesday, May 22nd, 12:00 pm

Memes. Love em or hate em? How many do you participate in? Which kinds do you like best? Do you feel like there are too many? I like to do memes once in while. I see many memes in my google reader , and if its for a book I haven't heard about it then I will look at then. But others times I just delete them. This also goes for Cover Reveals by many of the same blogs. I usually do something ... Read More

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Coaching literacy by way of football

Submitted by Sean Cunningham on Thursday, May 10th, 10:56 pm

RANCHO CORDOVA, CA - Long after the final bell sounds at Riverview Elementary, a group of students huddle each evening to participate in an unusual literacy program with a football theme.

Competing in a frenzy of fast-paced reading and speaking drills in a classroom, the students, which range from 7-13 years-old, are eager to interact with each other and a few volunteer coaches who mentor them as a team.

The group of students hail from up to six elementary schools and two middle schools in the Rancho Cordova area.

The program is run by The Playmakers, a group led by football coach Greg Roeszler, whose mission is simple: building character and establishing core values of accountability, commitment, teamwork and family.

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News10 My Neighborhood "Kids Reading to Pets" Sweepstakes Contest

Submitted by Amy Jacobson Kurokawa, Multimedia Producer

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012, 6:52pm

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Reading volunteer opportunities available

Submitted by Michelle Ponto, News10 Journalist

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012, 9:45am

SACRAMENTO -- Hands on Sacramento is a program of Community Link (formerly Community Services Planning Council) and offers countless opportunities for residents to lend a hand and volunteer. Through their online matching system, Hands On Sacramento strives to inspire, equip and mobilize individuals and groups for meaningful volunteer experiences that change our community!

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May Writers Network: Author Judith Horstman on “Shameless Self Promotion”

Submitted by News10 Web Staff

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012, 2:49pm

May Writers Network: Author Judith Horstman on “Shameless Self Promotion”

The California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch’s monthly Writers Network’s breakfast meeting for May will feature author Judith Horstman on “Shameless Self Promotion”. The date is Friday, May 4th from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Horstman is an award-winning journalist who writes about health and medicine. She has been a Washington correspondent, a journalism professor, a Fulbright scholar, and has written and edited in just about every medium including newspapers, newsletters, special health publications, radio, video, the Internet, annual reports and books. Her journalism career spans 40 years, from a smalltown newspaper to USA Today and Gannett News Service in Washington, D.C. She has edited health articles and books for TIME Inc. Health.

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Folsom Public Library Seeks Sunday Volunteers

Submitted by City of Folsom

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012, 10:07am

Folsom Public Library Seeks Sunday Volunteers

The Folsom Public Library is recruiting customer-service oriented volunteers to assist staff on Sundays, according to Library Supervisor Greta Galindo.

Galindo is seeking friendly and dependable volunteers who can commit to working as library docents from noon to 5 p.m. one Sunday a month.

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