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MAY 20, 2016 COMMUNITY THEPRESS.NET | 17A
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MOB celebrates moms, communityLocal community women’s organi-
zation, Mothers of Brentwood (MOB), held their 11th-annual Mother’s Day Brunch, on May 15, to enhance their community outreach and fundraising efforts.
The event, held at Club Los Me-ganos, at Trilogy at the Vineyards, and attended by more than 75 Brentwood mothers, raises money through do-nated raffle and live-auction items. The money gets funneled back into the community in various ways through the MOB Community Outreach Pro-gram.
“In an effort to streamline fund-raising for three of our yearly commu-nity-outreach efforts, the MOB decid-ed early on to start holding this annual brunch,” said President Lisa Rich-mond. “Not only do we get to recog-nize and honor the moms in the area, but we can also give back to families and children in need.”
Moms were first treated to an array of delicious brunch and dessert items, then they purchased raffle tickets and participated in a live auction for a chance to win more than 160 prizes donated by 110 businesses throughout the Bay Area. All the proceeds benefit the Community Outreach Program, which provides approximately 144
backpacks filled with school supplies and 71 Thanksgiving dinners to stu-dents and families in need throughout Brentwood.
In addition, MOB also provides Christmas gifts to eight families.
“Community outreach is the heart of the Mothers of Brentwood group,” said the program’s co-director Melissa Van Ruiten. “As moms, (we) believe that helping others is inherent, so to have such a great group of women who
are willing to donate their time and money for events like our Backpack Drive, Turkey Drive, and Adopt-A-Family, is an awesome, amazing thing.”
This year’s brunch raised more than $5,700 for these events.
Ron Nunn Elementary School’s Principal Amy Wallace echoes Van Ruiten’s sentiments. The brunch’s fea-tured speaker and mother of three, Wallace has seen firsthand how the MOB’s community outreach efforts ef-fect the children it helps.
“As a mom, you want your child to feel confident when they’re going to school,” said Wallace. “I’ve been a part of distributing more than 100 back-packs to students, so I’ve seen how it’s really impacted the lives of kids.”
MOB was founded in 2005, as an independently run and member-driv-en organization striving to meet the diverse and changing needs of moth-ers in the Brentwood community. The group provides support to all mothers throughout all walks of life, whether they stay at home, work full or part time, are trying to conceive or are ex-pecting. They offer a variety of activi-ties for children of all ages, moms, and their families. Activities include play-groups, Bunco, book clubs and more.
For more information or to be-come a member, visit www.mothersof-brentwood.com.
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Brunch attendees enter their tickets into raffl e drawings for various prizes benefi ting the MOB Community Outreach Program.
Photo by Melissa van Ruiten Photography
by Megan FolkmanCorrespondent
