Tri-City residents with special needs enjoy music and more at Green Oak's 5th Annual Halloween Social.
Dancing to the music of Usher, Lady Gaga and Rihanna, Tri-City residents with special needs showed they, too, can turn the party up. They brought their good spirits and best costumes to the 5th Annual Halloween Social at the Ralph and Mary Ruggieri Senior Center on Oct. 22. Along with dancing, guests also enjoyed food, refreshments and prizes. The highlight of the night was the costume competition, which consisted of three categories: scariest, funniest and best overall costume. Green Oak Development Center, a day program for those with special needs, organized the social with the assistance of Union City Leisure Services and The ARC of Alameda. Gina Rivera, executive director of Green Oak, said guests come from separate caring homes and …
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Ralph and Mary Ruggieri Senior Center
33997 Alvarado Niles Rd, Union City, CA
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Every Wednesday morning, low-income residents of Union City receive fresh, organic produce at no cost via local nonprofit.
Clasping their carts and baskets in hand, dozens of Union City residents line up and patiently wait outside of Centro de Servicios, a nonprofit community resource center. Around 9 a.m., a food truck arrives at the center. The driver unloads boxes of fruits and vegetables, while the staff and volunteers of Centro de Servicios prepare themselves for the task ahead: distributing all that food to the patiently waiting crowd. Every Wednesday morning, Centro de Servicios holds a free food distribution, providing low-income residents with fresh, organic produce for healthy and nutritious meals. The weekly food distribution is just one of the center's many services. Established in the 1970s to assist low-income residents of Union City, Centro de …
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Centro de Servicios Family Resource Center and Community Thrift Store
525 H St, Union City, CA
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Deanne Goodman
3:17 pm on Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Great job Richgail! Important story. more ›