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The Upland Highland Regiment Boosters will host a "Food Truck Frenzy" from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 18 at Cable Airport, 1749 W. 13^th St. in Upland.

Attendees will enjoy a day of food, entertainment, vendors, a fun zone and music.

Entry is $5. Kids under 5 years old can enter for free.

Dale Bros. Brewery of Upland will have a beer garden.

There will also be numerous food trucks.

For more information on the event and the food trucks in attendance visit www.uhrb.org

The Parent Teacher Association at Pepper Tree Elementary School will be holding a drive in conjunction with Goodwill Industries from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 7 at the school, 1045 W. 18^th St. in Upland.

The PTA is trying to raise money to purchase new playground equipment.

People will be able to drive up to the sale and drop off gently used items to donate. Donations are tax deductible.

All items must be sell-able as is.

For more information email Peppertreefundraising@yahoo.com

Carden Arbor View School hosted the monthly Chamber of Commerce mixer on Nov. 16.

There was a ribbon cutting in celebration of the school's 30^th anniversary.

"This is an exciting year at Carden Arbor View School, as the school began celebrating its 30^th anniversary year in September," said Terri DiMarco, director of development at the school.

The mixer included presentations by the Chamber of Commerce officers, city and community members, Sen. Bob Dutton's office and a visit from the Upland Mayor's office.

The school provided appetizers and beverages to all guests.

Prizes were also raffled off.

Carden Arbor View School is a non-sectarian, spiritually diverse, values-based school at 1530 N. San Antonio Ave. in Upland.

Pepper Tree Elementary School is having a night of hockey with the Ontario Reign hockey team at 6 p.m. Dec. 10 at the Citizens Business Bank Arena, 4000 E. Ontario Center Parkway in Ontario.

The Ontario Reign will be playing the Las Vegas Wranglers.

Tickets are $17 each or $60 for a four-pack.

A portion of the ticket sales will go towards the school's goal of raising $100,000 for new playground equipment.

For more information email peppertreefundraising@yahoo.com

Upland High School Aquatics is holding a Christmas Tree fund raiser to help suport their coaching, transportation and other related necessities.

The proceeds will go to the boys and girls water polo, swim and dive teams.

The Christmas trees are from Oregon and can be ordered through Nov. 4.

Pick up will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Dec. 3 at Upland High School, 565 W. 11^th St.

To order trees email r.l.osborn@hotmail.com or call 909-920-1106.

Carden Arbor View School recently kicked off their 30^th school year.

Students and staff returned to class on Aug. 31.

Students and their families as well as staff members shared a celebration cake on Sept. 2 during the school's Friday assembly.

Carden Arbor View, 1530 N. San Antonio Ave., is a non-sectarian, spiritually diverse, values based school, according to a school news release. They provide classes to students in grades K-8.

After teaching at a Carden school and being impressed by the reading program, school founder, Claudia Humphries, said she knew she had to open a school utilizing the Carden curriculum when her daughter was in kindergarten.

"Finding a school site was difficult, and Upland Christian Church needed Sunday school rooms and leased me a small part of the present site," Humphries said in a Carden news release. "My husband and I borrowed money for the first building which is the present administration building. We opened in September, 1981 with 45 students for kindergarten through sixth grades. We were on our way."

Carden provides small class size, foreign language, focused learning for math, science and technical skills, arts, music and intramural sports as well as educational trips. They offer before and after school childcare and an afternoon tutoring program.

More than 40 percent of Carden graduates go on to Webb School in Claremont or some of the finest high schools, colleges and universities across the country, according to a news release.

"Much like a tree, Carden Arbor View School's roots run deep and branches stretch wide. It is much stronger and much larger than ever imagined and continues to grow due to the love and support it receives from our community of families and staff," Head of School Cathy Edwards said in a news release. "As we continue on this educational journey, Carden Arbor View School will always focus on where we are going. Our children the beneficiaries of this wonderful school, are provided an education filled with joy, growth, enthusiasm, dignity and respect."

For more information on Carden call Terri DiMarco, director of development, at 909-982-9919 or email her at tdimarco@cardenarborview.org

The Upland Professional Firefighters and Upland City Fire Department delivered new backpacks and school supplies to local elementary schools during the first week of classes.

"Most of our firefighters have families of their own so were excited to participate in a project like this where we're helping local kids in need. With each of our members participating in this project, our department was able to collect dozens of new backpacks along with several boxes of school supplies for children here in Upland," said Ryan Webb, president of the Upland Professional Firefighters, in a city news release. "Every day as we respond to emergency calls within the city, our firefighters encounter families in

need so we felt this was an excellent opportunity to help those families during these hard

economic times."

Upland firefighters spent the last few weeks collecting donated backpacks and school supplies from the community to give to Upland elementary school students.

The Upland Professional Firefighters' Local #3477 is the labor association representing the 36 members of the Upland Fire Department.

Carden Arbor View School has partnered with online shopping site MyQuickDeals.com to offer school families and the local community the opportunity to take advantage of special deals and discounts by local businesses.

Each time someone registers with the site with the school's code and buys one of the local merchant's offers, the school will receive a 10 percent donations on any daily deal purchased by the donor, sponsor or friends associated with the school.

The donations received by the school will be used to buy educational tools or equipment for students.

For more inforamtion about Carden Arbor View School's partner code and MyQuickDeals.com call Terri DiMarco, the school's director of development at 909-982-9919 or email her at tdimarco@cardenarborview.org

Carden Arbor View School is a k-8 private school at 1530 N. San Antonio Ave. in Upland.

The Upland Professional Firefighters and Upland Fire Department are hosting a backpack and school supply drive for local elementary school students through Aug. 18.

Firefighters are asking local businesses and residents to drop off new backpacks and school supplies at each of the city's fire stations.

The supplies will be delivered to Upland elementary schools before classes begin on Aug. 23.

Donations can be dropped off at the following stations:

Station 161 at 475 N. Second Ave.

Station 162 at 2046 San Antonio Ave.

Station 163 at 1350 Benson Ave.

Station 164 at 1865 Campus Ave.