WHAT’S HAPPENING
Check out what’s going on in your neighborhood and the community.
Editor’s note: Many events are canceled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We recommend contacting the event host before attending to check.
Thursday EVENTS
Wilbur-Ellis Blood Drive, Willows: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Appointments required by calling Vitalant at 893-5433 or going to donors.vitalant. org. Must wear face masks/ coverings. Bloodmobiles at 6504 County Road 57, Willows. Call for more information.
COMMUNITY
YMCA Health & Fitness Center: Temporary closure. www.ymca360.org on-demand classes; www. ymcaeastbay.org/virtually for live classes. Orovile Y still serves meals to children who would go without. Updates www.ymcauperiorcal.org/welcomeback. brinehart@ymcasuperiorcal.
Feather River Recreation & Park District: No indoor fitness or recreation programs. Activity Center closed. Preschool & Childcare Center, 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Winter Wonderland Camp signup. Rental facilities allowed (no more than three households). Special Community Christmas virtual tour. Submit photos of Christmas trees, holiday lights. Finance Committee meeting, 10 a.m.. 1875 Feather River Blvd. 5332011. wwwfrrpd.com. Facebook: www.facebook. com/FRRPD.
Gray Lodge Wildlife Area: Sunrise to sunset. 9,100 acres of fields, riparian areas, ponds and waterways. 3207 Rutherford Road, Gridley. 846-7500.
Oroville Library: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Open. May also call for curbside service; reserve items online, by phone or email. Limited computer use. 552-5752. OrovilleBCLibrary@buttecounty.net. www.buttecounty.net/bclibrary/ 552-5652. Literacy Services 1-888538-7198; Literacy@buttecounty.net. 1820 Mitchell Ave.
Artists of Rivertown Studio at Brushstrokes Gallery, Oroville: 11 a.m.-5 p. m. Nonprofit operates this art venue to support and promote work by local artists. Instructors teach in various mediums in the studio space; local students display and sell art. Wednesdays-Saturdays or by arrangement. 1967 Montgomery St. 7813849.
HEALTH/EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
Mental Health Peer Support: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Peer support specialists video chat, self-help support groups and resources.
Butte County Department of Behavioral Health. Join by phone, computer or other device. Zoom ID: 809274979. Phone: 720707-2699 or 346-2487799.
Northern ValleyTalk
Line: 11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Provides non-crisis peer to peer telephone service to the community seven days a week. 1-855-582-5554. Partnership with Butte County Department of Behavioral Health and Tehama County Health Service Agency.
Temporary restraining order clinic: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Phone appointments only. Free. For victims of domestic violence. Call Catalyst Domestic Violence Services in advance to schedule phone appointments. 5346427.
Narcotics Anonymous: Visit greaterbuttena.org for information on meetings in Oroville, Chico, Paradise and other Butte County areas. Many meetings offered. 24-hour hotline 1-877-6691669.
Alcoholics Anonymous: Alcoholics Anonymous Fellowship of Butte, Glenn and Southern Tehama county meetings on Zoom. http://aabutte- glenn.org/
or 342-5756.
To submit an item for Oroville calendar, email to calendar@orovillemr.com, fax to 342-3617 or mail to Oroville Community Calendar, P.O. Box 9, Chico, CA 95927. Include your name and phone number.