What would happen if you didn’t sleep? - Claudia Aguirre

In the United States, it’s estimated that 30 percent of adults and 66 percent of adolescents are regularly sleep-deprived. This isn’t just a minor inconvenience: staying awake can cause serious bodily harm. Claudia Aguirre shows what happens to your body and brain when you skip sleep. 

Lesson by Claudia Aguirre, animation by TED-Ed.

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Dream Team Service Event for June 'Food Bank Food Sort'

What? We will be inspecting, sorting, and packing donated products and produce for distribution in low-income neighborhoods. 

When? Saturday, June 11th from 11:00am to 1:00pm

Where? 2370 N. Watney Way in Fairfield

Signup is required to volunteer at the event. For more information and to sign up with our group, please email briana@ffinest.org before June 10th.

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Another Way to Help ...

Here are some items that The Matt Garcia Foundation is in need of:

1.Small fridge

2.Lockers

3.Pad and carpet for podcast room

4.Laptops for students

5.Popcorn machine

6.Snow cone machine

7.Cotton candy machine

8.Garbage pickers

9. Disposable Gloves

10.Sponsors for monthly clean-up lunch

11.Gift cards for student incentives 

12.Monetary donations always welcome️

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How to stay calm under pressure - Noa Kageyama and Pen-Pen Chen

Your favorite athlete closes in for a win; the crowd holds its breath, and at the crucial moment ... she misses the shot. That competitor just experienced the phenomenon known as “choking,” where despite months, even years, of practice, a person fails right when it matters most. Why does this happen, and what can we do to avoid it? Noa Kageyama and Pen-Pen Chen explain why we choke under pressure.

Lesson by Noa Kageyama and Pen-Pen Chen, animation by Olesya Shchukina.

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Last Saturday of Every Month

When: Saturday, May 28, 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.

For more information visit our website.

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This Month in History

African American Olympic athlete Archie Williams (1915-1993) was born in the month of May, in Oakland California. Williams, along with Jesse Owens, defeated German athletes at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and helped debunk Adolf Hitler's theory of Aryan racial superiority. Williams won a gold medal in the 400-meter race. After the Olympics, he went on to earn a mechanical engineering degree and became an airplane pilot.

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Safety Tips for Kids | What are safety rules for kids? Video for Kids

Let's Learn about Safety tips for kids at home, schools and outside.

Kids will be able to understand all about Safety Rules, First Aid, Good Touch & Bad Touch with this video.

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