It's Girl Scout Cookies TIME!!!!

Are your tummies ready?

The annual Girl Scout cookie sale has begun. It's been 90 years since Girl Scouts® began selling home-baked cookies to raise money. The idea was so popular that in 1936, Girl Scouts of the USA enlisted bakers to handle the growing demand. Since then, selling Girl Scout Cookies® has become a successful way to help girls develop important leadership skills and earn money for activities.

This year's cookie sale runs from January 24 through March 14.

There are two official bakers of Girl Scout cookies: ABC Bakers and Little Brownie Bakers.

The Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles will be going the traditional route, taking pre-sales from January 23 through February 5, with booth sales from February 26 through March 21.

Their cookie offerings this year are:


•Lemon Chalet Cremes
•Trefoils
•Do-Si-Dos
•Samoas
•Dulce de Leche - my personal favorite!
•Thank U Berry Munch
•Tagalongs
•Thin Mints
Their supplier is Little Brownie Bakers.


This year, the Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council (which covers most of the Inland Empire) are doing away with the pre-orders and just selling cookies.

Hooray for instant gratification!

This year's cookie sale runs from January 24 through March 14.

There are two official bakers of Girl Scout cookies: ABC Bakers and Little Brownie Bakers.

The Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council gets their cookies from ABC Bakers.

The cookies they're offering this year are:


•Thin Mints
•Peanut Butter Patties
•Peanut Butter Sandwiches
•Caramel deLites
•Shortbread
•Lemonades
•Thanks-a-Lots
•Daisy-Go-Rounds
The west end of the Inland Empire (Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, Upland, Mount Baldy, Claremont, Ontario, Montclair, Chino, Chino Hills, San Dimas and Pomona) is represented by the East Region of Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles.

I never knew different regions sold different cookies. Whether you'll be buying Samoas or Caramel deLites, Tagalongs or Peanut Butter Patties, get ready to open up your wallets and your mouths to take in this annual journey into cookie goodness and support our Girl Scouts!

DILBECK REALTORS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

We are once again asking for your HELP!

DILBECK REALTORS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

IS TEAMING UP WITH OUR LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS TO HELP THE VICTIMS OF THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE.


DOUBLE YOUR DONATION!!!!

As all of you know . . .Tuesday, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused widespread damage on the island of Haiti, especially in the capital city of Port au Prince. Every building has been damaged. Every hospital has been destroyed...every school, every house, every car, every street, every makeshift home, every orphanage, every church, every shantytown; even the capital’s main prison and presidential palace have been ruined by Tuesday’s massive earthquake. The sheer magnitude of this quake seems to have left the government there unable to mount any significant relief effort. Haitians are digging through the rubble with their bare hands as international relief agencies mobilized. It's the disaster of the century,! It has been reported that there are thousands and thousands of dead and injured.



Our Local Red Cross Needs our Help.


Dilbeck Realtors & Associates Charitable Foundation is starting a Matching Funds Drive to help the quake victims of Haiti.
The foundation’s Grants Committee is putting in place a matching grants program where the foundation will match every dollar contributed, up to $5,000. This means, if you give $25 your donation will be $50.




HERE IS HOW YOU CAN HELP AND DOUBLE YOUR DONATION:


Due to the immediate need of these victims your donation must be received by
Monday, February 1st.
Please pouch your tax deductible donation to Dennis Falsetti in the La Canada office.

Make your check payable to American Red Cross – Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund

To make a credit card donation: download a credit card authorization form from the Dilbeck intranet, fill out the information and forward to Dennis Falsetti in our La Canada office.


THANKS FOR YOUR BIG HEART!

If you have a question please contact me,
Bev Widney, 626-852-3929, or email, bev.widney@dilbeck.com or
Phone Dennis Falsetti, 818-949-7848 or email, dennis.falsetti@dilbeck.com

Dilbeck Warm Clothing Drive

Hi Everyone,

This week and next week, we will have our Warm Clothing Drive laundry bags in our office. We are distributing them to help us remember to clean out our closets . . . .

REMEMBER: It doesn’t cost anything!!!! We don’t have to go to a store and buy something!!!! All we have to do is look in our closets, our drawers, anywhere we have clothes.

Something that we wear once a year or something we are saving because someday we might wear it . . . Could be keeping someone warm everyday—right now.

Please HELP. The L.A. Mission will take anything but I’m hoping that each of us finds just one blanket or one sweater, or one coat, or one jacket or one sweatshirt that will keep someone warm.

Bring it to our office or drop it off at our front porch...I will then Drop it in our Dilbeck laundry bag and know that someone will spend the Winter a little warmer . . . It’s COLD out there on the Street in the middle of the NIGHT.

Dilbeck Realtors . . . Standing up and making a DIFFERENCE!


Thanks, stay well and stay warm ------

Jess Mangubat

2010 Citi BCS National Championship Game.

The City of Pasadena is pleased to welcome the 2010 Citi BCS National Championship Game.

On Thursday, January 7th, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. (PST) the Rose Bowl will host a match up between the Texas Longhorns and the Alabama Crimson Tide. This game will be broadcast exclusively on ABC.

Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010
Time: 5:00 p.m. (PST)
Match-Up: No. 2 BCS-ranked Texas Longhorns vs. No. 1 BCS-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide
Location: Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, Calif.
Television: ABC

Fellow Residents, plan your drive home accordingly. There will be additional traffic.

Enjoy the GAME!!!

2010 Public Works Schedule

PLEASE KEEP FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR FOR REFERENCE
2010 PUBLIC WORKS
For more information on other trash and recycling programs, visit their website at:
http://www.cityofpasadena.net/PublicWorks or call us at 626-744-4087

2009 / 2010

CHRISTMAS TREE COLLECTION
DROP OFF DATES & LOCATIONS
TIME OPEN: 7:00 a.m. through 2:00 p.m.
DECEMBER 2009/ JANUARY 2010

EATON BLANCHE PARK
3100 E. Del Mar Blvd.
Bring your tree to the parking lot on Millicent Way

ROBINSON PARK
1081 N. Fair Oaks Ave.
Bring your tree to the parking lot on Morton Street.
PLEASE REMOVE ALL STANDS, ORNAMENTS AND LIGHTS.
CURBSIDE PICKUP DATES
(on your trash pickup day)

JANUARY 2010
MON - 28 TUE - 29 WED - 30 THUR - 31 SAT - 2

MON - 4 TUE - 5 WED - 6 THUR - 7 FRI - 8

MON - 11 TUE - 12 WED - 13 THUR - 14 FRI - 15

January 1 New Year’s Day
January 18 Martin Luther King Day
September 6 Labor Day
November 25 Thanksgiving Day
TRASH/RECYCLING COLLECTION WILL BE ONE DAY AFTER YOUR NORMAL PICK UP DAY.

Status update

Hello North East Pasadena followers -

I apologize for the long delay between my last blog, but this blog will be back for a vengeance in 2010.

Some housekeeping while I was away - There was a car broken into in our neighborhood. Here are 10 things on how to AVOID CAR THEFT:

1 - Park your car in an area that is well-lit, garage, driveway and/or near lots of people.

2 - the windows rolled up and the car locked, even if it's parked at your own house.

3 - Keep valuables in your car hidden. Consider buying a removable stereo face to keep in your trunk or carry with you.

4 - Consider buying a visible mechanical locking device to lock the steering wheel, and/or an auto theft alarm system.

5 - Install locking lug nuts to prevent your custom wheels or externally mounted spare tire from being stolen.

6 - Keep in mind when purchasing a new car that some makes and models have a higher incidence of theft than others, from the lastest studies HONDAS and ACURAS are still number 1.

7 - Keep your car registration and insurance card with you instead of in the glove compartment so that thieves cannot produce these documents if stopped by police.

8 - Disconnect either the battery or the coil wire from the distributor cap if you have to leave your car unattended for an extended period of time. Car thieves will often not have the time or the desire to diagnose why the car won't start.

9 - Take your ignition keys to a locksmith or car dealer to remove the key number, which thieves can use to have the keys duplicated (jot down the number for your records first).

10 - Etch the vehicle identification number (VIN) onto the doors and fenders of your car with an electric engraver for extra protection. This helps to discourage professional car thieves, who will have to remove the markings to resell the car.

Well Enjoy the New Year's Festivities and I wish EVERYONE A HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Jess Mangubat
jessmangubat@yahoo.com
626.431.2266

SANTA AT DILBECK PASADENA OFFICE DEC 2ND WED 5:30 TO 7:00PM

Hi Everyone,

Well it true . . . Santa is on his way!


Santa is visiting our office and please feel free to come to the office for a FREE PICTURE! The time is from 5:30PM to 7:00PM
address is 132 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena CA 91105 - park between the office and Bally's fitness parking lot. Tell them you are there for Santa at the Dilbeck office!!

I know it's short notice, but it's never too late to get a free picture!

Call me if you have any questions.

Jess Mangubat
Dilbeck Realtors - Pasadena
626.431.2266
702.285.2779
jessmangubat@yahoo.com