Kin Projects, a collaborative project by All Good Living, came together to provide toiletry kits with basic essentials for Alameda schools to give away to homeless and kids in need.

On Thursday, Dec. 17, Encinal Jr. Sr. High School’s orchestra held its annual Winter Concert. The concert was held over Zoom with student musicians, parents, teachers and friends in attendance. Over 120 attendees were present for the hour-long event.

Alameda Troop 11 Boy Scouts (from left to right): Miles Grayson, Tanner Mackenzie, Cameron Page, Jeremy Harris, Austin Hensley, Gael Page, Shogo Stuck, and Nathaniel Basco aboard cargo of discarded trees bound for recycling during annual Christmas Tree Pick Up and Recycling Program in January 202

Alameda Jr. Golf

Earlier this month, Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft and the City of Alameda’s Social Service Human Relations Board honored three Alameda students — Henry Mills, Noa Joseph and Serena McIntosh — with Youth Services Awards.

(Pictured at the right): Pepper and Paige thank each other with a golf-club tap after a match during the Alameda Junior Golf Club’s (AJGC) successful 2020 season. The players all wore masks, as Pepper and Paige are doing, and practiced social distancing during their matches.

The Alameda Education Foundation brings together artists Salma Arastu, Nia Jourdan (Virginia Jourdan), Irenita Xirenita (Irene Juárez O’Connell) and Talavera-Ballon in a Rhythmix Virtual K Gallery exhibit honoring the diversity of artists in the Bay Area.

Children of all ages! Halloween2020.com suggests teaming up to coordinate a neighborhood Zoombie party complete with games, scary stories and a costume contest. You can drop off goodie bags and candy buckets on doorsteps in advance or arrange porch pickups from one location.

Bank of Marin has donated $50,000 to the Alameda Education Foundation (AEF) to help support Alameda public schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Students of The Child Unique/Montessori Elementary School of Alameda have taken on a new challenge in celebration of International Day of Peace on Sept. 21. In addition to creating the peace circle shown above, the students penned the following letter to the readers of the Alameda Sun.