Thursday, April 6, our Valley Home students will participate in the annual school jog-a-thon. The jog-a-thon will be held on the Texas Avenue campus. A huge thank you to all who supported our students. Your donations will help our students very much. Easter break will start the next day on Good Friday!
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Our Valley Home Missionary Baptist Church is inviting each of us to their Easter Sunrise Service. The service will begin at 7:30am April 9, Easter Sunday morning. The beautiful Sunrise Service will be held at the church, 13331 Valley Home Road. Coffee and donuts will be served following the service and regular Sunday church services will be held as well. All are welcome. For more information, call Pastor Tim Hoover at (209) 484-3017. Please come celebrate the Resurrection with us.
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Our Valley Home community Easter egg hunt will be held on Easter morning, April 9 at our community park. All are invited to come and have a great time while hunting brightly colored Easter eggs and hidden surprises. The Easter Bunny will be visiting the park during the egg hunt, so bring your Easter baskets, and have your picture taken with the Valley Home Easter Bunny. The Easter egg hunt will be a bit earlier this year, starting at 9am.
We remember how special Easter was to our sweet Bonnie; she was a woman of tremendous faith and each Easter she would put up a beautiful wooden cross in her clover covered pasture, her cattle and horses grazing peacefully nearby. Her faith in God was very important to Bonnie.
With Easter being so early this year many of us will also be enjoying time at the Oakdale rodeo this weekend! As the famous country music singer and Rodeo Hall of Famer Chris Ledoux said in one of his most famous songs “It’s Rodeo Time in Oakdale California!” That song is indeed special in the hearts of all Oakdale Rodeo fans!
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Please remember our Valley Home MAC meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 12. This important meeting will start at 6:30pm and will be held in the Bonnie Gellerman Multi-Purpose Room at our Valley Home School. CHP, Fire Department, Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department, Stanislaus County Supervisor Buck Condit, Stanislaus County public officials, and Valley Home School Superintendent Bill Slikker will be available to answer your questions and share information with all of us. At this meeting Stanislaus County officials will present information on the fentanyl crisis hitting close to home, please come and hear this very important information. During public comment session Scott Gulley will share neighborhood noise concerns. It’s very important that we all attend this meeting, ask questions, address your concerns, and share any compliments you may have for our public officials. We will endeavor to keep this meeting on track and not keep you out very long. Our school students are welcome and encouraged to attend.
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This week we send Happy Anniversary wishes to a very special Valley Home couple, Betty and Johnny Sphar; we celebrate your happiness!
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As always you may reach me by email at winniemullins51@gmail.com or by telephone at 209-985-5233. Until next time, “Happy Trails to All!”
