Hadassah to hold reception
      Thousand Oaks Chapter of Hadassah will host a new member dessert reception from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wed., Oct. 15 at Bellavino Wine Bar, 3709 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd., Westlake Village. Interested persons are invited to meet the members and learn about Hadassah's works.
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CROP hunger walks to begin
      Humanitarian agency Church World Service has announced the opening of its 2008-09 CROP Hunger Walk season, during which hunger activists in some 2,000 communities across the nation will begin walking to raise money for the agency's domestic and global anti-hunger programs.
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Chabad of Conejo to host Yom Kippur services
      Chabad of the Conejo will host Yom Kippur services at Hyatt Westlake Plaza Hotel, 880 S. Westlake Blvd., Westlake Village. Kol Nidre service will be at 6:15 p.m. Wed., Oct. 8. Services continue at 9:30 a.m. Thurs., Oct. 9. The Yizkor memorial service is at noon the same day. Neilah service is at 5 p.m.
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Jewish Genealogical Society to meet
      The Jewish Genealogical Society of the Conejo Valley and Ventura County will meet from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sun., Oct. 5 at Temple Adat Elohim, 2420 E. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. Experienced members of the group will lead small groups of attendees in roundtable discussions. There will be two 45-minute sessions.
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Foster, adoptive parents to meet for ACTION
      ACTION (Area Christians Taking Initiatives On Needs) Foundation of Ventura County will hold the first meeting of its training and support network for foster and adoptive parents from 9 to 11 a.m. Sat., Oct. 25 at EvFree Church, 999 Rancho Conejo Blvd., Newbury Park.
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College students meet meal challenge
      Take more than 4,000 students and volunteers, add tons of rice and soy, then blend well for one day. Those ingredients made for a recordbreaking challenge as students from eight North Carolina colleges and universities worked together to pack more than a million meals for hungry people. The food is now en route to El Salvador, Haiti and India.
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Red Mass scheduled
      Lawyers, judges and the legal community in Ventura County will gather for the first local Red Mass ever held in this area at 5:30 p.m. Tues., Oct. 7 at St. John's Seminary Chapel, 5012 Seminary Road, Camarillo. Members of the legal community are asked to gather by 5:15 p.m.
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