In early December we VIRTUALLY held our annual holiday meeting and mug exchange. While we only had a few of us there, we still enjoyed spending some time together, playing some trivia, and enjoying a bit of the holiday spirit.
The Orinda Juniors were the lucky recipients of a chocolate making class that was held by two wonderful ladies, Earlene and Erin. Earlene has been a chocolatier for 50 years! How lucky were we? So magical. We even got to take some home to hide from our families
Thank you to the Wilder crew for allowing our event to be held at the beautiful Quarry House. And thank you all for a great turnout!
Happy holidays from all of the Orinda Juniors! We hosted our annual holiday party tonight.
Thank you all so much for the gifts you donated to The Bay Area Crisis Nursery families. The Nursery depends on outside assistance and is mostly run by volunteers. Every gift is a blessing.
Thank you to everyone who came out last night to meet us and learn more about the Orinda Juniors and what we do! We hope to see you at our next general meeting in October!
The Orinda Juniors celebrated the end of our membership year by coming out to support local Orinda restaurants for Orinda’s Dine Around Town event. We’re looking forward to seeing everyone again in the fall!
The Orinda Juniors spring social took to the lanes for a fun evening of bowling.
The Orinda Juniors got together for an evening of good food and great company at the annual Dine Around Town event in Orinda. Happy Summer everyone!
The Orinda Junior Women’s Club had a wonderful holiday celebration last night! We collected a mountain of gifts for children at the Bay Area Crisis Nursery, packaged and sold olive oil gift sets for our holiday fundraiser, hosted our annual holiday mug exchange, dined on a wonderful potluck feast, and best of all had a fastastic evening enjoying each other’s company!
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- Juniors enjoying a fabulous potluck dinner
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- The elves at work packaging Amphora olive oil and vinegar sets for our annual holiday fundraiser.
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- The finished product. 120 bottles of gourmet goodness!
The Orinda Juniors celebrated the end of a great year by going out to support the 2017 Orinda Restaurant Tour. Thank you to all of the board members who served!
One of the favorite events of the year, is the Orinda Juniors annual Mug Exchange and holiday party. This year, the Orinda Juniors got together and not only exchanged mugs, enjoyed a decadent holiday spread of soups, salads and seasonal treat—we also donated holiday gifts for over 25 children from the Bay Area Crisis Nursery and kicked off a new holiday fundraiser! Inspired by our November meeting at Amphora, we bottled 142 bottles of specialty olive oils and vinegars, including Basil Olive Oil/White Peach Balsamic Vinegar, Herb Olive Oil/Fig Balsamic Vinegar, and Gold Medal Arbequina Olive Oil. Once bottled, we labelled and packaged them along with some great recipes and then sold them for holiday gift giving. Our best fundraiser to date!
