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City of Orange Police Explorer Kimberlyn Cervantes was awarded the Matt Ward Memorial Scholarship for 2023. Presenting the award to Kimberlyn are Matt’s brother, Sgt. Rob Ward, Connie Ward from Tustin PD and Officer Diana Martinez from Cypress PD, all Exploring On Board Members. Congratulations to Kimberlyn and best wishes -
The Dueling Piano night was a huge success. The energy and vibe in the room was contagious. The evening went off without a hitch. Everyone had so much fun!! The Killer Dueling Piano team was infectious and engaging. Here are our founding board members. From left: Ken and Sherrie -
83 Explorers Graduated from the Explorer Academy on February 26th. The top prize, Officer Matthew Ward Memorial Award for Best Overall Explorer went to Hannah Kim with the Irvine Police Explorer Post. The Academy develops and teaches teamwork, leadership, perseverance, stress management, respectfulness and other life skills. Congratulations to all -
Explorers from Cypress, Fountain Valley, Santa Fe Springs, OC Sheriff Office, Westminster and other Posts, assisted with the City of Cypress 40th Annual 10k Run. They helped with traffic, runner direction, spectator questions and anywhere else they could be helpful. Also assisting was our Exploring On President, Gloria Opstad. The -
Explorer Bryan HuynhHua from the Westminster Police Explorer post was earned the award honoring Officer Matt Ward, the Overall Top Explorer at the 2022 Summer Explorer Academy. The Academy was sponsored and run by the Orange County Law Enforcement Explorer Advisor Association. Over 65 Explorers from Orange County and Long -
Westminster Police Explorer Paul Khong was surprised when at his Post meeting in June 2022, he was awarded the Matt Ward Memorial Scholarship. Presenting to Paul are Matt’s mom, Gloria Opstad and Officer Roland Perez from the Westminster Police Department. -
Santa Ana Police Explorer, Gabriela Ayala was awarded the Matt Ward Memorial Scholarship at their awards ceremony. Presenting to Gabriela are Matt’s parents David and Gloria Opstad and brother Officer Rob Ward from Tustin Police department. -
Based on the success of the Dueling Piano Fundraiser, this summer we were able to expand the reach of the Matt Ward Exploring On Association and award seven Matt Ward Memorial Scholarships to Explorers from San Bernardino, across Orange County and Long Beach. The recipients were Jennifer Garcia from San -
It will be 7 weeks ago Thursday that we had our first big event, the Dueling Piano fundraiser. Turns out that was the day before the last in-person day of school, before all of our lives and lifestyles changed, before the dark cloud of COVID 19 affected us all. It