COLTON COURIER Weekly
October 03, 2024
Vol 152, NO. 41
Dads and Daughters Dazzle at Colton Rotary's Inaugural Father-Daughter Dance By Manny Sandoval
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littering dresses, proud fathers, and beaming daughters filled the Colton American Legion Post 155 on Friday night as the Rotary Club of Colton hosted its first annual Father-Daughter Dance.
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The event, a celebration of family bonds and community spirit, drew participants of all ages for a night of dining, dancing, and laughter. Juan’s Tacos provided dinner, while DJ Ralphie kept the dance floor lively with music that had fathers and daughters alike showing off their moves.
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Guests, dressed in their best, enjoyed singing, dancing, and countless smiles throughout the evening. “We try to make our events family-oriented, and we’re reaching out to different age groups in the community,” said Rotary Club President Erlinda Armendariz. “The FatherDaughter Dance helps us raise funds for programs like sending kids to camp, providing PHOTO PLANNED PARENTHOOD dictionaries to third graders, supporting Planned Parenthood board members (including IECN’s Publisher Emeritus Gloria Macias speech contest winners, and offering scholarHarrison) and staff with former senator Connie Leyva and Dr. Michele Bracher Goodwin. ships.”
Colton Woman’s Club Joins Nationwide Effort to Combat Hunger on National Day of Service tagline is ‘Living the Volunteer Spirit!,’ which is the essence of this national public awareness campaign about hunger and food insecurity. It takes a village of concerned community leaders, public servants, and compassionate neighbors to solve hunger.”
Highland Chamber Aims for RecordBreaking Participation at Annual 5K, 10K Walk/Run Supporting Children's Fund
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 34 million people in the U.S. are food insecure, 9 million children are hungry, 53 million people turned to food banks following COVID- 19 due to unemployment, and 100 percent of U.S. counties have families suffering from food insecurity.
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“These statistics are staggering”, said Delma Ledesma, GFWC Colton Woman’s Club President; “GFWC Clubwomen work tirelessly to be of service to PHOTO COLTON WOMEN’S CLUB Colton Woman's Club President Delma Ledesma, VP Darlene Bush-Lobato and (right) Officer Judy their local communities. Dishaw.
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he General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC) Colton Woman’s Club announced the kickoff of the inaugural National Day of Service (NDS), spotlighting food insecurity and hunger in the United States. This year’s NDS was scheduled for Saturday, September 28, nationwide.
GFWC clubs nationwide are participating to help increase public awareness and to provide food resources to residents/ families in their communities. “The GFWC National Day of Service is an exciting opportunity for our clubwomen to demonstrate their volunteer know-how,” said Suellen Brazil, International President. “The GFWC
Hunger and food insecurity represents an issue that if everyone works together, no one in the United States need to suffer.” The Colton Woman’s Club donated 280 lbs. of non-perishable food to the Luque Center for their distribution.