COMMUNITY CORNER

Ongoing through end of the year – Volunteers
are needed for the Healdsburg Active 20-30 Children’s Shopping
Spree on Saturday, August 6. Please contact Dan Chapin at
[email protected] if you can help a child shop. If you want to
sponsor a child, that can be arranged also. More information is
also available at their national website
www.active20-30.com/index.crm?page=ShoppingSpree.
Ongoing through end of the year – Healdsburg
Senior Writing Project, Senior Center, every Tuesday 10 a.m. to
noon. Call 431-3324 to register.
Now through August 1 – Fiber Artistry,
Healdsburg Center for the Arts, 130 Plaza Street.
www.healdsburgcenterforthearts.com.
Now through end of summer – Healdsburg Museum
presents “Russian River Good Old Days” display in the gallery.
Museum open Wed – Sunday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Now through end of November – “Games Children
Play” exhibition at Charles M. Schulz Museum, 2301 Hardies Lane,
Santa Rosa. Open every day through summer.
August 4, 18 – Active 20-30 Club of Healdsburg
meetings, more information at www.facebook.com/hbg2030.
August 5 – FIRST FRIDAY Salvation Army pickup
in the three Senior Communities. 8 – 11 a.m. Please leave items by
garage door or by the front door.
August 5 – Pizzas and Yappy Hour at Lambert
Bridge Winery. Wine tasting, pizza, four-legged friends on leashes.
4:30 – 6:30 p.m. Reservations required. Benefits Healdsburg Animal
Shelter. [email protected]. $35 per person.
August 5 – Healdsburg Education Foundation
presents a fundraising concert featuring ‘Dgiin’ at the Raven – 8 –
11 p.m. Tickets are available at
www.brownpapertickets.com/event/184884, or at Copperfields Books
and the Last Record Store.
August 6, 13, 20, 27 – Healdsburg Farmer’s
Market, North and Vine Streets, 9 a.m. – noon.
August 6 – 7th Annual Dog Days of Summer Open
House at Mutt Lynch Winery. New releases, ‘apps’ and ‘yaps’ (snacks
for humans and goodies for dogs), dog art. 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. $20
before August 4th, or $25 at the door. Portion of proceeds to
Healdsburg Animal Shelter.
August 6, 21 – Bird Rescue Center Visitor Day,
1 – 4 p.m. 3430 Chanate Road, Santa Rosa.
August 8, 15, 22, 29 – Healdsburg Rotary
meeting, Tayman Park, 12 noon
August 9, 16, 23, 30 – Healdsburg Kiwanis Club
meetings, Villa Annex, noon except 4th Tuesday (23rd) at 7 p.m.
August 9, 16, 23, 30 – Healdsburg Farmer’s
Market, North and Vine Street, 4 – 6:30 p.m.
August 9 – Center Literary Cage presents Guy
Biederman’s Low-Fat Fiction Group and Visiting LA Poet Brendan
Constantine. 7 – 9 p.m. Free and open to the public. Donations
welcome. More info 696-1111.
August 10, 17, 24, 31 – Rotary Club of
Healdsburg Sunrise, Healdsburg Senior Center, 7 a.m.
August 10, 17, 24, 31 – Healdsburg Boy Scouts
meeting, 7 p.m. Clary Hall, 437 First Street. See more info at
www.troop21healdsburg.com.
August 11 – Schulz Museum 9th Anniversary Open
House, 5 – 8 p.m. Free Admission and ice cream. 2301 Hardies Lane,
Santa Rosa.
August 13 – CPR Class, Healdsburg Fire
Department, 9 – 12 noon. Must register 431-3360.
August 13 – Meet, watch and talk to cartoonist
Eric Olson at Charles M. Schulz Museum.1 – 3 p.m. 2301 Hardies
Lane, Santa Rosa.
August 13 – Healdsburg Art Center sponsored
“Art Night Out: Tins of Imagination”. 4:30 – 8 p.m. 130 Plaza
Street. Tickets are $20 donation to Center and include glass of
wine, food, live music, auction of unique art pieces.
August 20 – Farmer’s Market Zucchini Festival,
North and Vine Streets, 9 a.m. – noon.
August 21 – Healdsburg Literary Guild Third
Sunday Salon presents writer and artist Leah Lubin. 2 – 4 p.m.
Healdsburg Senior Center, 133 Matheson Street. Free and open to the
public. www.HbgLitGuild.org.
August 22 – Museum Monday for Little Ones at
Schulz Museum. Stories, movement games, arts and crafts. Children
ages 1 – 5 with caregiver. $5/child. 2301 Hardies Lane, Santa
Rosa
August 27 – Healdsburg Rotary Sunrise Flea
Market, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. City Hall Parking Lot, $25 for 10 x 20′
space. Call Carla at 479-7941 to reserve your space.
August 27 – Decorate Your Own Snoopy at Charles
Schulz Museum. Work with an artist to paint, tie-dye, clothe and
create a unique Snoopy. $20 members, $25 non-members. Reservations
required 284-1263.
Do you know what Fair Trade is? Fair Trade
Healdsburg is a campaign started by a dedicated variety of
Healdsburg residents and merchants committed to raising awareness
about Fair Trade in our community. They do not want your money,
they need your voice. For more information contact Ray at
[email protected] or Annette at [email protected].
http://fairtradehealdsburg.blogspot.com/
Healdsburg Center for the Arts has put out a
call for photographers to submit their work for a Photographers
Showcase to be held Oct 19 – Nov 14, 2011. Deadline for submittal
is September 6. Check out their website at
www.healdsburgcenterforthearts.com or email
[email protected].
Healdsburg Literary Guild is seeking applicants
for the next Literary Laureate for 2012-2013. Applicants from
Healdsburg, Geyserville, Cloverdale and Windsor can find more
information at www.hbglitguild.org.
Our Animal Shelter at 790 Westside Road can
always use the following donations: dish soap, laundry soap, paper
towels, large and small plastic garbage bags, bleach, and scoopable
cat litter.
Raven Performing Arts Theater is looking for
volunteers for a variety of positions. Please contact Linda Swezey
at 395-0599 or email her at [email protected].
www.raventheater.org
Our Sonoma County Parks are in need of
volunteers for a variety of opportunities. Find out what you can
help with at [email protected].
Chris Love is a longtime Healdsburg resident who believes we
all need to make a difference in our world. Your items for this
column may be submitted by email at
[email protected] or by calling 433-1178.