Friday, March 30, 2018

How I Learned to Read -- and Trade Stocks -- in Prison | Curtis "Wall Street" Carroll


Financial literacy isn't a skill -- it's a lifestyle. Take it from Curtis "Wall Street" Carroll. As an incarcerated individual, Caroll knows the power of a dollar. While in prison, he taught himself how to read and trade stocks, and now he shares a simple, powerful message: we all need to be more savvy with our money.

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Join Us For Our Monthly Community Clean Up on Saturday!

 
When: Saturday, March 31st, 2018 at 9am 

Where: Starbucks Downtown Fairfield 700 Jefferson St Corner of Jefferson & Texas (map)

Description: We meet every last Saturday of each month (weather permitting). We clean up different locations and neighborhoods. Please join us. All are welcome

At the Matt Garcia Foundation we don’t want to complain about this, we want to create solutions to problems. It is with this spirit that we began our Monthly Community Clean Ups.

On the last Saturday of every month, volunteers get together and clean up a neighborhood in Fairfield. We pick up trash, work on landscaping paint windows, fix fences – all in an effort to improve our community. This is another example of community coming together to help make a difference.

The Matt Garcia Foundation Dream Team, is all about stepping up and stepping out of ourselves to serve others and our communities to be a part of the solution. Matt would say ” if you see a piece of garbage on the ground, please just pick it up” How simple is that! So, that is what we do.

Saturday, March 24, 2018

What Makes a Good Life? Lessons from the Longest Study on Happiness



What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it's fame and money, you're not alone – but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you're mistaken. As the director of 75-year-old study on adult development, Waldinger has unprecedented access to data on true happiness and satisfaction. In this talk, he shares three important lessons learned from the study as well as some practical, old-as-the-hills wisdom on how to build a fulfilling, long life.

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Paralyzed Teen Inspires At-Risk Youth


In the middle of efforts to steer at-risk youth away from gun violence, this teen was shot and paralyzed. It hasn't deterred him. It's only made him stronger.

Sunday, March 18, 2018

There's More to Life Than Being Happy | Emily Esfahani Smith


Our culture is obsessed with happiness, but what if there's a more fulfilling path? Happiness comes and goes, says writer Emily Esfahani Smith, but having meaning in life -- serving something beyond yourself and developing the best within you -- gives you something to hold onto. Learn more about the difference between being happy and having meaning as Smith offers four pillars of a meaningful life.

Thursday, March 15, 2018

When You Feel Like Giving Up, Do This!


Entrepreneur Network partner Ben Angel breaks down 3 key daily habits you can do to get back on track and use the power of your mind to refocus your thoughts to your advantage.

Monday, March 12, 2018

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Friday, March 9, 2018

From Death Row to Law Graduate | Peter Ouko


Peter Ouko spent 18 years in Kamiti Prison in Kenya, sometimes locked up in a cell with 13 other grown men for 23 and a half hours a day. In a moving talk, he tells the story of how he was freed -- and his current mission with the African Prisons Project: to set up the first law school behind bars and empower people in prison to drive positive change.

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Thank You for Helping Make Our 1st Baseball Clinic a Huge Success!


Thank you to all of you who helped make Sunday's Northern Solano Babe Ruth's 1st Baseball Clinic a huge success. 

Thank you to all the coaches, players, Sac City Baseball, and sponsors. 

Thank you, Itzko Glass & Metal, Inc. (IGM), Colin Itzko. 

We want to give a huge shout out to these former MLB players; Fernando Vina of the Cardinals, Jeff Marquez of the Yankees, and Ryan Mattheus from the Washington Nationals. 

Thank you so much for taking the time to help our young baseball players. 

They will remember this day forever as will we!




Saturday, March 3, 2018

Don't Miss Our Youth Baseball Clinic TOMORROW!


THE MATT GARCIA FOUNDATION and the Northern Solano Babe Ruth Baseball League present..

The 1st Ever Youth Baseball Clinic 

to be held

March 4th

At the Super Sports Indoor Sports Facility on
1891 Woolner Avenue Suite A in Fairfield,
from 10:00 A.M. to 2:30 P.M.

Clinic is FREE OF CHARGE to 12-15-year-old local baseball players
and includes a delicious BBQ lunch
all sponsored by The Matt Garcia Foundation

Ron Saiz, & the coaching staff from Sacramento City College Baseball Team will be instructing this event, joined by former MLB players and local league coaches.

To sign up contact the NORTHERN SOLANO BABE RUTH FACEBOOK PAGE and tell us your players’ names and ages OR sign up at the event from 9:30 am to 10 am.

Friday, March 2, 2018

ONE DAY ONLY - Our 1st Ever Youth Baseball Clinic is This Sunday!


THE MATT GARCIA FOUNDATION and the Northern Solano Babe Ruth Baseball League present..

The 1st Ever Youth Baseball Clinic 

to be held

March 4th

At the Super Sports Indoor Sports Facility on
1891 Woolner Avenue Suite A in Fairfield,
from 10:00 A.M. to 2:30 P.M.

Clinic is FREE OF CHARGE to 12-15-year-old local baseball players
and includes a delicious BBQ lunch
all sponsored by The Matt Garcia Foundation

Ron Saiz, & the coaching staff from Sacramento City College Baseball Team will be instructing this event, joined by former MLB players and local league coaches.

To sign up contact the NORTHERN SOLANO BABE RUTH FACEBOOK PAGE and tell us your players’ names and ages OR sign up at the event from 9:30 am to 10 am.

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Our 1st Ever Youth Baseball Clinic is March 4th ONLY and is FREE of Charge - Sign Up Today!


THE MATT GARCIA FOUNDATION and the Northern Solano Babe Ruth Baseball League present..

The 1st Ever Youth Baseball Clinic 

to be held

March 4th

At the Super Sports Indoor Sports Facility on
1891 Woolner Avenue Suite A in Fairfield,
from 10:00 A.M. to 2:30 P.M.

Clinic is FREE OF CHARGE to 12-15-year-old local baseball players
and includes a delicious BBQ lunch
all sponsored by The Matt Garcia Foundation

Ron Saiz, & the coaching staff from Sacramento City College Baseball Team will be instructing this event, joined by former MLB players and local league coaches.

To sign up contact the NORTHERN SOLANO BABE RUTH FACEBOOK PAGE and tell us your players’ names and ages OR sign up at the event from 9:30 am to 10 am.