Community corner

February 1 – 14 – Fitch Mountain Campus Student ‘Pennies for
Patients’ campaign. See follow-up item.
Now through end of February – Healdsburg Museum and Historical
Society Magical Toyland Exhibit, 221 Matheson Street, Wednesday –
Sunday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
February 3 – 16 – Plaza Arts Center “Inspirations”, High School
student artwork from Healdsburg and Cloverdale. Open Wednesday –
Monday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
February 4 – Healdsburg Elementary School Kindergarten and
Immersion Information Night, 6 p.m.
February 5 – Blood Drive, Exchange Bank, 1031 Vine Street, 3 – 6
p.m., parking lot
February 5 – Salvation Army Senior Community pickup, 8 – 11 a.m.
Call 433-5574 for information.
February 5 – 6 – Healdsburg Wild Steelhead Festival, Gala Dinner
on the 5th and Plaza events on the 6th. For more information call
Liz Keeley at 484-6438, go to www.healdsburgsteelheadfest.org.
February 6 – Master Gardeners’ Series, Healdsburg Library,
‘Sudden Oak Death – Here in Healdsburg’, presented by Master
Gardener SOD Specialists, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
February 6 – Bird Rescue Center Visitor Day, 3430 Chanate Road,
Santa Rosa, 1 – 4 p.m. For more information phone 523-BIRD.
February 6 – LandPaths Mushroom Madness, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. near
Santa Rosa, moderate to strenuous hiking/walking, must register
544-7284.
February 6 – Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Sonoma County Crab
Feed, Windsor Clubhouse, 9440 Brooks Road South. $50 per person.
Tickets at Windsor Club or call Shannon Howard 794-7977, Ext.
105.
February 7 – Local children’s author Camille Picott, Hotel
Healdsburg Carriage House, reading her book “Raggedy Chan” in honor
of the Chinese New Year, free and open to the public, all children
are invited. Coloring activity to follow after the reading.
February 8 – Healdsburg Garden Club meeting, special topic
“Minimizing Pests in the Garden” by Cie Cary, Master Gardener. 1
p.m. Villa Annex. New members and visitors welcome.
February 8 – Healdsburg Rotary, Masonic Hall, 324 Center Street,
Noon.
February 9 – IOOBY Stewardship outing, 9 a.m. to noon. See
follow up item.
February 9 – Preschool Story Time, Healdsburg Library, for 2 – 5
year olds with adult, 10:30 a.m.
February 9 – Center Literary Café, featured writers are Bluebird
Café Writers, Healdsburg Senior Center, 7-9 p.m. Bring prose or
poetry to share. Donations welcome.
February 10 – Rotary Club of Healdsburg Sunrise, Senior Center,
continental breakfast, 7 a.m. See follow up item.
February 10 – Boy Scout Troop 21 meeting, Clary Hall, 437 First
Street, 7 – 8 p.m. More information – Brian Curtis, sc*********@tr***************.com.
February 11 – IOOBY Stewardship outing, 9 a.m. to noon. See
follow up item.
February 12 – Healdsburg Junior High “Dance Your Heart Out”
Valentine’s Dance,
February 13 – Healdsburg Literary Guild Annual Poetry Valentine,
Healdsburg Library, 2 – 4 p.m.
February 13 – CPR classes at Healdsburg Fire Department, 9 – 12
p.m. Cost is $30, must register, 431-3146.
February 14 – Sonoma County Regional Parks Valentine’s Day Hike
at Tolay Lake, vigorous 3 hour hike, bring your own water and food,
reservations a must. 565-2041.
February 16 – IOOBY Stewardship outing, 9 a.m. to noon. See
follow up item.
February 16 – Preschool Story Time, Healdsburg Library, for 2 –
5 year olds with adult, 10:30 a.m.
February 17 – Science Fair Mentoring Clinic, Healdsburg Library,
4 – 6 p.m.
February 20 – Foss Creek Restoration Day, Meet at Purity Lot,
8:30 – 11:30 a.m.
The Student Council at Fitch Mountain Campus is sponsoring a
“Pennies for Patients” campaign. From February 1 – 14 the students
will be collecting pennies for kids who have leukemia or lymphoma.
This campaign is run through the Bay Area Leukemia and Lymphoma
Society. Please bring your pennies by the school or check with your
neighborhood students to help fill their donation container.
The first Friday of every month the Salvation Army is doing
their pickup in our three senior communities of items left out by
the garage. You need to have the items out by 8 a.m. Please
remember that if there is a holiday and regular garbage pickup is a
day late, then the Army’s pickup will be a day late also. If you
have any questions, please call 433-7574.
Rotary Club of Healdsburg has two clubs now, one that meets
every Monday at noon at the Masonic Hall, 324 Center Street, and
the Sunrise Club, which meets at 7 a.m. at the Senior Center. Both
clubs work on local, national and international projects. For
information about the Monday club, call Kent Mitchell at 433-2475.
For information on the Sunrise Club, call Pam Moulton at
433-2760.
On February 12, Healdsburg Junior High students will participate
in the First Annual Dance Your Heart Out fundraiser in the school
gymnasium from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Dance Your Heart Out is an activity
based fundraiser for the HJH PTO where students will dance for
eight 20 minute blocks of time to raise money for award assemblies,
enrichment classes, end of year activities and other expenses
otherwise not covered by the school budget. Dance Your Heart Out
encourages full student participation and is meant to be fun, heart
healthy, and 100 percent of the money raised goes directly to the
school. Checks can be sent to the school at 315 Grant Street. For
more information contact Cathy Smith at 328-8749 or ca*******@co*****.net
In Our Own Back Yard (IOOBY) is a program sponsored by Land
Paths that helps students take care of our protected lands. Over
700 Sonoma County students in grades 2-6 and 11-12 participate. In
the course of the school year, students visit adopted properties
four times, including a stewardship project. They need additional
adult helpers. Please call 544-7284 or email in**@la*******.org to help.
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 co****************@sb*******.net
or by calling 433-1178.