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Community Review 2000: October-December
October
Armstrong Visits
Olympic bronze medal cyclist Lance Armstrong made an appearance at Sunnyvale tech company Interwoven Inc., this year to receive a donation by the company to the Lance Armstrong Foundation. The foundation helps people manage and survive cancer by providing them with information, services and support. During the visit, Armstrong answered questions on topics ranging from his performance in the Olympics to his future athletic plans to what it takes to be successful to his experience fighting cancer. He also visited with his longtime friend and Interwoven employee Brad Kearns, who facilitated the trip and provided the link between the athlete and the company.
Illustrator of the future
Sunnyvale resident and art fanatic Frank Wu was chosen as one of the winners in the L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future contest for his illustration. He was awarded $4,000, a large trophy and the publication of his illustration in Hubbard's Writers of the Future Anthology, Vol. XVI. Wu grew up watching Star Trek and other science fiction shows, and has always been interested in this style of artwork.
November
Swinging Seniors
For the 25th consecutive year, the Senior Nutrition Program at the First United Methodist Church in Sunnyvale provided hot lunches and dancing for seniors. An average of 225 seniors made the church their primary destination for food, fun and conversation on the weekdays. The program recruits different bands each day and provides a large dance floor for dancing before lunch. Forty volunteers and nine paid workers make each day special for the seniors who adopted the church as their regular gathering place.
Choral Sing-A-Long
On Nov. 26, longtime resident Sandra McCall Koelzer's dream came true as she led hundreds of voices in the communitywide Messiah: A Sing-Along Performance at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sunnyvale. The interactive play included a 30-member orchestra, four professional oratory soloists and a chorus made up of the several hundred people in the audience. This was the first time the church opened the performance to the entire community.
December
Hope Auction
Sunnyvale Community Services (SCS) raised more than $50,000 at this year's annual Chamber of Commerce auction. The money went to the community Christmas center program, a partnership with SCS and the St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Cyprian, St. Martin and Resurrection churches. The program provides 1,000 low-income families with toys, a household gift and a two-week supply of food during the holiday season.
Get away from it all
Rev. Steve Harrington of the Presbyterian Church of Sunnyvale continued his tradition of leading community members on treks into the wilderness to escape reality while learning about themselves. The enlightening adventures continue in the new year with a trip to the island of Iona off the Scotland coast in March 2001, along with more local trips.
Community Review 2000
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