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Foreign Exchange
Brazilian student gets to experience our family, neighborhood and city

By Cecily Hastings

This past year, we had an added dimension to our family life: becoming a host family to a 16-year-old Brazilian named Victor Cenedese. My husband Jim is a member of Point West Rotary Club, which sponsored Victor for a yearlong exchange in Sacramento.

Rotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs, with more than 33,000 clubs and more than 1.22 million members worldwide. The organization brings together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service and help build goodwill and peace in the world. Rotary is known around the world for its Rotary Youth Exchange programs for teens 15 to 18 years old.
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Barbara Nolan

This manager of crisis nurseries helps families under stress


By Catherine Warmerdam

Times are hard for many families in our community, as Barbara Nolan knows all too well. As program manager at one of the crisis nurseries operated by Sacramento Children’s Home, Nolan and her staff provide care and comfort to young children during times of family stress. In this interview, Nolan describes how the nurseries assist families in need and why they are places of hope.
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Audrianna Ford and SakariService With a Snout
These helpful dogs save diabetics’ lives


By Terry Kaufman

These days, some people’s health care is going to the dogs—literally.

For 13-year-old Audrianna Ford, her very well-being is intricately linked to that of a black Labrador retriever named Sakari. Like other Labs, Sakari loves to
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J Street Gem

From a tiny kitchen come massive flavors

By Greg Sabin

If you’ve been to Europe, or if you’ve even been to New Orleans, you’ve had that moment when you stop for a bite at a small, unprepossessing cafe, the kind of place that has maybe two tables and a counter, where a few of the ingredients are tucked in the display fridge next to the pastries due to lack of storage, where the menu is written on the wall or on the counter or on a napkin, where the kitchen (if it can be seen at all) appears to be the size of a confessional booth, and
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Lee Farrand helps client
Lee Farrand

She gives hope and help to the unemployed


By Catherine Warmerdam

For the past eight years, Lee Farrand has helped job seekers find the light at the end of the unemployment tunnel. As a job coach for Sacramento Works, she assists the unemployed with skill building and effective job hunting, ensuring that every job landed is a good match between the employee and the employer. In this interview, Farrand offers tips for finding the right job and explains why people skills are as important as technical skills when it comes to getting—and keeping—a job.

What is Sacramento Works and what does it do?

Sacramento Works is a one-stop career center.
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Adam Pechal - Owner of THIR13ENLucky 13
Local chef breathes new life into the Sterling Hotel

By Greg Sabin

A Back in 2007, a small joint opened up in the Poverty Ridge section of Sacramento. Within weeks, the petite bistro had a loyal following and enough buzz to fill a beehive. In fact, the word of mouth was so steady that the place didn’t even have a sign on the door for years. That place was chef Adam Pechal’s Tuli Bistro.

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