Around Town: Upstream clean up will be Nov. 21
The ECO-Warrior Foundation will hold its first upstream clean up initiative of Aliso Creek from 8 a.m. to noon on Nov. 21.
The Upstream Initiative, designed to help protect local waterways from trash and debris, is a joint venture between ECO-Warrior, OC Parks, The YMCA of Laguna Niguel, The Ranch, REI and Laguna Canyon Foundation.
The initiative will focus on trash clean-up along Sulfur Creek, Narco Channel, Aliso Creek and Laguna Niguel Lake. They will meet at Laguna Niguel Regional Park, 28241 La Paz Road, Laguna Niguel.
For more information, visit tinyurl.com/p5fohob.
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Coffee Break focuses on talking to kids
The Laguna Beach PTA recently offered a parent education session at Coffee Break on Oct. 21 featuring Lynn Epstein, a parent and speech therapist with experience with developing listening, speaking, and critical thinking skills.
Eptstein shared a variety of strategies to help parents develop children’s critical thinking, according to a news release.
She said nothing can replace meaningful conversations between parents and children.
Lynn shared some ideas about using “question stems” to help develop critical thinking. The questions can be as simple as “What are you sure you know/don’t know?” to “What information would you use to justify your conclusion/opinion?” She has created an app called “How do you know?”
To watch the presentation video, visit GoToCoffeeBreak.com.
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Hurricane Odile relief check to help recovery
Members of the Laguna Beach Sister Cities Assn. recently presented a check of $12,000 to help victims of Hurricane Odile in the communities of San José dl Cabo and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
The check was presented during a Laguna Beach City Council meeting in August and accepted by Grassroots Global Development Director of Communications and Partnership Craig Nason, according to a news release.
Grassroots Global established the Cabo Hurricane Fund to contribute to the housing needs of impacted families of San José del Cabo who are still rebuilding a year after the Sept. 14, 2014 Category 3 storm.
Laguna Beach and San José del Cabo have been sister cities since 2012, sharing similarities in art, beach culture, and reliance on tourism.