Chris Love
Now through May – Now through February 25 – The Student Council
at Fitch Mountain School, 520 Monte Vista Avenue, is sponsoring
their Second Annual “Pennies for Patients” drive to benefit
children in the Bay Area with blood cancers – leukemia and
lymphoma. Come by the school office and drop off your donation –
all change, bills, and checks are accepted. Students also have
collection boxes. Please be generous.
Now through February 28 – Artist Showcase “Where the Wild Things
Are”, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, 130 Plaza Street, Open Daily
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. www.healdsburgcenterforthearts.com
Now through May – Healdsburg Senior Writing Project, Senior
Center, every Tuesday 10 a.m. to noon. Call 431-3324 to
register.
February 17 – Active 20-30 Club of Healdsburg, www.facebook.com/hbg2030.
February 17 – Healdsburg High School and Junior High Spring Band
Concert, Junior High Gym, 7:30 p.m.
February 17 – Sons of the American Legion Squadron 111
Membership meeting, 7 p.m. Villa Annex.
February 19 – Foss Creek Volunteer Day. Meet at Purity Lot at 3
North Street. Wear sturdy shoes and long pants. 8:30 – 11 a.m.
February 19 – Sonoma County Regional Parks Beginners’ Bird Walk
at Spring Lake Park, 8:30 – 11 a.m. 393 Violetti Road, Santa Rosa.
Meet in parking lot. Bring binoculars, snacks and water.
February 20 – Bird Rescue Center Visitor Day, 1 – 4 p.m. 3430
Chanate Road, Santa Rosa. 523-2473.
February 20 – Healdsburg Literary Guild’s Third Sunday Salon
presents Jeane Slone, 2 – 4 p.m. Healdsburg Senior Center, 135
Matheson Street. Free.
February 21, 28 – Baby time at the Healdsburg Library, ages 1 –
18 months, 10:30 a.m.
February 21, 28 – Rotary Club meeting, 12 noon, Tayman Park Club
House.
February 22 – Healdsburg Kiwanis Club meets at Villa Annex, 12
noon except 4th Tuesday (22nd) which meets at 7 p.m.
February 22 – Preschool story time at the Healdsburg Library,
ages 2 – 5, 10:30 a.m.
February 23 – Healdsburg Sunrise Rotary, 7 a.m., Senior
Center
February 23 – Noche de la Familia at the Healdsburg Public
Library, Bilingual family night. 6:30 p.m.
February 23 – Healdsburg Center for the Arts presents Jazz in
the Gallery, 7 p.m. $25 tickets available online or at the Center.
www.healdsburgjazzfestival.org.
February 23 – Healdsburg Boy Scouts meeting, 7 p.m. Clary Hall,
437 First Street. For more information email Brian at [email protected].
February 23 – Final day for applications to be submitted at
Healdsburg Center for the Arts for the show “Figure, Face and
Form”. Applications available at www.healdsburgcenterforthearts.com
or at the art center.
February 25 – Healdsburg Animal Shelter Low-Cost Rabies
Vaccination Clinic, 570 Westside Road, 3:30 – 5 p.m. No appointment
necessary.
February 26 – Sonoma County Parks Volunteer work day at Foothill
Regional Park, 1351 Arata Lane, Windsor. 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. strenuous
work. Meet at parking lot off Arata Lane. More information at
565-3356 or www.sonomacountyparks.org.
February 26 – Healdsburg Library presents DRUMMM, participatory
Drumming Program for all ages. 3 p.m. at the Library.
February 26 – Mr. Healdsburg Pageant, Raven Performing Arts
Theater, 7:30 p.m. Tickets available at www.raventheater.org.
February 28 – Healdsburg School District Special Education
Presentation – Parents’ Rights – at the Junior High Library, 315
Grant Street. 6:30 p.m. More information at 433-1335.
March 1 – Healdsburg Junior High Boosters meeting, in the
Library at 6 p.m.
March 1 – Graduation Celebration meeting, Room 45 Healdsburg
High School, 7 p.m.
March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 – Healdsburg Kiwanis Club meets at Villa
Annex, 12 noon except 4th Tuesday (22nd) which meets at 7 p.m.
March 2 – 28 – Healdsburg Center for the Arts presents “Figure,
Face & Form”, an all media show. Center open daily 11 – 5
p.m.
March 2 – Healdsburg Museum Volunteer Association meeting, 9:30
a.m. at the museum.
March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 – Healdsburg Sunrise Rotary, 7 a.m.,
Senior Center
March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 – Healdsburg Boy Scouts meeting, 7 p.m.
Clary Hall, 437 First Street. For more information email Brian at
[email protected].
March 3, 17 – Active 20-30 Club of Healdsburg, www.facebook.com/hbg2030.
March 4 – 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.
March 5 – Foss Creek Workday, 8:30 – 11 a.m. Meet at Vine St.
and Matheson by railroad tracks.
March 5, 20 – Bird Rescue Center Visitor Day, 1 – 4 p.m. 3430
Chanate Road, Santa Rosa. 523-2473.
March 6 – LandPaths sponsored Family Nature Exploration at
Healdsburg Ridge, easy to moderate walking/hiking, bring picnic
lunch. 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Must register at [email protected].
March 7, 14, 21, 28 – Rotary Club meeting, 12 noon, Tayman Park
Club House.
March 7 – Healdsburg Greyhound Boosters Club meeting, 6:30 p.m.
High School room 20
The Friends of the Healdsburg Library Used Book Sale is coming
up on March 16th – 19th, four days in lieu of three this year. They
are in need of donations also. Books, DVDs, videos, music CDs are
all welcome. Any questions just call the library at 433-3772.
Graduation Celebration needs some help with some of their
committees including transportation, fundraising, volunteers and
prizes. ALL freshman, sophomore, and junior parents should be
volunteering for this wonderful all night party for our graduates.
Your child benefits from this party, and you need to help before
your student is a senior! Call Dalene at 542-9500 or 486-5792.
The Healdsburg Hospital Volunteers needs some more members. Men
and women are invited to come by and talk to the volunteers at the
gift shop to get an idea of what all they do, and then fill out an
application.
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.