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CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT Open a NEW 18-month Certificate of Deposit of $10,000 or more and earn a honey of a rate: 1.5% APY* for 18 months Buzz on in to any FCB office today and start watching your money grow. Sweet. EASY GREEN FC-Bee says FCB-AS-CD-10_10 1.5 % APY * Alameda Office 2531 Blanding Avenue (510) 865-9040 Rossmoor Office 1940 Tice Valley Blvd (925) 938-9050 O n Monday, Sept. 30, officials from Foley Street Investments, Inc., the city of Alameda and the Chamber of Commerce joined together to begin construc- tion in the vacant lot at the corner of Tilden Way and Park Street. The mayor herself turned the first golden shovel of dirt at the site — a new shopping center called Alameda Station. Walgreens and other stores will occupy the center, which will be located where the Good Chevrolet dealership used to do business. Golden Shovel Event Held at Alameda Station Mike Rosati New address: 1516 Oak Street, Ste. 104 Sun Staff Report Alameda Point Collaborative (APC) will welcome more than 400 guests to its urban farm on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the Fourth Annual Harvest Festival. The urban farm — APC’s Farm2Market Farm — is located at 2600 Barbers Point Road and is accessible via public transpor- tation and bicycle. Guests will receive Healthy Adventure passports to start their farm journeys. At each adven- ture station, they will have the opportunity to earn stamps by sampling treats made with fresh farm produce, learning a farm fact, or participating in one of the move-your-body stretch breaks. Guests can turn in their completed passports for a great prize. “The Harvest Festival is one of our favorite events of the year,” said Doug Biggs, APC executive director. “It’s not only a fun family event, but a great opportunity to expose our resident community, and the community at large, to the benefits, and great taste, of eating well.” APC’s Resident Council is organizing a lively program that includes a stretch break with Alameda’s Leela Yoga at 11:30 a.m. APC residents will lead a Cupid Shuffle dance break at 12:30 p.m. Younger guests will have the opportunity to enjoy a children’s carnival, the Farm Critters craft area, and a gardening activity hosted by Ploughshares Nursery. While sup- plies last, each child in attendance will also get to visit the pumpkin patch to select a pumpkin to carve with his/ her parents. The Farm2Market Project is a small, highly diversified farm founded in 2007 by the Growing Youth Project. Its mission is to give young people in the com- munity an opportunity to develop leadership skills while helping their friends and neighbors live healthier lives. Healthy Adventures on Tap at Harvest Festival Sun Staff Reports Commodore Perry to Sail for Leukemia Doug Perry, known locally as an ambassador for the Frank Bette Center for the Arts, has again agreed to participate in the Leukemia Cup Regatta, a fundraising event for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. This will mark Perry’s sixth year in the regatta, and the second year he has entered his own boat, Choices. Perry and his crew hope to raise $7,000 for the cause. He is soliciting tax-deductible donations of $50 or more. Proceeds from The Leukemia Cup Regatta help advance The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s mission: to cure leukemia, lym- phoma, Hodgkin’s lymphoma and myeloma, and improve the qual- ity of life of patients and their families. This mission is carried out through funding extensive research for treatments, cures, government advocacy, patient assistance pro- grams, community outreach and education programs. To find out more, visit www. leukemiacup.org/pages/gba/sf13/ Choices. DiSalvo Biked for BORP Local residents and biking enthusiasts Anthony and Barbara DiSalvo recently contributed to a fundraising campaign for the Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program (BORP). The organization hosted its 11th annual Revolution fundraiser Sept. 28. Anthony rode 25 miles in a cycling adventure Locals Raise Money for Causes through the Sonoma County wine country, for the fifth time this year. Barbara helped fundraise. “The ride took me about two and a half hours over a very sce- nic, wonderful route,” said Anthony. “They had us mostly on back roads.” The DiSalvos exceeded their goal of personally raising $750 by col- lecting $1,170 for the cause. Other Alameda cyclists participated as well. Members of the Team Alameda bicycle club rode the course and raised funds including Lisa Koltun, Amy Akashi and Rick Laverdure. In total the event raised some $150,000 for BORP’s programs, which support people with physical disabil- ities as they develop their involve- ment in sports, fitness and recre- ation. The program helps provide hand-powered bicycles to those who need them, runs powerball events (much like soccer) for wheelchair- bound individuals and goal ball events, which is a form of indoor soc- cer for the visually impaired. To learn more about BORP, or to support the cause, visit www. BORP.org.
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www.FCBconnect.com
Bees are smart. They make honey. You are smart. You make money.
Open a new FC-Bee Green CD and watch your money grow.
*Annual percentage yield (APY) on advertised 18-month CD is effective as of publication date. Interest will be compounded daily and paid monthly. APY assumes that interest remains on deposit until maturity. A withdrawal of principal or interest could reduce earnings. Penalty for early withdrawal. Minimum balance of $10,000 required to obtain APY of 1.50%. Balances below $10,000 will decrease APY to FCB’s standard rate sheet, currently .20%. New money only.
No brokered or Institutional money. This advertised 18-month CD is not part of our standard rate sheet.
Love this CD.Bee smart!
EAST BAY
If every U.S. home replaced just one light bulb
with an Energy Star bulb, we’d save enough energy to light 3 million homes for a year!
CERTIFICATEOF DEPOSIT
Open a NEW 18-month Certificate of Deposit of $10,000 or more and earn a honey of a rate: 1.5% APY* for 18 months
Buzz on in to any FCB office today and start watching your money grow. Sweet.
EASY GREEN
FC-Bee says
FCB-AS-CD-10_10
1.5%APY *
Alameda Office 2531 Blanding Avenue (510) 865-9040
Rossmoor Office 1940 Tice Valley Blvd (925) 938-9050
On Monday, Sept. 30, officials from Foley Street Investments, Inc., the city of Alameda and the Chamber of Commerce joined together to begin construc-tion in the vacant lot at the corner of Tilden Way and Park Street. The mayor
herself turned the first golden shovel of dirt at the site — a new shopping center called Alameda Station. Walgreens and other stores will occupy the center, which will be located where the Good Chevrolet dealership used to do business.
Golden Shovel Event Held at Alameda Station
Mike Rosati
New address: 1516 Oak Street, Ste. 104
Sun Staff ReportAlameda Point Collaborative
(APC) will welcome more than 400 guests to its urban farm on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the Fourth Annual Harvest Festival. The urban farm — APC’s Farm2Market Farm — is located at 2600 Barbers Point Road and is accessible via public transpor-tation and bicycle.
Guests will receive Healthy A d v e n t u r e passports to start their farm journeys. At each adven-ture station, they will have the opportunity to earn stamps by sampling treats made with fresh farm produce, learning a farm fact, or participating in one of the move-your-body stretch breaks. Guests can turn in their completed passports for a great prize.
“The Harvest Festival is one of our favorite events of the year,” said Doug Biggs, APC executive director. “It’s not only a fun family event, but a great opportunity to expose our resident community,
and the community at large, to the benefits, and great taste, of eating well.”
APC’s Resident Council is organizing a lively program that includes a stretch break with Alameda’s Leela Yoga at 11:30 a.m. APC residents will lead a Cupid Shuffle dance break at 12:30 p.m.
Younger guests will have the opportunity to
enjoy a children’s carnival, the Farm Critters craft area, and
a gardening activity hosted
by Ploughshares Nursery. While sup-
plies last, each child in attendance will
also get to visit the pumpkin patch to select
a pumpkin to carve with his/her parents.
The Farm2Market Project is a small, highly diversified farm founded in 2007 by the Growing Youth Project. Its mission is to give young people in the com-munity an opportunity to develop leadership skills while helping their friends and neighbors live healthier lives.
Healthy Adventures on Tap at Harvest Festival
Sun Staff Reports
Commodore Perry to Sail for Leukemia
Doug Perry, known locally as an ambassador for the Frank Bette Center for the Arts, has again agreed to participate in the Leukemia Cup Regatta, a fundraising event for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. This will mark Perry’s sixth year in the regatta, and the second year he has entered his own boat, Choices.
Perry and his crew hope to raise $7,000 for the cause. He is soliciting tax-deductible donations of $50 or more.
Proceeds from The Leukemia Cup Regatta help advance The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s mission: to cure leukemia, lym-phoma, Hodgkin’s lymphoma and
myeloma, and improve the qual-ity of life of patients and their families. This mission is carried out through funding extensive research for treatments, cures, government advocacy, patient assistance pro-grams, community outreach and education programs.
To find out more, visit www.leukemiacup.org/pages/gba/sf13/Choices.
DiSalvo Biked for BORPLocal residents and biking
enthusiasts Anthony and Barbara DiSalvo recently contributed to a fundraising campaign for the Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program (BORP). The organization hosted its 11th annual Revolution fundraiser Sept. 28. Anthony rode 25 miles in a cycling adventure
Locals Raise Money for Causesthrough the Sonoma County wine country, for the fifth time this year. Barbara helped fundraise.
“The ride took me about two and a half hours over a very sce-nic, wonderful route,” said Anthony. “They had us mostly on back roads.”
The DiSalvos exceeded their goal of personally raising $750 by col-lecting $1,170 for the cause. Other Alameda cyclists participated as well. Members of the Team Alameda bicycle club rode the course and raised funds including Lisa Koltun, Amy Akashi and Rick Laverdure.
In total the event raised some $150,000 for BORP’s programs, which support people with physical disabil-ities as they develop their involve-ment in sports, fitness and recre-ation. The program helps provide hand-powered bicycles to those who need them, runs powerball events (much like soccer) for wheelchair-bound individuals and goal ball events, which is a form of indoor soc-cer for the visually impaired.
To learn more about BORP, or to support the cause, visit www.BORP.org.
