Greetings friends,
Wow, we have a kindergartener. It just doesn’t seem that long ago that Becky and I were walking our girls to Lakewood School, waiting for them at the playground and here we are starting all over again at Lakewood as grandparents. There are exciting new chapters and we are looking forward to the new learning and growing, as they learn about the world around them. It’s impossible to learn too much. We all need to think about the world they will be getting and do our part to make sure Modesto is a great place to live in the future and this American democracy will remain intact.
Here we are ¾ of the way around the sun for the year 2025 and that means it’s September, Modesto’s unofficial month of non-profits. There are golf tournaments, galas, banquets and fashion to celebrate Modesto’s diverse service groups. I have said for years, one of the key secret sauces of Modesto is our amazing volunteer network and generous donors. It all boils down to this; we get the community we make. We need to take care and lift up those that are disadvantaged or in need. The government has slashed funding and grants have been cancelled to so many of our critical organizations that we depend on locally. It’s now up to us to make sure these survive to serve the community and protect the most vulnerable. Check out our non-profit event review page so you can get involved and let your elected officials, locally, statewide and federal, know that these services are critical…