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Active Aging Week
Stoneridge Creek, a senior living community in Pleasanton, was recently recognized nationally by the International Council on Active Aging for how the residential community keeps its residents active.
The award was announced during Active Aging Week (Oct. 6-12), which is a worldwide initiative launched by the council that encourages aging adults to remain active.
The national recognition comes a year after Stoneridge Creek was named as the top senior living community in the East Bay by Diablo Magazine.
According to its programming, Stoneridge Creek recently hosted a myriad of events to keep its residents active including a wonton cooking and folding demonstration, pickleball lessons with a USA pickleball ambassador and a community cookbook release party where residents shared their family recipes.
Governor Ritter
Longtime Pleasanton resident and former chair of the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce Herb Ritter was recently selected to serve as the district governor for the Rotary District 5170, which is made up of 63 Rotary clubs in the greater Silicon Valley region.
According to its website, the Rotary District brings together a “global network of volunteer leaders who dedicate their time and talent to tackle the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges”.
According to a press release, Ritter has been involved in the Rotary world for more than 36 years and has served in many leadership roles, including serving as the past president of nonprofit Sunflower Hill and as a former city planning commissioner.
City ofrendas
Pleasanton’s Library and Recreation Department is currently looking for volunteers to create and display ofrendas for the city’s upcoming Día de Los Muertos ceremony at the Pleasanton Senior Center on Nov. 1.
Ofrendas are traditional altars that, in Mexican culture, are built leading up to Día de Los Muertos to honor loved ones who have died. The ofrendas typically feature photos of those who have passed away and are surrounded by objects and food that the deceased loved when they were alive.
Those who wish to have their altars featured in the city’s upcoming Día de Los Muertos ceremony exhibition must submit an application to the city by no later than next Thursday (Oct. 23) at 6 p.m. For more information, visit www.firehousearts.org.
Cycle of Hope in Dublin
Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley, a Milpitas-based housing nonprofit, is getting set to host its 8th annual Cycle of Hope event on Oct. 19 at the Patelco Credit Union’s headquarters in Dublin.
The fundraising event will feature hundreds of cyclists, both young and old, who will gather in Dublin and pedal anywhere from 13 miles to 66 miles to support the nonprofit’s goals of addressing the affordable housing crisis in the Bay Area, the nonprofit said in a press release.
“That support is critical now, while Habitat is building simultaneously in Hayward, Walnut Creek, and San Jose and connecting people with affordable home repairs and financial education across its three-county service area,” the nonprofit said. “Cycle of Hope is an event that many look forward to each year, offering a way to engage in meaningful solutions to the affordable housing crisis without lifting a hammer as so many thousands do on Habitat’s construction sites.”
Registration for the event is still open — for ticket prices and additional information, visit www.HabitatCycleOfHope.org.
