Are you a resident, employee, or community member in Monterey County? Join the discussion about fair housing! We want to hear from you about your experiences with housing discrimination and difficulties finding housing at four community workshops held around Monterey County: Thursday, May 24 in Salinas, Tuesday, June 29 in Monterey, Wednesday, June 20 in Castroville and Thursday, June 23 in Gonzales:  WORKSHOP FLYERS IN ENGLISH & SPANISH

Recently the City of Monterey joined the Healthy Eating and Active Living (HEAL) Initiative. The HEAL Cities Campaign aims to reduce and prevent obesity by engaging municipal leaders to champion healthy eating and active living in their communities through adoption of policy and promotion of opportunities for residents and municipal employees. In conjunction with this promise, the Monterey Sports Center is hosting three local United States (U.S.) Olympic team members to share their knowledge and experience and to promote an active living life style.

The community is invited to celebrate Arbor Day with a tree planting at Quarry Park on Friday, April 27, 2018. A large California Buckeye will be planted at 11 a.m. Shovels will be available for attendees to help plant the large tree.

Join family and friends at Hilltop Park Center for our annual Art in the Park event. This creative art event will feature a variety of fun activities including mask making, spin art, face painting, sand art, cupcake decorating, Ballet & Music Together® demos and much more! This is a great opportunity for children to be creative, imaginative and make gifts for themselves and others. Admission is free!

The Monterey Amberjacks professional baseball team is back for season two in Monterey. This year they are offering one-day camps for youth ages six to 17 years old.

This summer, the Monterey Police Department will be dispensing well-deserved Slurpee justice to good kids in Monterey. For the 23rd year, 7-Eleven is working with local police and Sheriff’s departments to distribute free Slurpee drink coupons to children and youth through its popular Operation Chill community-service program.

Olympic medalist Brita Sigourney will be at the Monterey Sports Center for a meet and greet on Sunday, April 15th from 1 pm to 2 pm to meet families and interested guests and talk about her Olympic Experience.

Alliance on Aging has volunteer tax counselors that can prepare your 2017 Federal and California income tax returns at no cost. The service is free and offered to elderly, low income taxpayers.

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