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Archives for April 2019

Cypress Village N4N – A Great Day in the Neighborhood

Cypress Village N4N – A Great Day in the Neighborhood

The Cypress Village Neighbor 4 Neighbor event today was terrific.

The HOA put on a very nice event for the 681 units in the complex and more that 100 residents  attended. Our West Orange County CERT program had 4 tables/booths set up – Make Plan, Get A Kit, Get Informed and the doctors ran a very popular Disaster First Aid table. We had great participation from the Team with Ray, Hermie, Art, Pat & Roberta, Gloria, Robin, Jan, and the Doctors all there. We also had a big assist from Lance with helping to load the truck at the conex box and Loree’s planning and coordination for the event made it all possible. It was a great Team success.

Thanks to each of you and to the residents and management of Cypress Village for hosting such a well run event.

Enjoy some photos form the day:

Honoring Matt Ward

Honoring Matt Ward

 

Honoring Officer Matt Ward

As many of you know, back in October, 2017 Cypress PD Officer Matt Ward was killed in an off duty multi-vehicle traffic collision on the 405 Freeway. Matt left behind his wife Allison and their sons Liam and Anderson; his brother Rob Ward, a Tustin PD Officer; and his parents, David and Gloria Opstad. We know Gloria as part of our Admin Team. On May 10th, Gloria will join Brian Clasby (GGPD), Commander Steve Bowles (SBPD), Julia Clasby (SBPD), and Loree Erpelding (CYPD) along with nearly 1,500 law enforcement officers from throughout the country to bicycle ~300 miles to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington DC. On May 13th, they will join over 50,000 people at the annual National Law Enforcement Memorial Candlelight Vigil.

To participate each rider needs to raise $1,900 – the attached flyer has details on how you can help support Gloria, Julia, Loree, Steve, and Brian as they honor Matt and fallen law enforcement officers nationwide. Additional details on how you can help here