Families and individuals who could use financial assistance with utility bills can start readying the paperwork, as Bear Valley Electric Service will be hosting HEAP application processing next week. Starting next Tuesday morning at 9am, applications for HEAP, which stands for the Home Energy Assistance Program, will be accepted for the first 30 in line, another 20 applications … [Read more...] about HEAP Application Processing Available at Bear Valley Electric on Tuesday; Financial Assistance Offered to Low-Income Households
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Big Bear Chamber Still Seeking Contributions for Fourth of July Fireworks Show Over Big Bear Lake
The Big Bear community has ponied up over $39,000 to assure that the Fourth of July fireworks show over Big Bear Lake will be as big and brilliant as the anticipated 25,000 visitors expect on Saturday the Fourth. This year’s goal of the City of Big Bear Lake, the Rotary Club of Big Bear Valley and the Big Bear Chamber of Commerce is to raise $50,000 to make for a spectacular … [Read more...] about Big Bear Chamber Still Seeking Contributions for Fourth of July Fireworks Show Over Big Bear Lake
One Year Later, We Remember BBHS Football’s #76 Michael Lundin
It was last June 24 when Community Church by the Lake was filled to overflowing in loving support of the Lundin family who, a year ago today, lost their son Michael, a 2006 graduate of Big Bear High School. The passing of Mike Lundin, a young man who loved sports, the forest and God, was the sad outcome of an altercation on June 18 that involved many young men from Big Bear and … [Read more...] about One Year Later, We Remember BBHS Football’s #76 Michael Lundin
County Supervisors Approve Funding to Senior Meals Programs; Senior Lunch Served Twice Weekly in Big Bear
The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors yesterday authorized $3.86 million to fund meal programs for seniors throughout the County, and over $71,000 of these funds will be directed to our community in the coming year. These programs, which include the twice-weekly meals offered through the Big Bear Valley Recreation and Park District, accounted for 281,540 communal meals … [Read more...] about County Supervisors Approve Funding to Senior Meals Programs; Senior Lunch Served Twice Weekly in Big Bear
Give the Gift of Life: Bloodmobile at Stater Bros. on Tuesday
Big Bear folks will today have the opportunity to “give the gift of life,” as the Lifestream bloodmobile will be at Stater Bros. from 11am to 3pm. Healthy individuals at least 15 years of age may donate blood (though teens will need parental consent); those who donate blood will receive a free mini-physical as part of the process, which takes about an hour. Those who donate … [Read more...] about Give the Gift of Life: Bloodmobile at Stater Bros. on Tuesday