You know it's important to take care of your physical and mental health. But what about your social health? Social scientist Kasley Killam shows how feeling a sense of belonging and connection has concrete benefits to your overall health — and explains why it may be the missing key to living a longer and happier life.
Monday, December 29, 2025
Thursday, December 25, 2025
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Community Clean Up : Saturday, December 27, 2025
When: Saturday, December 27, 2025
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.
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Saturday, December 20, 2025
The Psychology of Rumination: Why You Struggle to Feel Happy
Even when life seems fine on the outside, do you struggle to feel genuine happiness?
In this video, we explore the psychology of rumination — why some people can’t feel happy for a long time — and share practical strategies to regain mental clarity and emotional balance. Learn how to break the cycle of overthinking, focus on what you can control, and rediscover moments of joy in your everyday life.
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Third Thursday Meet-up
We all had a fun time at the November third Thursday crafts event. A special shout-out to Linda Guisande for being such a great host. Linda and her husband, Vince, are both long time members of the Matt Garcia Foundation and owners of Tri-City Glass in Suisun, Ca. She taught us how to make holiday hoop centerpieces.
We each made a Christmas centerpiece to take home and display for the holidays. Linda’s enthusiasm was greatly appreciated, and we’re looking forward to having her back with us again soon.
Monday, December 15, 2025
Holiday Safety
End of year Holiday Season is upon us. As usual, the year went by pretty fast. Although, this month brings lots of fun stuff, it’s important to remember that December is also statistically a dangerous month. The Christmas family gathering, exchanging gifts, great food, etc can all be ruined by a serious accident or injury. Here are some leading causes of December tragedies and some important advice:
Fires: For starters, use care when cooking, ensure your smoke alarms (and carbon monoxide alarms) are working properly, practice safe practices when connecting holiday lights, and use heating appliances properly.
Falls: Getting on that step stool or ladder to decorate the tree and house isn’t worth it if you neglect to do it safely. All it takes is a fall from a ladder,etc and you may be eating your holiday dinner in the hospital emergency room.
Driving: Head to your destination early to allow for extra traffic. This should also reduce any temptation to drive erratically. Also, don’t drive distracted (texting, impaired, etc). By the way, December is National Impaired Driving Prevention Month.
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Thursday, December 11, 2025
Questions No One Knows the Answers to (Full Version)
In the first of a new TED-Ed series designed to catalyze curiosity, TED Curator Chris Anderson shares his boyhood obsession with quirky questions that seem to have no answers. (Introducing the series "Questions no one knows the answers to")
Monday, December 8, 2025
2nd Tuesday of Every Month
The Homicide Survivors Support Group offers a compassionate space for those affected by violent loss. Together, we share our grief, support one another, and honor our loved ones. Our mission is to foster healing, resilience, and hope in the face of
unimaginable loss.
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Don’t chase happiness. Become antifragile | Tal Ben-Shahar | Big Think
Don’t chase happiness. Become antifragile, with Tal Ben-Shahar
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