united community walk

We, crew, me, JB, friends, family and all there, going to be there, had SummerFest tickets ( a few came on by to fill us in on Thurman Field) the walkers, nami stanislaus, art venue crew, our great stage and event crew this year, thank the folks who came out for Modesto Blues Festival, did the Virginia Corridor Walk, stopped by the park to check it out, enjoy the day, thank modesto famous, media, folks who helped make this year's festival come along as the vision JB wanted it to, sure helped me. And like to thank Farmer's Market for trying out some art vending and networking, and although our vendor spot didn't sell, sure took a lot of art walk maps, information, good comments, and expressed that our inclusion a good addition to the market I often shop. So a good day.

Thanks Efren for the Art is a good Father's Day Gift, and also for taping our NAMI Stanislaus and Modesto Blues Festival and United Community Walk segment on Sacramento and Company on Channel 10 yesterday morning. If you'd like to view it before I upload our file from Efren on the http://www.myspace.com/modesto_blues_fest web profile, check it out on Efren's You Tube.

Email from my friend Joyce with NAMI Stanislaus on their portion of the Modesto Blues FEstival United Community Walk, which will have other art, Recovery groups, friends, walkers of all sorts, remember Relay for Life is the following weekend (ask efren) and come out and join us. Have acoustic music lunch in the Bowl with Joe Barretta, then at 1 p.m, the Main Event, as the Modesto Blues Festival 2008 opens on stage, June 14, for FREE, FREE, FREE event.

Come on out for 10 am start of the United Community Walk and NAMI Stanislaus fundraiser portion of the blues festival, have a music treat for lunch, with Joe Barretta at Modesto Blues Festival in the Mancini Bowl area. Main Stage starts at 1 pm.

John Black, or JB of JB Presents wrote in this letter to the editor, regarding the United Community Walk, coming up June 14, with the Modesto Blues Festival. A lot of groups invited, this is community walk, nonprofits, service groups, you got a cause, or want to celebrate recovery, or help in our fundraising effort for NAMI Stanislaus, or want to raise awareness, or just the fun of walking or riding a bike on the new Virginia Corridor Trail, prior to enjoying some great Blues music in Graceada Park, come out and join us. If interested in being a part of this, email john at johnb@jbpresents.com or call 209-985-0467.

This morning I read the Scene, go to the Modestofamous spot, where Marijke and Motown mojo make their comments of the week, 99 words or less from what mojo tells me, and this gray spot to the right, my blog on meeting we did last night....... now you'd think that be too little, too late, but we have more coming up, so excuse to blog results on first of the modesto blues festival and united community walk meetings, this one held at the Alano Club in Ceres.

The United Community Walk, is the first event to open the Modesto Blues Festival, and a volunteer and organizing meeting is set for anyone interested in participating as a volunteer with the community walk, art venue, nonprofit participation, and volunteer spots with the blues festival please attend.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness, Stanislaus chapter, holding its annual Christmas Dinner, is doing something a little different.  NAMI Stanislaus is having dinner catered, by Executive Chef and Owner of Minnie's Restaurant in Modesto, Peter Mah, as part of Pete's new association as consultant with Turning Point Community Programs.