CR offers first DIY workshop for women
College of the Redwoods held the first workshop in its new series “Creating Spaces: DIY Workshops for Women+” on Feb 3 and 4. The inaugural weekend, “Tools of the Trades” included more than 20 women from the community learning about and playing around with an array of tools used in common DIY and home remodeling projects.
The event was led by Amy Scott, with assistance from Tori Amaral and Lauren Morgan-Outhisack, all alumna of the CR Construction Technology program, and provided an inclusive and encouraging environment for women of all backgrounds.
During the two-day course, participants learned measuring and marking and familiarized themselves with basic hand tools and essential power tools like drills, impact drivers, and circular saws, eventually graduating to professional table saws and chop saws.
The final project, completed as a group, was to build a ramp to replace an aging one in the dog playground of the Sequoia Humane Society.
CR will host another Tools of the Trades workshop in March with other topics and sessions to come.
Cannabis cooperative program offered
Cooperative Agriculture Network Develops Solutions for Local Cannabis Economy
The Cooperative Agriculture Network, a worker-owned cooperative that supports and unites independent craft cannabis farmers, distributors, regulators, and industry advocates in the Emerald Triangle, is offering this third Cooperative Cannabis Academy this spring.
The academy is a five-week no-cost program. It starts with an in-person preview on Feb. 27 at the Crisp Lounge in Eureka. The five-week course is online and starts March 12.
The CAN Academy includes training in the formation of farm cooperatives like Salmon Creek Legacy Farms and lessons in cooperative processes that everyone can use to leverage shared-power while respecting independence and autonomy. Structured cooperative projects like farm cooperatives and distribution cooperatives unite small, independent businesses to share resources, reduce overhead, and increase market presence. Cooperative meeting facilitation, decision-making, and problem-solving are skills anyone can use to achieve individual goals like effective operations and collaboration, and to achieve shared goals like appellation and regulatory reform.
For more information, go to cancoop.org.
Humboldt College Corps applications open
Applications for Humboldt College Corps are open for students of Cal Poly Humboldt and College of the Redwoods.
Humboldt College Corps is a fellowship that takes place throughout the academic year in which students participate in service with a local community nonprofit. Eligible students will receive $7,000 in living stipends, and a $3,000 educational award for completing 450 hours of service over the course of the academic year.
Students are encouraged to take the opportunity to grow as professionals by participating in the 24-25 academic year cohort.
Priority review for applications closes on March 22. Applications will continue to be accepted after March 22, but once the cohort is filled, applicants will be added to the waitlist.
Apply at https://ccbl.humboldt.edu/college-corps/fellows. For questions about the program email collegecorps@humboldt.edu or call 707-826-4961.
Providence named as top hospitals
Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital and Providence St. Joseph Hospital were recently recognized as top-performing hospitals by Partnership Health Plan’s Hospital Quality Improve Program. Redwood Memorial Hospital was one of just six hospitals among the 26 surveyed in Northern California to achieve a 100% score in all quality categories measured.
“This recognition is a testament to the quality, compassionate and dedicated care that is delivered daily by our caregivers and physicians at our hospitals in Humboldt County,” interim associate chief medical officer James Goldberg, M.D., said in a prepared statement. “Our patients are our friends, family members and neighbors. That’s why we make it our top priority to pursue excellence in service to their health and well-being. We’re exceptionally proud of this honor!”
The goal of the Hospital QIP is to improve the quality of care provided to PHC members. The measures hospitals report on are selected and designed in collaboration with hospital partners and represent the following domains: readmissions, advance care planning, clinical quality, patient safety, and operations and efficiency.
Trinidad Chamber of Commerce to hold mixer
The Greater Trinidad Chamber of Commerce will be holding a winter mixer at the Moonstone Beach House at 122 Moonstone Beach Road in Trinidad on Feb. 29 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The mixer is open to both existing members and those who are considering joining the group. The mixer offers an opportunity to mix, mingle, eat snacks and drink and meet the new directors. There will also be a raffle with local items.
Redwood Roots farmer recognized
In recognition of her life’s work, Janet Czarnecki of Redwood Roots Farm in Bayside is being honored as the 2024 Legacy Farmer of the Year by Community Alliance with Family Farmers, the farming group announced this week in a news release.
The category for Legacy Farmer of the Year states “With an eye on the future, this experienced farmer or rancher is working to pass down their wisdom to the next generation, assuring their good example and agricultural legacy lives on.”
Czarnecki does just that, the release noted.
Czarnecki ran the farm for 24 years until her recent retirement.
“Wanting to pass on her legacy, she worked with 3 of her mentees, assisting them in raising capital from the community that she helped build to purchase the farm, launching the first worker-owned cooperative CSA on the north coast. Her legacy lives on in how they now care for that land and each other,” the release noted.
Honorees for all categories can be found at https://caff.org/2024champions. Find more information at https://casmallconference.sched.com.
Multilingual job fair announces employers
A recent informal poll of Humboldt County employers revealed that they are looking for applicants who speak more than one language, yet many of these employers aren’t sure how to connect with these applicants, a news release from College of the Redwoods stated this week.
To address the need, the College of the Redwoods Adult Education is offering a multilingual job fair that will connect interested employers with multilingual applicants.
The job fair is April 18 at 3 p.m. at the Wharfinger Building in Eureka. It will include employers such as the Department of Rehabilitation, Open Door Clinic, In-Home Supportive Services Care Provider Registry, Caltrans, Changing Tides, Pacific Medical Resources, Office of Elections, Redwood Community Action Agency, Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, and Dark Staffing Solutions.
To help applicants prepare for the job fair, CR will offer three workshops at 525 D St:
• ITIN Tax ID Number Workshop (English), March 22 at 2:30 p.m.
• ITIN Tax ID Number Workshop (Spanish) March 29 at 2:30 p.m.
• Resume Workshop, April 5 at 2:30 p.m.
To reserve a spot, RSVP to student development advisor Jonny Maiullo at jonathan-maiullo@redwoods.edu or call 707-476-4527.
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