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September 2023 • ALAMO TODAY & DANVILLE TODAY NEWS • PAGE 1
& SEPTEMBER 2023
PLEDGE TO HUMANITY OFFERS YOUTH THE SKILLS TO BECOME COMPASSIONATE LEADERS
Save the date for the annual 9/11 ceremony remembering the attack on the World Trade Center 22 years ago.
By Jody Morgan
Pledge to Humanity (PTH) provides opportunities for young people to select and implement projects that have a positive impact on the lives of others. Seeing firsthand the difference they have made in someone else’s life gives PTH ambassadors an empowering understanding of their own ability to be compassionate changemakers in a complex world. Since its inception, PTH has inspired over 10,000 young volunteers from elementary school to college age to embrace serving PTH kids prepare backpacks for every child at those in need as a way of life. Coronado Elementary School in Richmond during Honored as a 2023 California one of the new monthly projects. Non-Profit of the Year and chosen as Lamorinda Moms’ Charitable Partner for 2023/2024, PTH welcomes the public to the organization’s Fifteenth Anniversary Gala at the Round Hill Country Club on Saturday, September 30th. As a 10-year-old girl, Gaby Ghorbani looked into her heart instead of looking the other way when she spotted a boy no older than she was struggling to support himself by peddling candy and gum on the streets of Guadalajara, Mexico. She immediately felt the painful disparity between her comfortable circumstances as the daughter of upper middle-class parents and the boy’s abject existence. Since that day, she has reached out to help as many people in need, especially children, as possible. In founding PTH in Gaby Ghorbani gives children and teachers in Mexico Alamo, California where she at Suenos Amores y Esperanza School backpacks, raised her own children, Gaby pantry supplies and more with love. wanted to give local youth opportunities to immerse themselves in the life-enhancing experience of bridging the gap between privilege and poverty. Board President Carrie Barlow first learned about PTH when her son Cole
See PTH continued on page 10
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• Honor Guard • Monte Vista Choir • 50 American Flags • Free Ice Cream • Keynote Speaker F.B.I. Max Noel
All Wars Memorial
Oak Hill Park 3005 Stone Valley Rd., Danville
Sponsored by the Exchange Club of San Ramon Valley
Monday, September 11, 5:30-6:30PM
EUGENE O’NEILL FESTIVAL CONTINUES
The Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site located in Danville, preserves Tao House, the former home of America’s only Nobel Prize-winning playwright. Our community is fortunate to be have within its borders this US National Park jewel, just minutes away from downtown Danville. In the coming weeks, the 2023 Eugene O’Neill Festival will feature performances (attend the play Anna Christie, being rehearsed below in the old barn), walks (explore the landscape with local naturalist Sandi Hunt pictured at left), and local activities. See page 6 for details.
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Volume XXIII Number 9
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