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About Michael K. Barbour

Michael K. Barbour is the Director of Faculty Development and a Professor of Instructional Design for the College of Education and Health Sciences at Touro University California. He has been involved with K-12 online learning in a variety of countries for well over a decade as a researcher, teacher, course designer and administrator. Michael's research focuses on the effective design, delivery and support of K-12 online learning, particularly for students located in rural jurisdictions.

Join us for a MidSummer’s Eve Celebration Saturday 12 June!

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A item from a fellow Commonwealth organization in the Bay Area.
Join us for our MidSummer’s Celebration at Tiburon’s historic Ark Row next Saturday! 
The afternoon will commence with music from the Prince Charles Pipe Band & Highland dancers followed by jazz from the John Kalleen Group. British influenced food & nibbles along with wine, beer & soft drinks will be available for purchase.
We are delighted to share that our guest of honor, HM Deputy British Consul General Tammy Sandhu will kick off the event!
Bring friends & family to experience British humor & hospitality. Everyone is encouraged to join in the raffle to help raise funds for our amazing charity! Some raffle prizes include: restaurant gift certificates, jewelry, bubbly, wine, & a wine tasting experience package, hampers full of British goodies, & more!
Useful Information
No Registration Required
This event is FREE to attend
Parking
  • There is a car park directly behind Ark Row, rates apply, generally fills up quickly on Saturday.
  • CVS parking lot at 1555 Tiburon Boulevard, $5 per day. After parking, cross Tiburon Boulevard and head towards the Post Office and Sea (to the left of and opposite side of Woodlands Market). Ark Row is just round the corner and the main festivities start about half way down – head towards Tiburon Wine Shop and Trinity House Paintings.
Please direct any questions about this event to info@bbsofca.org or call us at 415.421.7195.
A special thank you to our sponsors, entertainment & vendors who are helping us to bring our community together.
tel: 415.421.7195
British Benevolent Society, 35 Miller Avenue, #187, Mill Valley, CA 94941

Thank you to all our volunteers at ANC

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An item from the Memorial Day Flowers Foundation.

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Dear Michael,

This Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery (ANC), volunteers handed out and placed 105,000 flowers to honor those who have served our country.

While still fresh in our memories, here is a brief overview of what many of you helped accomplish over the Memorial Day Weekend.
Placing flowers in the rain at Alexandria National Cemetery
ANC volunteer making a floral tribute
Family Pass handout on Memorial Avenue
On Sunday at ANC, 350 local volunteers placed 32,000 flowers at sponsored sections. Associates from DGCI and Ball SB handed out 18,000 roses in small tote bags to Family Pass Holders as they drove into the cemetery.

On a very busy Memorial Day, CalFlowers made flowers available to be placed at every one of the 15,000 headstones at Section 60. Another 28,000 flowers were given to visitors at the Welcome Center. Family Pass Holders were handed an additional 12,000 roses by TD Bank associates.

The day before the ANC tributes began, Peraton employees placed a flower at every headstone at Alexandria National Cemetery [link]. At the T.A.P.S. convention, the Foundation presented the 400 bouquets donated by Holland America Flowers in California. These bouquets were given to the surviving families and children of warriors lost in action.
Flowers in tote bags at the ANC Welcome Center
None of this would have been possible without the amazing support we have seen and felt from our volunteers, as well as the cooperation from the Administrative Team at Arlington National Cemetery.  This is the first of many emails to show our community just what it takes to make this happen every year.  We are grateful to all the incredible volunteers who registered on the website, called, wrote emails, and even just walked up and helped in any way they could.
Please do us a favor and share your pictures and testimonials by email and our social media accounts below so we can showcase your stories as well.

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The Memorial Day Flowers Foundation is able to continue with its mission thanks to our incredible network of supporters and individual donors.

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New evidence of a very old war

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An item from the Legion Magazine.

Legion Magazine
Front Lines
New evidence of a very old war

New evidence of a very old war

Story by Stephen J. Thorne

New evidence uncovered long after a prehistoric cemetery was discovered in Sudan suggest that its inhabitants weren’t killed in what was believed to be one of humankind’s earliest known battles but may instead have died over the course of protracted warfare.

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The Battle of Ridgeway

The Battle of Ridgeway

Story by Sharon Adams

On June 1, 1866, more than 1,000 Irish Americans crossed the Niagara River from Buffalo, N.Y., and occupied the town of Fort Erie in Canada West (now Ontario).

They were members of the Fenian Brotherhood, whose invasion was part of a master plan to secure the independence of Ireland.

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Revera is offering an exclusive benefit to RCL Members and their family/friends with a 10% off the suite rate. Visit reveraliving.com

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