Modesto Famous - homeless

Put a bid on the art at DEVA, for good cause,

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:52:20 -0500

You guys missed great Not an Airplane CD party, another of those great Off the Air events, opened by City Psychology, Karli Fairbanks with Shannon from Portland, and .... well you missed it, show up 2nd Wednesday at Slam on Rye, ask Greg about it there, and buy an Ill List Poetry Slam ticket from State Theatre, www.theState.org or from Sam.... and....

CHSS Art auction, wine fundraiser dinner tonite at Seasons

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:53:29 -0400

From Sofie, and the dinner and art auction is this evening, but donations accepted. I have a couple in for this, along with a number other modesto area artists, this is a good cause.

The Note is from Sofie Pettygrove of Act of Kindness, on the art walk next week.

CHSS event, seeks artists, attendees

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:20:05 -0400

Community Housing and Shelter Services, benefits people seeking emergency housing and Act of Kindness owner Sofie Pettygrove is helping organize this event, and I'm one of the artists in with a donated art work for auction, benefits the CHSS program. Here is copy from the email, there is a donor letter available if interested. She's looking for artists, also attendees to the dinner, to view the art, bid on it. Jim Christiansen, jdc104

revisiting modest bee front page news, dumpster diving

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:05:06 -0500

Might as well write political football, as Patriots ahead when I last checked the game, and noted walking, and doing Commonality Art Show today, will catch up on furtherance and history of Graceada Park Performance Art Project items, as owe it to one of co-founders, Eric Donnelly, who visited project dream come true, free blues festival in Graceada Park last year, both of us in some sort of recovery, Eric's number one contribution to art project, the local GPPAP dumpster dive union, or which he was founding member, and shop steward.

candles in the park

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:22:48 -0500

Walk to the park tonight, December 21, longest night of the year. Winter temps, but clear, better than last year, when appropriately it rained upon the volunteers, new do gooders, awareness heightened by climate, perhaps God.

Homeless memorial, Longest Night, Graceada Park, Dec 21

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:59:39 -0500

Ruben Imperial designed the poster this year. I did it last year for the first observance here in Stanislaus County, finally joining a longstanding nation wide observance. Bring a candle. Last year around 100 of us in the rainy night, gathered at Graceada Park's covered picnic areas.

Community Housing and Shelter Services, fundraiser Sept 15, State Theatre

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:56:34 -0400

Note, the realtors do this music review each year for the Community Housing and Shelter Services nonprofit organization, that provides emergency shelter, i.e., a big service in keeping one from being homeless. This is Produced on the music review by Fred Miller, our myspace friend, VoodooGirl, aka Angi is on the committee, very dedicated to this cause, and this helps a lot of people in our area, including a friend of mine recently.

What's Scary that you Do?

Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:40:57 -0400

I road though drycreek last night at midnight.. it was frigging SCARY.

Seriously... I wanted to go see some friends near Morris and Mchenry so the fastest way was to ride through the park to cut over to Coffee (and avoide the bike gauntlet around Lincoln Center).

Arnold missed the mark, budget on the fritz

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:51:22 -0500

http://modbee.com has the front page story for Jan 22, Governor has balanced the budget on the homeless services, including mental health, by taking away what was just gained not understanding purpose of Prop 63.

Homeless article in Bee, the Stanislaus County Housing Collaborative

Sun, 07 Jan 2007 16:08:42 -0500

Modesto Bee, on front page, features a Day in the Life in homeless quarters in Turlock today. Good notice on loss of health benefits as a big reason some folks in my age bracket hit the streets, and illustrative of some of the issues taken up by an operating body of agencies, non profits, government, churches, and neighborhood associations in Modesto and Stanislaus County called the Housing Collaborative, approximately 148 member groups or so involved, charged with, and currently in its second year development of a 10 year plan to reduce or eliminate homelessness in Stanislaus County.

Longest Night event, December 21, Modesto

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:54:45 -0500

for information, see bottom of poster for contacts. jdc104

Longest Night candlelight vigil, December 21, 2006

Support food 4 music, Queen Bean Dec 8, and other festive ideas

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:43:29 -0500

I put this comment to the notice of the event. Thought I'd emphasize the thought for xmas cheer, as not only Queen Bean a favorite for me to go, I have some cans of food ready.

I also have Prospect Theater doing A Christmas Carol, production I've worked on elsewhere in Riverside, seen many times in LA, SF, glad to see the spirit of Charles Dickens and Tiny Tim and Scrooge working here. Prospect Theater is down the Street, one of many venues I'd like to see or work with, as I love live theater.

It is so cold. Can you help someone out a bit?

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:12:30 -0500

When I went to bed last night it was 39 degrees outside based on a report from Google weather that I get on my cell phone. This morning it is also very, very cold outside. I opened the door for the Chihuahua to go do her business this morning and she looked at me like I was nuts. Luckily she is litter box trained. She hates the cold.

For some friends out in the cold, Seasonal donation ideas

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:26:35 -0500

Several Blogs back, Mojo mentioned in his, he'd like us to post any nonprofits, needing volunteers, help, donations, or what good works they do. For some years I've been involved in NAMI Stanislaus, mental health group, also worked a bit serving dinners with them at the homeless shelter, also know Gospel Mission takes donations. and Non Profit media workshop day, put on by Great Valley Center is coming up Dec 5, http://www.nonprofitresourcectr.org if interested in looking that up for their workshops.

Tis the Season, Crime time, housing woes.

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:45:54 -0500

Tis the Season, and Modesto Bee, www.modbee.com been loaded with holiday cheer locally, on the Front Page Sunday, with a big foreclosure feature, how its way up, and likely to get worse, and if you lose the house, you're homeless too. Crime up in local news.