Business Notes: Curves to host March food drive

Curves, a women’s gym in Felton, will collect nonperishable food and cash throughout March and donate them to local food banks to help families in need.
Curves members who donate a bag of groceries or make a donation of $30 or more between March 1 and 31 will receive a Curves grocery freezer bag. Nonmembers who donate $75 worth of groceries between March 8 and 20 can join Curves free of charge. Membership usually costs $199.
Curves of Felton, 6149 Highway 9, is participating in a company-wide contest to see which of the nationwide branches can gather the most food.
“We hope women in the Felton area will come together and participate in this initiative,” said Gordon Roberts of Curves in Felton. “Even if you’re not thinking about joining a gym, you can still drop off your donations. There are so many families — right here in our own community — who need our help.”
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County fair honored
The 2009 Santa Cruz County Fair earned more than 20 awards for excellence at the 2010 Western Fairs Association convention this month.
The fair received first-place recognition for its 2009 Agricultural Program, as well as Best Single Day and Competitive Exhibits Promotion. The fair also topped several other categories, including Entry Form, Exhibit Display Props or Methods, Our Best New Idea This Year — Exhibits, Our Best New Idea This Year — Maintenance, and Vendor Packet.
Marketing, including a very strong effort in the use of social media, was honored and won first place for Display Newspaper Advertising, Single Ad.
The 2010 fair will be Sept. 14 through 19 at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds.
Valley Women’s Club fundraiser
Five percent of the net proceeds from Boulder Creek and Felton’s New Leaf Markets on Feb. 25 will go to support the Valley Women’s Club.
The benefit is part of New Leaf’s monthly Community Day, which promotes local groups by contributing to them that month. Information about the Valley Women’s Club will be available at both markets.
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