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Hi
First, a Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family from the RHA!
Our unseasonably warm weather looks like it will continue with some winds though the holiday weekend before temps fall into the lower 70's in the middle of next week. It should be an super nice weekend to enjoy friends and family. Since were are in the "Thanks" season, why not brighten someone's day with a kind word or a smile while you are at it
In addition to our School Spotlight on Weaver, there are some really cool coming events for the holiday season, including our annual Rossmoor Toy Drive, Rossmoor Woman's Club Holiday Bazaar, Rossmoor Winter Festival, and of course our Rossmoor Christmas Lights Celebration.
Most of all, enjoy your holiday weekend.
Where Do You Volunteer?
We know that Rossmoor Rocks when it comes to volunteering and helping others. And there are many ways to volunteer. There's community service (Red Cross, CERT, RHA, at our schools, etc.), religious organizations (churches, synagogues, etc.), Scouting/youth programs, medical programs (at hospitals, Cancer Society, Alzheimer's Center, Heart Association, etc.), and and working with those organizations that feed people in need like
Second Harvest.
Our question for you is, where do you and your family volunteer?
Let us know here.
2022 RHA Membership Drive
As a subscriber to our newsletter, you already know that our 2022 Membership drive is underway.
Thanks so much to those of you who have already renewed or signed up new. We appreciate it greatly.
If you haven't yet paid your 2022 dues, NOW is the time to get your 2022 membership in place so you can take that item off your list. 2022 is looking like a great year with park events, contests, and other community engagement activities that help make Rossmoor such a great place to live. Join your neighbors and support Our Rossmoor - Pick up your 2022 membership today!
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Rossmoor Christmas Lights Celebration
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It's Up On the Rooftop Time
There’s nothing quite like the joy of relaxing in a lounge chair across the street from your house, with your favorite beverage in hand, admiring the Christmas Lights display you broke your back assembling over the past few days.
Hang on! We’re not encouraging any lounge chairs, yet!! (*drum roll*) It’s that time of year! It’s time for you to bask in the holiday cheer and spread the Christmas spirit to all of Rossmoor!
Yes, the Rossmoor Christmas Lights Celebration is back for its 15th year, and we’re calling on all the Christmas Lights veteran crazies (and 1st-time rookie entrants) to unpack the boxes of colored lights, winter wonderland figures, and anything that glows to prepare a display across your house and lawn for all to enjoy. On certain streets, there may even be a few Woodstocks stowed away
in those boxes?
Let the decorating and festivities begin!
Start by signing your house up (or a well-decorated neighbor’s house) for the RHA Christmas Lights Celebration! Judges will roam the streets on Sunday, December 12th and winning homes will be announced here on the RHA website by Wednesday, December 15th.
We will have prizes for those that nominate decked out houses too, so get the scoop and start getting ready. Things start to get popping right after Thanksgiving!
Complete schedule and details (including the Lights Bike Tour) here.
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School Spotlight - State of the District
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The Los Alamitos Unified School District held its annual State of the District breakfast last week and Superintendent Pulver was very optimistic about the District as a whole and celebrated numerous district achievements including:
- All nine Los Al schools have received the honors of California Distinguished School and Gold Ribbon School
- The District is the only district in California with two National Blue Ribbon Schools (Lee and Los Alamitos Elementary Schools) this year.
- The District is one of four school districts in the United States to be placed on the AP Honor Roll for seven years in a row.
- 89% of graduates completed an Advanced Placement, Career and Technical Education, or attended a dual-enrollment community college course.
- For more than
20 years, the District has consistently ranked among the top two districts in Orange County on state assessments.
- The District
ranks #7 in the state of California for “closing the achievement gap.”
The District achieves such consistent
educational results because its dedicated staff, talented teachers, and effective administrators. Pulver went on to say “we focus on every student every day.”
Dr. Pulver said the District believes in all kids and that each child belongs to all of us. He said, “we must speak life to them, encourage them and affirm them.” Pulver also presented the District’s core values of care, responsibility, equity and commitment.
He shared that we should run toward those who need us the most because every kid is only one influential adult away from becoming a success story.
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Our Annual Rossmoor Toy Drive runs the full month of November!
The needs of local families served by The Youth Center's holiday program have never been greater. There are so many families in need. Please make a toy or cash donation if you are able to.
There are two ways to you can help. First, you can go shopping and purchase gifts for children ages 3 to 17 and drop them off at Ganahl Lumber, the Friends of the Los Alamitos-Rossmoor Library, or The Youth Center (addresses above) during regular business hours.
Or the second way, makes it super easy for you by letting The Youth Center team take care of the buying for you. You can do this by making a donation to The Youth Center (click here) and you may even be able to deduct the gift on your taxes.
RWC to Host Holiday Bazaar Fundraiser
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The Rossmoor Woman's Club is hosting an outdoor Holiday Bazaar Fundraiser on Sunday, December 5th from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. in the parking lot behind Farmers and Merchants Bank in the Shops at Rossmoor. This event will replace the famed Holiday Home Tour due to Covid concerns.
The bazaar will include a craft and plant booth, raffle baskets and a variety of vendors offering gift and seasonal items for sale. A silent auction features five
professionally decorated, 3-foot-tall artificial Christmas trees donated by Green Street Interiors, Aegean Design Studio, Tarlton Designs, Jennifer Lathrop of Pampered Chef and floral designer Darrell Poper.
To see a selection of the custom decorated trees and for
more information, please visit here
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