🌱 Resident Needs Kidney + Senior Center + COVID Shots At School?

Get on up, Huntington Beach! Here's everything you need to know to get this Thursday started off right.

Would you consider being a live organ donor? Also, the Senior Center is unveiling a new giving program. Finally, schools might be giving out COVID-19 vaccines soon.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 82 Low: 57.

Here are the top stories today in Huntington Beach:

1. Local resident and vice president of the Merage Jewish Community Center in Irvine, Julie Holdaway, needs a kidney donor. The 54-year-old struggles with polycystic kidney disease. She learned at the beginning of the year that “she’s on the verge of reaching stage 5 of chronic kidney disease.” Her blood type is O-positive. If you would consider being a live donor, please reach out to her Facebook page. (Daily Pilot)
2. The Senior Center at 18041 Goldenwest Street and the Huntington Beach Council on Aging have announced EVERGREEN, a new annual giving program. The Center will host a big unveiling of the project on November 3, when there will be hors de oeuvres and champagne. Donations help with funding Center social service programs and help seniors in need. Other activities funded are classes, dinner dances, and travel programs. (OC Breeze)
3. Will your kid’s school give COVID-19 vaccines? There’s a good chance that by the middle of November, this will be a reality. The goal is to get children and their parents vaccinated before the winter holidays begin. At this time, “the vaccines won’t yet be mandatory for returning to the classroom.” However, Governor Newsom anticipates that a mandate for kids to get their shots will happen in January or July. The good news is that “there’s a strong antibody response in children who received the vaccines and over 90% efficacy.” (Voice of OC)
4. The OC Health Care Agency wants your kids to stay healthy this Halloween. Suggestions include staying outdoors, wearing a mask, or handing out candy outside. Besides that, there are the usual safety tips of wearing reflective clothes and shoes, bringing along glow sticks and flashlights, and being careful when crossing streets. (@ochealth)
5. The HBPD is hiring! The agency is looking for police recruits as well as experienced police officers and 911 dispatchers. You can find the PD at 2000 Main Street in Huntington Beach. (HBPD)

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Today in Huntington Beach:

• Drunk Goggles Activity (Activities) - Ocean View High (9:00 AM)
• APA Chamber Orchestra Recital (Events) (5:00 PM)
• Human Relations Task Force Meeting - Huntington Beach Public Library (6:00 PM)
• Monster Mash Storytime & Library Trick-or-Treat Night (7:00 PM)

Huntington Beach Patch Notebook

• Visit Huntington Beach: Take the road less traveled and adventure in the Shipley Nature Center located in Huntington Central Park. (Facebook)
• Huntington Beach Union High School District: The Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts just finished its amazing production of Titanic. Not only did the students perform, but they created the costumes and built the stage sets. HBUHSD is extremely proud of them! (Facebook)
• City of Huntington Beach: You’ve all been waiting, and you’ve all been asking. Tickets to the Winter Wonderland skating experience - by the ocean - are NOW on SALE! The Winter Wonderland runs from 11/26 to 1/2." (Instagram)

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— Sylvia Cochran

About me: Sylvia Cochran works out of sunny Southern California and has been freelance writing full-time since 2005. Her SEO-optimized internet copy includes social media marketing projects and German to English business translations. She loves dogs, cats, books, plays Fishdom (don't judge), embraces social justice, and tries to live out Micah 6:8.

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