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MONROVIA’S PLYMOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINS $10,000
Since 1996
MONROVIA FIREFIGHTERS’ PANCAKE BREAKFAST MAY 12 Susan MOTANDER motander@yahoo.com
Grant is to enhance literacy tools, resources for students, parents
Volume 22, NO. 18
As always, Monrovia Firefighters will celebrate Fire Service Day with their annual Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, May 12th. Proceeds from the breakfast help the firefighters community projects including their annual Spark of Love toy drive at Christmas. Throughout the year the Firefighters’ Association takes
on several such community service projects. The pancake breakfast is their one big fundraiser. The breakfast begins at 7am and concludes at 11am. This is a real bargain at only $5 per person and children under 3 eating for free. In addition to breakfast there will be many informational booths at the Fire Station. This year, the SEE BREAKFAST PAGE 15
Installation of Drywell Improvements in Monrovia As a component of the South Section, the project team developed some opportunities to better manage stormwater by infiltrating it into the ground utilizing new drywells and storm drain infrastructure. These efforts will help to mitigate any run-off issues in the area and will aid in the preservation of the pavement by diverting the water into proper drainage
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lymouth Elementary School won a $10,000 grant to upgrade and enhance its library with resources geared toward technology and Mandarin, including a parent resource library, thanks to more than 10,000 votes placed over two weeks for the Scholar Dollar
Grant Program. California Treasurer John Chiang announced April 10 the 20 winning schools from across California that will share more than $300,000 in grant money. SEE WINS $10,000 PAGE 14
Plymouth Elementary School’s PTA presented a honorary check to celebrate the school for winning a $10,000 Scholar Dollar grant to enhance its literacy tools and resources for students and parents.
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infrastructure. The construction of the drywells is quite different from the other activities that have been conducted as a part of Monrovia Renewal as it will require drilling (using a rig that is about 30’ tall) to about 50’ below the ground! Water will be collected in new catch basins that will be installed on the streets and SEE DRYWELL PAGE 15
Lyft Informs Monrovia of Their Carbon Neutral Rides Lyft recently notified the city that their rides are now carbon neutral. The company is now voluntarily purchasing carbon offsets for every Lyft ride across the world. This makes Lyft one of the largest purchaser of such offsets in the world. Lyft estimates that in
the first year of purchases alone the company expects to buy over one million metric tons of carbon offsets. The carbon offsets will fund emission mitigation efforts, including the reduction of emissions in SEE CARBON NEUTRAL PAGE 15