The Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for this year’s prestigious ATHENA Leadership Award and ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award. The awards will be presented at the ATHENA Awards Luncheon on November 14, 2019, at the Stockton Golf & Country Club.

San Joaquin Delta College is searching for a member of the public who is active in a senior citizen’s organization to serve on a committee for the College’s taxpayer-funded Measure L bond.

Leadership Stockton, a program of the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce, is proud to announce the graduation of the Class of 2019 and the completion of their yearlong A.C.H.I.E.V.E. (A Child’s Healing Is Ending Violence Eternally) Project at the Women’s Center Youth & Family Services Greenhouse.  The Chamber is proud of their hard work and dedication to making Stockton a better place to live.  This project is a great example for the community to show what a group of people can get accomplished when they work together.  The Class of 2019 was recognized for their great work Thursday, June 13^th at the Leadership Stockton Class of 2019 Graduation Dinner.

San Joaquin Superior Court is pleased to announce the restoration of the Clerk’s Office hours. Beginning Monday, July 1, 2019, the Clerk’s Office and phones hours will be 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday (except Court holidays).

San Joaquin Delta College Board of Trustees has entered into contract discussions with Dr. Omid Pourzanjani to become the next District Superintendent/President.  The projected starting date for the new Superintendent/President is before the beginning of Fall Semester 2019.

The Board of Directors is very pleased to announce that Mary Ann Lucero has accepted the position of CEO at the Emergency Food Bank of Stockton/San Joaquin (Food Bank). Mary’s first day at the Food Bank was May 13, 2019.

National coworking network Launch Pad proudly opened its newest location in Stockton on June 1, 2019. Launch Pad’s flagship location opened in New Orleans in 2009 and, after closing seed round funding to grow its national network, has since opened locations in Newark, Nashville and Memphis in the last year—with Stockton being the next city where Launch Pad will provide world-class coworking space, resources and community to help entrepreneurs and small businesses grow and thrive. Launch Pad has acquired the former coworking space Huddle Cowork and Create. Through this acquisition, Launch Pad will bring their proven model of funding, business growth support and technical assistance and national networking opportunities for small businesses that are part of the coworking space.

Join Councilmember Sol Jobrack at his community office hour on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. to Spice It Up! at 8626 N. Lower Sacramento Road in the Stonewood Center. This is a great opportunity to speak with Councilmember Jobrack about topics of interest or concern.

This year, Women’s Center-Youth & Family Services (WCYFS) will host its seventh annual Christmas in July donation drive. Women’s Center-Youth & Family Services is San Joaquin County’s primary provider of free, confidential shelter and services specifically designed to meet the needs of homeless and runaway youth and victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. This drive brings awareness to the fact that, unfortunately, violence and victimization occurs year round. It encourages the community to support homeless youth and victims by making monetary or in-kind donations throughout the month of July.