The Matt Garcia Foundation Community Service Day Cleanup

Last Saturday of Every Month

When: Saturday, April 30, 2022

Time: 9:00am – 11:00am

Where: Downtown Fairfield located 'on the green' at the corner of Jefferson & Texas Streets, Fairfield, CA 94533

To protect your health and slow the spread of the coronavirus, we will be follow the most recent guidance from the Center for Disease Control.

The Matt Garcia Foundation will provide gloves, garbage pickers and buckets for collecting the trash.

Students can earn community service hours. Lunch provided after the cleanup.

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Fairfield Pal

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Inspiration.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. 
- Nelson Mandela -

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. 
- Malcolm X -

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Fairfield PAL Teen Center

The Fairfield PAL Teen Center will be reopening this summer and needs your advice! To prepare for the Grand Opening this summer they are doing a needs assessment for local teens and their families. Please take a few minutes to answer these questions and help them better serve Fairfield, Suisun, and Travis AFB teens and their families.

Scan the QR code or click, here.

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Have a Hoppy Weekend

From us at The Matt Garcia Foundation, Happy Easter. Enjoy your weekend with your family.

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Tri-City NAACP Offers Scholarships

FAIRFIELD — Applications are being accepted for Tri-City NAACP scholarships.

“The scholarship application requires a completed application, a current official transcript, two letters of recommendation and a 500-word essay. Applicants must have a 2.5 grade-point average and plan to attend a community college, university or vocational/technical school,” the organization said in a statement.

High school graduates are eligible.

The application period is April 14 to May 14.

Additional information about receiving a scholarship application can be obtained by sending an email to education@tri-citynaacp.org.

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Our Next Level

We are about to take Matt’s Dream to the next level!

The Matt Garcia Foundation was donated office space from John and Sheila Costanzo, Stonefield Properties LLC. We will be using the office space for a podcast studio.

The Matt Garcia Foundation would like to thank Cliff Gordon, owner of Gordon’s Music and Sound in Downtown Fairfield, and Bill Way, City of Fairfield Public Information Officer, for taking time to meet with President Teresa Courtemanche, along with Vince and Sheila Webster in our new podcast room. Gordon and Bill were both kind enough to share some of their expertise on ways to make this a successful venture.  We are very grateful for the exciting times ahead!

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7 Plants That Repel Mosquitoes and Other Insects

What plants keep insects at bay? In this video, we will show you 7 plants that repel insects and bugs.

Mosquitoes and flies are two insects that regularly fly around our house and annoy us, and as if that wasn’t already bad enough, they can also transmit diseases. Whenever we notice them around our house, our first reaction is usually to grab some repellent to keep them away.

But did you know that there are some plants that can also keep these insects far away from your home? And they can also keep other pests away such as aphids, cochineals and caterpillars. The best part is that they’re natural and smell much better than bug spray!

These plants repel insects due to the essential oils present in them, which happen to be what give them their pleasant odor. In other words, having rosemary or lavender planted in your garden will significantly reduce the appearance of these unwanted insects.

In today’s video we’re going to show you some of the best plants to keep insects and pests away from our homes and gardens.

Basil

Marigolds

Catnip

Rosemary

Chrysanthemum

Geranium

Citronella

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Inspiration.

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us thru that darkness to a safe and sane future.
- John F. Kennedy -

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
- Eleanor Roosevelt -

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Keep Bugs Away

PLANT THESE: 

Basil: Mosquitoes and flies

Catnip: Mosquitoes

Lavender: Mosquitoes, flies, moths and fleas

Marigolds: Mosquitoes and aphids

Peppermint: Mosquitoes, ants and spiders

Rosemary: Fleas, ticks, mosquitoes and slugs

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