Campbell local community briefs for the 7 days of June 24

Sensational Woman Scout

Saratoga resident Ashlyn O’Brien was recently introduced with the greatest award in Girl Scouting for a venture she accomplished for a Campbell-centered nonprofit.

Ashlyn acquired the Girl Scout Gold Award for building an underwater sensory wall for consumers of Shining Stars, which functions with people of unique needs kids. The sensory wall employs colour, texture and dimension to aid children stimulate all of their senses and aid with sensory progress, which can assistance them with social and emotional improvement.

Ashlyn made an instruction guide for parents and caregivers to make their individual sensory boards at property.

Summer months meal system

Next Harvest of Silicon Valley is once more supplying a summer season food application so young ones ages 18 and youthful can get a nutritious, absolutely free lunch at far more than 80 internet sites in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties while university is out.

To make it much easier for local households to access no cost summer foods, Second Harvest not long ago introduced a website locator on its internet site. Households can go to www.shfb.org/mealsforkids and enter their deal with, town or ZIP code. Icons pop up on a map the place summer season meal websites are located, and customers can click on on the icons to get area particulars, mealtimes and contact information.

For its application, 2nd Harvest is collaborating with substantial-want university districts, libraries, social support businesses and other nonprofits that serve summer time meals throughout both equally counties. To inspire participation, select web sites have received grants that make it feasible to provide reduced-expense or no-expense foods to moms and dads and caregivers so households can take in together.

For additional assistance in getting a summertime food website or other food sources, text “Summer” for English, “Verano” for Spanish, “Muahe” for Vietnamese or “Лeto” for Russian to 876-876 or visit www.shfb.org/getfood.