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Give Every Child a Chance recognizes volunteer tutors
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Give Every Child a Chance’s Carol Davis and Chuck Crutchfield present a special recognition award to volunteer Bob Pfirmann during Friday’s GECAC 12th annual volunteer recognition dinner conducted at the Ripon High Fine Arts Building. - photo by HIME ROMERO

The 12th annual Give Every Child a Chance volunteer recognition dinner was conducted Friday at the Ripon High Fine Arts Building.

The non-profit organization helps nearly 2,000 struggling kids each year with one-on-one tutoring and mentoring at no charge.

The one-on-one volunteer tutors who were honored are: Robert Addington, Alexa Alcaraz, Jasdeep Badwal, Madeline Banks, Claudia Calderon, Carlos Castellanos, Ana Castellanos, Abigail Castellanos, Jennifer Cisneros, Lizbeth De la Torre, Elizabeth Diaz, Priscilla Fernandez, Syddra Fletcher, Andre Hernandez, Rebecka Holgate, Taranjot Khehra, Diljot Khehra, Jason Klatt, Amy Loberg, Brittany Machado, Priscila Manzo, David Martinez, Janet Miller, Isaac Morfin, Mahir Pepic, Edvin Pepic, Emily Ramirez, Triscilla Ross, Berenice Sanchez, Jason Sposeto, Amparo Villagran, and Kaylee Weible.

The After School Advantage Program volunteers who were honored are Jesse Acosta, Jalen Alejandro, Alexis Antuna, Heriberto Arredando, Nancy Banuelos, Kattya Calderon, Yaneth Casillas, Alexandra Cervantes, Abdiel Chiquito, Jesus Coronado, Cindy Cortez, Sierra Crislip, Brandon Darling, Zaire Davis, Frery De la Torre, Cassidy Delancey, Miranda Delgado, Michaela Dole, Devon Driver, Juanzin Espejel, Michelle Espinoza, Adora Fahrenbruch, Arnulfo Garibay, Harpreet Gill, Steven Gomez, Jesse Gongora, Luis Gonzalez, Selena Gonzalez, Juliana Goulding, Dominique Graham, Cody Graves, Diana Hernandez, Guadalupe Huerta, Mercedes Isais, Kirandeep Kaur, Jesse Luna, Raymond Macciocchi, Marilyn Marin, Marco Mata, Karina Mazariegos, Ruben Mendoza III, Ruben Mendoza Jr., Jenna O’Brien, Luis Angel Ocegueda, Alejandro Ochoa, Victoria Pacheco, Jeffrey Palacios, Alisha Paminsan, Gloria Duenas Pena, Luis Ramirez, Kassandra Ramirez, Jose Ramos, Vanessa Rodriguez, Shania Rogers, Jesse Rubio, Autumn Rumple, Zulema Santana, Nicole Silva, Victor Silva, Hector Soto, Kailey Sullivan, David Urrea, Courtney Winters, Miguel Zamora, and Cristian Zuniga.

Blue Diamond actions aim to maximize grower returns
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Board Chairman Steve Van Duyn of Blue Diamond Growers presented the 2025 Chairman’s Grower Ambassador Award to George Goshgarian Jr., a Blue Diamond grower whose family has farmed with the cooperative for nearly 50 years. The presentation was made at the Blue Diamond Growers annual meeting in Modesto. Photo Contributed
The year saw the successful launch of new product lines including Almonds and More mixed nuts and almond-fruit produce blends.
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