About Anderson's Happy Valley

The communities of Happy Valley and Cottonwood in South Shasta County are participating in an event called "How Shall We Grow" Sept. 18-20th, 2008. Shasta County will be updating their General Plan and residents are invited to share their ideas, concerns, and opinions at the free workshops. A set of values and priorities that will be used to create a visual representation will be established.

This is an opportunity to help shape these unique areas as the Northstate continues to grow.

For questions, more information or to RSVP (required) call or email Barb Jackson at 378-6060/barblj@ap4hc.org or Mary O'Keeffe at 347-1230/mjokeeffe7@aol.com.

I'll see you there! ~Gina

Well Friends,

Our 1st Annual PTA 5K has come and gone. It very fun and almost everyone won a ribbon! I even won 1st place in my age group/gender. I did it in about 48 minutes! Okay.....so I was the only woman in my age group; but it was still fun! It was a great family event. Both of my children won ribbons (1st and 2nd place in their groups). My husband volunteered to man the blockade. We included the PTA member ship in the registration cost and met 1/2 of our goal. The Happy Valley Park Foundation brought water, juice and pastries for afterward. We look forward to next year and on behalf of the Happy Valley PTA, I thank all those who participated from set up to take down and everything else in between.

This afternoon a friend called and asked if I'd do her a favor. "Sure," I said. OOPS. The Happy Valley Unified School District has a bond (Measure E) coming up in Nov. and needed people to help at the phone bank notifying the community and asking for their support. "I do that everyday at work," I thought, "This'll be easy." Once there, I was nervous as I held the phone in my hand not wanting to dial the first number. Others were nervous themselves. I encouraged them along and went for it. And just like when I do my lead generation for my business, I got into a groove. It was ok. The time was up before I knew it. I made about twice as many calls as I do during lead gen time. What's up with that?!

I guess it was the fact that it wasn't for me. It was for the community. I was happy to be able to help, not only for Measure E, but my friends as well. I'm ready to rock-n-roll tomorrow! Look out power hour! Hopefully, this motivation will last through the night.......

Hey All! The Happy Valley PTA is sponsoring a 5K Fun Run. This is a community event not only for those living in Happy Valley but the general area as well. Registration fees include a T-shirt and PTA membership. Times will be digitally recorded by a local running group. There are also short events for younger participants. Parents may accompany their children for free. Join us in promoting a healthy lifestyle. More information and registration is available at www.hvesd.org.

I look forward to joining you at the the Happy Valley PTA Fun Run on Sept. 13th at 8:30 am.