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Thank you for supporting organ donation community
On behalf of the Donor Network West Foundation, we extend our heartfelt thanks to the Bay Area community, businesses and hospital partners for their participation in our 14th annual Donor Network West Foundation Run/Walk.
More than 700 participants, supported by 22 businesses and organizations, helped raise $150,000 and counting. These funds will enhance services for transplant recipients, organ donor families and living donors, fostering healing and hope.
This event is more than just a fundraiser; it’s a celebration of resilience, community and the life-saving impact of organ donation.
There are more than 10,000 people in Donor Network West’s service area, across Northern California and Northern Nevada, waiting for a life-saving organ transplant.
Events like this bring hope to those in need; bolstering programs to help transplant recipients, organ donor families and living donors heal.
Learn more about organ donation and register as an organ donor at donornetworkwest.org.
— Janice Whaley, president and CEO, Donor Network West; William “Bubba” Paris, executive director, Donor Network West Foundation
School traffic in Pleasanton
I have lived in the same house in Pleasanton for 55 years, raised four boys that graduated from Foothill High School, and very much remember that I could travel through Pleasanton any time of the day without traffic; that was when children were bussed to school!
I live over by Foothill High School and have dealt with the start and end time of school traffic; however, I never gave any thought to the traffic at start and end times of all of the schools in Pleasanton until I had to go through town this morning. I was shocked at how many cars were on the road. It took me twice as long as it would normally take to get through town.
To me, it makes sense to bring school bussing back. I’m sure if the parents of school-age children were surveyed, they would be willing to pay a monthly fee for bussing instead of the daily chore of fighting traffic. The cost of gas, and the wear and tear on vehicles, let alone the daily stress, would be well worth the fee for bussing. We all seem to be worried about pollution; this would be another way to help our environment.
— Linda Moniz
Animal welfare legislation
Most state legislators decide in October-November upon which bills to carry in the coming session. Here are four in need of an author:
1. Amend state rodeo law, Penal Code 596.7, so as to require onsite veterinarians at all rodeos and charreadas — the “on call” option isn’t working, and animals are suffering needlessly. Racetracks, horse shows, endurance rides and the PRCA all require onsite vets — so should all rodeos.
2. Ban tie-down calf roping, allowing “breakaway” roping only. Some vets claim the calves are injured every time they are roped/thrown/tied — mere babies, and terrified.
3. Ban the charreada’s brutal “steer tailing” event (already outlawed in Alameda and Contra Costa counties and Nebraska). The steers’ tails are routinely stripped to the bone (“degloved”), even torn off.
4. Ban the rodeo’s non-sanctioned events, as Alameda County has done: “wild cow milking”, the children’s “mutton busting” event and all animal “scrambles” — cruel and dangerous for all.
Write all legislators c/o The State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814.
Email for all: senator.lastname@senate.ca.gov; assemblymember.lastname@assembly.ca.gov.
— Eric Mills, Action for Animals
