Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Saturday, September 30, 2023
What causes panic attacks, and how can you prevent them? - Cindy J. Aaro...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Community Clean Up Saturday, September 30th
Sunday, September 24, 2023
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Elon Musk's 3 Rules To Learning Anything
Monday, September 18, 2023
Free Food for Students to Take Home : Tuesdays between 5pm and 7pm
As we get back to the school groove, I wanted to let you know that the PAL Food Pantry, made possible thanks to the Solano Food Bank and Kaiser, is open!
ANY local middle or high school student can visit the food pantry and pick up items to take home. You can see a quick clip of what a student’s basket might look like here
The panty is open for “Stop & Shop” hours on Tuesdays between 5pm and 7pm. However, if you have a student who needs a special visit, please let us know.
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Saturday, September 16, 2023
Friday, September 15, 2023
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Saturday, September 9, 2023
Honor and Remember
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Tuesday, September 5, 2023
September 2023 Downtown Fairfield Events
Sunday, September 3, 2023
Anxiety evolved to help us — what went wrong? A neuroscientist explains....
Thursday, August 31, 2023
2023 Car Show
Monday, August 28, 2023
Open House : Friday, September 15th.
Friday, August 25, 2023
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Community Clean Up - Saturday August, 26th
Saturday, August 19, 2023
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
5 Keys to Rigorous Project-Based Learning
Sunday, August 13, 2023
Welcome Alex!
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Monday, August 7, 2023
Friday, August 4, 2023
Drive to Keep the Dream Alive October 9th
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL $175 SINGLE GOLFER / $700 FOURSOME!!!
After 8/9/23 – $200 SINGLE GOLFER / $800 FOURSOME
We are excited to host our 13th annual Matt Garcia Foundation charity golf tournament. This year’s golf tournament will be held at the Rancho Solano Golf Course in Fairfield. Proceeds from this fundraiser support our programs to help youth, stop crime and strengthen our community.
We hope to see you on October 9th!
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Tuesday, August 1, 2023
15 Years of Keeping the Dream Alive September 16th
Saturday, July 29, 2023
Personal Safety in the Modern World | Nick Droege | TEDxGatewayArch
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
Community Clean Up - Saturday July 29th
Sunday, July 23, 2023
City of Fairfield Part-Time Jobs
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Zero Waste is not recycling more, but less | Bea Johnson | TEDxMünster
Monday, July 17, 2023
Annual Charity Golf Tournament -- October 9, 2023
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL $175 SINGLE GOLFER / $700 FOURSOME!!!
After 8/9/23 - $200 SINGLE GOLFER / $800 FOURSOME
We are excited to host our 13th annual Matt Garcia Foundation charity golf tournament. This year’s golf tournament will be held at the Rancho Solano Golf Course in Fairfield. Proceeds from this fundraiser support our programs to help youth, stop crime and strengthen our community. Interested in playing you can register at mattgarciafoundation.org.
We hope to see you on October 9th!
Friday, July 14, 2023
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
57 Years Apart - A Boy And a Man Talk About Life
Saturday, July 8, 2023
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
Artist : Sylvia Sylos
Sunday, July 2, 2023
Which type of milk is best for you? - Jonathan J. O’Sullivan & Grace E. ...
Thursday, June 29, 2023
Vamos Cultural Festival
Monday, June 26, 2023
How to Stop Being a People Pleaser
Friday, June 23, 2023
Community Clean Up TOMORROW MORNING, See You Soon!
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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Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Building Fund Donation
The Matt Garcia Foundation would like to give a huge shout out to GW Investors for their very generous donation. We are grateful to them for believing in the foundation and helping us to Keep the Dream Alive.
Sincerely,
Teresa Courtemanche
President
The Matt Garcia Foundation
SAVE THE DATE!
Sunday, June 18, 2023
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
How do carbohydrates impact your health? - Richard J. Wood
Sunday, June 11, 2023
Downtown Fairfield June Events
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Monday, June 5, 2023
How to manage your emotions
Thursday, June 1, 2023
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Thank you, Rotary Club of Cordelia
On April 12th, I had the privilege and honor to attend a meeting for the Rotary Club of Cordelia, at the Courtyard by Marriott in Fairfield. There they presented The Matt Garcia Foundation, with a very generous check in the amount of one thousand dollars! We are extremely grateful for this amazing donation. We will continue to live out Matt's dream, as we have, for the last 14 years. We get to do this because of amazing donors like you.
The Rotary Club of Cordelia, was founded in 1988. It is an association of business and community leaders serving the Fairfield Suisun area and enriching the professional and personal lives of its members.
We want to Thank The Rotary of Cordelia for all that you do for so many!
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Saturday, May 27, 2023
Why the pencil is perfect | Small Thing Big Idea, a TED series
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Assist-A-Grad Scholarship
We had many applications to review this year for our annual Assist-A-Grad Scholarship selections. Our annual 10 to award but an additional, larger scholarship in memory of our dear friend and member of The Matt Garcia Foundation, Lesley Snedeker DePorto.
In the group of our annual 10, we also denoted one of these to be in memory of our beloved late board member, Dwight Lundy Jr. He was a mentor and active leader on our board as well as in this community.
This year's applicants were all from Armijo, Public Safety Academy, Rodriguez, Travis Education, and Vanden high schools. All the applicants were very qualified candidates and narrowing down the selection was so tough. Each of the students were articulate and open about what they hope to accomplish in their next phase of academia. But they were also very inspiring, talking about what the future has in store for them and what they can do in their future careers. Some also shared their excitement for the "unknown" as well; not really knowing what their major would result in nor in which career. All the passion that each of them shared, brought such hope and excitement to our interviewers.
This brings me to a BIG thank you to this year's foundation interviewers; Jay DePorto, Dana Lee-Bise, Shirley Villanueva, Andy Ramirez, Teresa Courtemanche, Usha Mantena, and Susie Young. Thank you so much for the hours of interviews spent by each of you and for even sharing some of your experience and wisdom when asked by the interviewees! Your time has been and continues to be invaluable for the growth of our foundation!
We wish all of the 2023 Graduates much success and hope for their next journey in life! Remember also...there are many resources on the college campuses and in each of those communities that are ready to help you! Use these resources and always be open to an extended helping hand.
Congratulations Class of 2023!!!
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Thursday, May 18, 2023
What's normal anxiety -- and what's an anxiety disorder? | Body Stuff wi...
Sunday, May 14, 2023
Friday, May 12, 2023
Downtown Fairfield May Events
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
How Depression Affects The Brain - Yale Medicine Explains
Monday, May 8, 2023
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Inspiring Words
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.”
~ Jane Goodall
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Sunday, April 30, 2023
Overcoming Bad Inner Voices
Thursday, April 27, 2023
Community Clean Up - Saturday April 29th
When: Saturday, April 29, 2023
Time: 9:00am – 11:00am
Where: Matt Garcia Foundation Office, 717 Texas Street, Fairfield, CA 94533
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.
Monday, April 24, 2023
Green Pizza Comics
Zach, our board member, has been working on a personal comic (with another artist) and he is seeking followers to join him and various artists on his comic book creating journey! It will be free to read once completed. The comic book series is in its infant stages but there will be tons to come. To find out more, please visit the following links, follow and like to support. See how cool stuff gets made!
Website: https://greenpizzacomics.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/greenpizzacomics
IG: @greenpizzacomics
BMAC (Buy Me A Coffee): buymeacoffee.com/greenpizzaQ
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Friday, April 21, 2023
Who Am I?
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Saturday, April 15, 2023
Thank You Women
I wanted to thank our 2 podcast guests, councilwoman, Doriss Panduro, and Battalion Chief, Jessica Fleshman, for helping us to honor Women's History Month. Hearing their stories about how they got to where they are today is very inspirational. I'm honored that these two amazing women took time out of their busy schedules to come down to our podcast room and talk with Sheila and me.
It is vital that we women respect, honor, and support each other in all that we do and say in this world.
For me, having the support from other women has been my saving grace, especially, during crucial times in my life. I know that having another woman who understands what we women deal with, is extremely important and valuable. We will always need each other.
Thank you all for all that you do
Sincerely,
Teresa
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Wednesday, April 12, 2023
How To Be Confident
Sunday, April 9, 2023
Thursday, April 6, 2023
Monday, April 3, 2023
How To Simplify Your Life
Friday, March 31, 2023
Thank You Lowes!
Cora Stewart Specialty Assistant Manager with Lowe’s thank you sincerely for securing the donation of trash clean up supplies for the Matt Garcia Foundation monthly community clean-up events. You are a pleasure to work with. We are grateful for your dedication to the community.