Come to Hospitality Center’s 40th birthday party. +PRIDE! Get art and info, then hit artsy yard sales and don’t forget the PAL fishing clinic+ Stephen Bates in the redwoods for Noyo Center
If you love art and helping the homeless, come to the 40th anniversary of the Mendocino Coast Hospitality Center in Fort Bragg Saturday from 11 a.m to 3 p.m. Plus today is the first PRIDE celebration and a weekly protest in front of the Guest House. (see the end of the story for more info on those two events)
Wow! Check out the art. You can buy it, and the money goes to the artist to help them get into transitional housing and fulfill other needs they have. You can also learn about the Hospitality Center which got a $2.5 million grant earlier this year to expand services outside of Fort Bragg. Thanks so much to Tabetha Connell, who provided me with these photos.
The Hospitality Center and Fort Bragg Police Department work together to provide winter shelter and other homeless services.
The press release was printed by MendoFever (to their credit, both Bruce at the AVA and Matt at MendoFever credited it as a press release, while a rival site portrayed it as original work written by a staff reporter.
The state grant for three years brought $1 million to the police department to expand the Care Response Unit.
The Mendocino Coast Hospitality Center gets $1.5 million to expand behavioral health services outside of Fort Bragg to more of the Mendocino Coast. These funds will also be used to dedicate temporary and transitional housing to clients of CRU (Care Response Unit).
The $1 million portion of this grant going to the Fort Bragg Police Department will cover costs, including expansion for a third Care Response Unit team member, whose time will be split between Fort Bragg and county areas from Albion to Westport. Also a part-time administrative assistant, administrative costs, and other associated needs.
In the morning, the Police Activities League will offer the annual fishing clinic at the Joe Moura pond adjacent to the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens. Lots of fish have been stocked for kids to catch and the cops will help dads have the fun from 8 a.m to noon. Here is a story I did on this last year.
The old Coast Hotel, which houses the Hospitality Center, was built in Fort Bragg in 1892. It was one of the few structures on Franklin Street to survive the 1906 earthquake.
Before the show, check out a nearby arty yard sale at 546 S. Harrison Street
8am to 12pm – No early birds please.
After the art show, check out this garage sale from Megan Caron!
Great furniture, Tons of books, Lots of kitchenware, A garage full of Man stuff, Huge pile of nice wood, Wood shop equipment, Beds Nice stuff!!
Sunday 50% off Everything must go! Free pile all weekend
Take Little Lake Rd, Left on Hills Ranch, Its right behind the Firehouse
There is another yard sale that is awesome. A friend went to this on Friday
Eclectic Garage Sale. Friday and Saturday, June 20th & 21st. 8-2, 42151 Comptche Ukiah Rd (2.7 miles up on right). South American/Indian/world Art, records,CD’s, stand up desk, Ducati motorcycle, new motorcycle stand, Nissan Truck, new kayak racks, washer/dryer, pet stuff, books, physical therapy devices, furniture, kayaks, fishing equipment, compound bow, wildlife cameras, tools, tennis stuff, pots, desk, .75” 100’ hose with sprayer, punching bag, hiking packs, tents, motorcycle helmet/jacket/pants/boots(13), shop vac, jars, women’s bicycle, smoker, brand new generator, new ladder, clothes, wet suits, boogie boards, gas, grill, pots, and pans, rugs, shoes, stage monitor, Pevey CS-400 PA system, 88-key Alexis pro recital hammered keyboard piano. Lots more. All very good stuff and reasonably priced.
The following is from Mendocino Indivisible.
(THIS) Saturday June 21 Protest 11am to 12noon at Main/Laurel in front
of the Guest House Museum (or go to full celebration). No food donations
this week.
This week will be a very special Saturday protest! Fort Bragg’s first
Pride Day kicks off at Laurel and Main, at 11:30 a.m. “We hope all of you will
show up at the usual 11 am, then join the Pride gathering at 11:30,
showing our support for all our community members.
The march starts at 11:30 a.m. at Main & Laurel streets and ends at the
Larry Spring Museum at noon.
and then…..
Fort Bragg Pride Celebration – Celebrate Pride with live music, DJs,
speakers and family-friendly activities. Noon – 4 p.m., Larry Spring
Museum, 225 E. Redwood Ave., Fort Bragg.
https://www.visitmendocino.com/event/fort-bragg-pride-march-and-celebration/
One more late arrival: there is a benefit concert by the Noyo Center for Marine Science today. There is a really cool conert that includes Aaron Ford, the Mighty T Bones and Fort Bragg’s king of rock and roll, Stephen Bates!
Its here, under Music in the Redwoods. This cat will now glower at the 14 people who contacted me about stuff AFTER the story came out!! lol
