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Cub Pack 614, Webelo Den 1 of Upland recently had a father/son cake baking contest, with no moms allowed.

The Webelos participated in the contest on Jan. 24 at Pepper Tree Elementary School in Upland as part of a national Cub Scout event.

Webelos and their fathers had to bake the cakes and decorate them according to a chosen theme, without any help from the mothers.

Some of the themes included America the beautiful; movies; outer space; pirates; scouting and sports.

Making the task a little more difficult, the cakes had to be completely edible.

The Lyons Club conducted the judging and sponsored the event.

The First United Methodist Church Preschool at 262 N. Euclid Ave. in Upland is holding a "Meet and Greet" for potential preschoolers and their parents at 9:15 a.m. Feb. 7-8.

Parents will spend the morning getting to know the preschool with a tour, followed by art time, music time, a mini sports lesson and end with a short Spanish experience.

The meet and greet is free, but reservations are required to be made by Feb. 3

For more information call 909-985-0255 or visit www.uplandpreschool.com

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

The Scheu Family YMCA of Upland is helping to brighten the lives of local children this holiday season.

They are working with Healthy Start and the Upland Partnership for Youth Development to try and provide gifts for children in need.

The deadline to drop the gifts off is 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.

People interested in donating can stop by the Y at 1150 Foothill Blvd. and pick a child.

Gifts are not to exceed $20 and must be wrapped.

They must also be labeld with the name of the child along with the family identification number.

Gift ideas will be provided along with the name and age of each child.

Family gifts are to be groupd together in a large bag with the family number marked on an attached label.

For more information call the Y at 909-946-6120.

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

Kids 12-years-old and younger can get a free "Scary Face Pancake" from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday at IHOP restaurants.

There is an IHOP at 80 N. Euclid Ave. in Upland.

The pancakes will be given out as part of the restaurant's "No Tricks - Just Treats" program designed to rpovdie kids with a safe and fun Halloween event.

The "design-your-own" Scary Face Pancake includes an oversized signature buttermilk pancakes with a shipped topping mouth and strawberry nose, served with two mini OREO cookies and candy corn on the side to allow kids to create their own Halloween hotcake.

The Tour de Foothills has added a Kid's Ride to their annual event.

Through Kids Ride, 50 to 100 helmets will be given away to underprivileged children in the community. They can also receive free bike repairs.

Kids Ride will be held in conjunction with the Tour de Foothills from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 12 in Memorial Park, 1100 E. Foothill Blvd.

Kids Ride is sponsored by Rei in Rancho Cucamonga and Upland Christian Academy in Rancho Cucamonga.

Kids will also be taught skills they need in order to be better cyclists.

Bicyclists ages 5-12 are invited to attend.

The event is made up of a series of stations dealing with an important aspect of safe cycling.

Participants will have their bicycles inspected and will learn about and practice bicycle handling skills.

Parents are invited to participate as well.

For more information call Adam Howle, REI store manager, at 909-646-8360.

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.

A blood drive will be held from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Mountain View Chevrolet in Upland in support of Justin Cacucciolo, who has been diagnosed with Common Variable Immune Deficiency.

The disease, CVID, prevents Justin's immune system from creating immune cells and keeping them in his body. He has weekly infusions of immune Globulin to regulate his immune system.

The blood produces plasma and Justin needs 100 people a week to donate for one week of treatment.

Since Justin started receiving transfusions in November 2010, his immune levels are at a healthy range for the first time ever, according to a flyer for the drive.

The donations will be administered by the American Red Cross Bloodmobile.

People can donate blood even if they have diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol. Medications associated with theses illnesses are suitable. Tattoos and piercings are acceptable after one year.

Identification is required.

Donors must be at least 16 years old as well as meet height and weight requirements.

For more information and to make an appointment call Kristy Cacucciolo at 951-316-6884.

Donors can also make an appointment online at www.redcrossblood.org and use sponsor code: MVCHEVROLET.

The dealership is at 1079 W. Foothill Blvd.