MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES — Every year, Soroptimist of The Sierras gives three cash awards for their Live Your Dream program to women completing their education. This year, at their award ceremony and spring tea luncheon, the applicants chosen to receive the $1,500 awards included Karen Wood, Sarah Howard, and Krystal Anderson. Live Your Dream Award recipients may use the cash award ...
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Christmas is Coming to Fresno Flats Historic Village & Park
OAKHURST — Come join the Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park and their mountain artisans as they celebrate Christmas with a variety of exciting events and activities! Saturday, December 17, 2022 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Check out what’s going on! Interactive Stories Children’s Crafts Food & Drink – Vending Pictures with Santa Live Music Holiday Shopping Additional participation by ...
Read More »Board President Says BGC May Reopen By Mid-August
OAKHURST — The Oakhurst Boys & Girls Club (BGC), shuttered since the end of June by a lack of funding, could reopen in time for the start of the new school year, according to the organization’s board president Doug Macaulay. Macaulay says the nonprofit is making “good progress” in raising additional funds necessary to reopen the club. Since closing at ...
Read More »Saving The Oakhurst Boys & Girls Club
OAKHURST — About three dozen people turned out Monday night for an emergency ‘Call to Action’ meeting organized to help save the local Boys & Girls Club. The nonprofit club, which has been operating in Oakhurst since 1999, announced last week it would be temporarily closing for the summer at the end of June because of an ongoing lack of ...
Read More »Financial Woes Forcing ‘Temporary’ Closure of Oakhurst Boys & Girls Club
OAKHURST — A valuable community resource for area youth is closing at the end of this month — and an emergency meeting has been scheduled to try to keep the temporary closure from becoming permanent. The Oakhurst chapter of the Boys & Girls Club of Fresno County announced on its Facebook page Thursday that it will be forced to shut ...
Read More »Boys & Girls Club Giving Away Free School Supplies
OAKHURST — Any student in the community who needs school supplies is welcome to stop by the Boys and Girls Club today between 4 and 6 p.m. — thanks to generous donations, they are giving the goods away for free. Free school supplies to be given out include backpacks, notebooks, flashcards, pens and pencils, erasers and other basics. BGC volunteer ...
Read More »Boys & Girls Club Summer Wrap
Submitted by Peggy Decker OAKHURST – Summer 2015 came and went with a fun rush at our Oakhurst Boys & Girls Club. By July we had 76 new members join for our summer festivities. Among our activities were local weekly field trips to the Yosemite High School pool. Thank you to Martha for your generous donation to offset pool admission ...
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