http://mattersofcommunity.org Sun, 14 Apr 2013 06:31:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Take a Special Swing! http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=111 http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=111#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 06:31:36 +0000 admin http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=111 MOC will be offering a program with the First Tee TriValley at Pleasanton Fairgrounds on April 21st!
For more details, please visit our Facebook page and our Take a Special Swing Event!

]]> http://mattersofcommunity.org/?feed=rss2&p=111 0 SitaarreTV Coverage from 2/24/13! http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=109 http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=109#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:41:44 +0000 admin http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=109 Please enjoy this clip of today’s SitaarreTV episode which featured Matters of Community!

]]> http://mattersofcommunity.org/?feed=rss2&p=109 0 2013 Friendship Dinner Dance, A Recap http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=106 http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=106#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:28:27 +0000 admin http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=106 Thank you to everyone who attended our Friendship Dinner Dance. The evening was a wild success, and was well attended.

We had the honor of having
-Bob Wieckowski, California State Assembly Member from the 25th District
-Jake Brymner, a representative for newly elected US Congressman Eric Swallwell of California’s 15th District.
-Bill Quirk, Newly Elected California State Assembly Member from the 20th District
-Raj Salwan, Newly Appointed Fremont City Council Member

We would also like to thank our wonderful performers and volunteers for their tireless work! More details and pictures to follow.

]]> http://mattersofcommunity.org/?feed=rss2&p=106 0 Featured in the Argus NewsPaper! http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=104 http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=104#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:32:05 +0000 admin http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=104 Matters of Community was featured on the Front Page of Tuesday’s Argus Newspaper. Please visit the link to read more.

Argus Article

]]> http://mattersofcommunity.org/?feed=rss2&p=104 0 2013 Friendship Dinner Dance http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=101 http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=101#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:27:15 +0000 admin http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=101 The 9th Annual Friendship Dinner Dance will be held on Saturday January 19th at the Golden Peacock Banquet Hall starting at 7pm.

2013 Friendship Dinner Dance Flyer

]]> http://mattersofcommunity.org/?feed=rss2&p=101 0 2013 Friendship Dinner and Dance http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=98 http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=98#comments Sat, 15 Sep 2012 04:13:36 +0000 admin http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=98 Matters of Community will be participating in the 2013 charity Friendship Dinner Dance to raise funds for projects it sponsors around the world. The event will be held on January 19th, 2013 at the Golden Peacock Banquet Hall in Hayward.

Visit the link for the Facebook event.

]]> http://mattersofcommunity.org/?feed=rss2&p=98 0 Pictures from 2012 Friendship Dinner and Dance http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=88 http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=88#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 03:53:04 +0000 admin http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=88 Pictures from our 2012 Friendship Dinner and Dance
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Notable Attendees included

Bill Quirk, Council Member from Hayward

Anu Natarajan, Acting Mayor from Fremont

Kansen and Daisy Chu, City Council from San Jose

]]> http://mattersofcommunity.org/?feed=rss2&p=88 0 2012 Charity Dinner and Dance http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=84 http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=84#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:42:27 +0000 admin http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=84 This year again Matters of Community is participating in the 2012 charity Friendship Dinner Dance in Fremont to raise funds for projects it sponsors around the world. The event will be held on January 21st, 2012 at the Golden Peacock Banquet Hall in Hayward.

Visit the link for the Facebook event.

]]> http://mattersofcommunity.org/?feed=rss2&p=84 0 2010 MOC Charity Dinner Dance http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=50 http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=50#comments Sat, 02 Oct 2010 01:05:50 +0000 admin http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=50 This year again Matters of Community is participating in a charity Friendship Dinner Dance in Fremont to raise funds for projects it sponsors around the world. The event is held on January 29th, 2011 at the Golden Peacock Banquet Hall in Hayward.
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]]> http://mattersofcommunity.org/?feed=rss2&p=50 53 Feature on UCMerced Website http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=47 http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=47#comments Sat, 29 May 2010 14:08:26 +0000 admin http://mattersofcommunity.org/?p=47 Senior Transfers Passion For Service to UC Merced

Since a young age, Neal Bharadwaj has been driven to give back to the community. He remembers his parents taking him places to volunteer when he was a child.

“My parents instilled in me a creed to help others,” said Bharadwaj, a senior bioengineering major. “Giving back was something I learned early on.”

While other students at his Fremont high school were struggling to complete their required 40 hours of community service, Bharadwaj completed more than 1,300 hours by volunteering at Stanford Hospital, Masonic Home for Adults, Niles Canyon Challenger Little League and Jeena, a Los Gatos based nonprofit organization, among others. He discovered that helping nonprofit organizations that supported the needs of disabled children was especially rewarding.

During his sophomore year of high school, Bharadwaj founded Matters of Community (MOC), a nonprofit focused on enhancing self-esteem and improving the integration of special-needs children into mainstream community through music, arts, theater and sports.

To read the rest, please visit the UC Merced website here.

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