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North Coast Winds by Robin Joy Wellman — May 2020

Focus on the good around you. Say good things to yourself and to others every day. Grace and patience is a practice. So practice. Weall know everything has changed. Everything in our communities, everyplace we go, everyone around us has seen some impact. To offer a bit of light there are people out there delivering free flowers, making baked goods for neighbors, offering extra health care as volunteers, and many other free or reduced services that make a difference in our lives right now. I want to highlight one of those people, who are always giving, a dear friend of mine

Liz started making masks and with the support of others they created the MMM. She started gathering supplies, started coordinating needs in the communities, and started delivering. Liz said this is a ‘small community pulling together resource’s’. With tons of notetaking from requests via Facebook, her, Aimee, and Brittany discuss the priorities and then DO IT! They have received donations from many including Harmony Fabrics (thank you a million Harmony Susalla), as well as elastic, and other needed supplies. With a few monetary donations they purchased N95 fabric. Liz has delivered over 1000 masks herself and a few other Mask Makers also have delivered at least half that. Just imagine all these masks made and delivered to the community between Fort Bragg and Sea Ranch. Recipients are Redwood Coast Medical Services, Fort Bragg Hospital, Mendocino clinics, Coast Life Support, Fire departments, grocery stores, and many others have been blessed with the masks. And on top of that if you receive a mask she throws in a Gazette of which she delivers. More volunteers are needed. If you want to make a monetary donation contact Liz Perilatt for the Redwood Credit Union account info at eperill@gmail.com. You can find them at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/726774797726939. Liz, Aimee and Brittany from my heart – thank you for being a BIG part of this community and giving so much.

Surf Supermarket and Gualala Supermarket are offering a free delivery of needed groceries to those in very remote areas who are heath compromised.

Contact Mendocino Health and Action Network at info@mendonomahealth.org or call (707)412-3176 x 102.RCMS is open in Gualala and Point Arena for all health needs. Call them to find out which clinic to attend and to make an appointment if needed as well as telehealth visits (707) 884-4000.

River to Coast Children’s Services is enrolling children of essential worker's families in their subsidy program. Please call 707-869-3613 to talk with a Family Case Manager about getting help paying for your child care costs and finding appropriate child care. https://MyChildCare.ca.gov

As you know most everything is closed including parks ( although April 29 there will start arestricted walking distance to your home park allowance - NO BEACHES). The Point Arena Theater has several online showings with theater and music. Please check out their web at https://www.arenatheater.org/ for details how to join up. The Point Arena Lighthouse is offering a Lighthouse Tower Virtual Tour with an amazing 3-D tour of the Tower from the ground floor to the Lantern Room at the top. Visit them at https://www.pointarenalighthouse.com/visit/lighthouse-tours/ . Also they are allowed to accept lodging reservations from essential workers, so please refer anyone that falls into that category to them. They are a nonprofit and depend on tourism, so right now any donation of reservation of lodging is helping. Call 707-882-2809, ext. 1, or email info.palight@gmail.com.

If you know someone who is ‘DOING’ for our community please let me know. Please stay home and when you do go out – where a mask. Blessings of health to you all!

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