Community Groups
Please send listings and updates to events@advocate-news.com by noon, Friday. Area code is 707, unless otherwise.
American Legion: Sequoia Post #96, Auxiliary Unit #96, 3rd Thursday, potluck 5:30, meeting, 6p.m., Veterans Memorial Building, 360N. Harrison, Fort Bragg. American Legion Riders Chapter 96: VFW Post 96, americanlegionriders96.com, 707-964-0839.
Amnesty International: Mendo Group, 2nd and 4th Sunday, 3-4:30 p.m., 937-5445. Audubon Society: beginning birding, 9a.m., 1st Saturday, Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, 964-4352.
Audubon Society: early bird walk, 3rd Wednesday, 8a.m., April through October, Botanical Gardens, 964-4352. Bookbuilders: of the North Coast, 3rd Thursday, 4-6p.m., Mendocino Hotel, northcoast@bookbuilders.org.
California North Coast House Rabbit Society: houserabbit1@hotmail.com.
Chess Club: The Company Store, Main at Redwood, Fort Bragg, 5:30p.m. every other Thursday, John Michael, 3575989.
Coast Democratic Club of Mendocino County: google.com/site/coastdemocrats. On Facebook also. 964-6351. Coast Toasters: Toastmasters Club, every Wednesday, noon-1 p.m., Senior Center Activity Room, 490N. Harold St., Fort Bragg. Guests welcomed. Coast Women in Business: 2nd Thursday, 7:30a.m. networking, 8-9a.m. program, Caspar Community Center, coastwomeninbusiness.com.
Community Center of Mendocino: 501(c)(3) nonprofit operated by the community for the community, 998School St., PO Box 551, Mendocino, 707937-4133.
Duplicate Bridge: Tuesday, 6:30p.m., Senior Center, 490N. Harold, Fort Bragg, 964-7946. Eagles Aerie #833: Eagles Ladies Auxiliary, 1st and 3rd Thursday, 7p.m., 210N. Corry, Fort Bragg.
Fog Busters: Model plane club, flying every Saturday and Sunday morning, Secretary Rick Cooper, 357-1788.
Fort Bragg Garden Club: 2nd Monday, 1 p.m., Botanical Gardens meeting room, 964-0317. Fort Bragg Grange #672: Monthly business meeting, 2nd Friday, 6 p.m., 707-813-0341. Fort Bragg Guild: 3rd Monday, 6:30 p.m.; 2nd Wednesday potluck/social, 6p.m., 964-2902. Fort Bragg-Mendocino Lions Club: 430 E. Redwood Ave., Fort Bragg, 961-1727.
Fort Bragg Lodge #360 I.O.O.F.: 2nd and 4th Wednesday, 7 p.m., 428 N. Main.
Fort Bragg-Mendocino Coast Historical Society: 2nd Tuesday, 7p.m., Guest House Museum, 343N. Main St., Fort Bragg, 964-4251(museum), 961-0498 (archives).
Fort Bragg Seniors On Bikes: daily rides, 10a.m., Skunk Train depot parking lot, west end of Laurel Street, 813-1368. Friends of Enchanted Meadow: P.O. Box 271, Little River 95456, 937-2031, and on the Web.
Friends of the Fort Bragg Library: monthly board meetings, 3rd Friday, 10 a.m., library community room, 499E. Laurel St., P.O. Box 2718, Fort Bragg 95437, 964-2020.
Friends of the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens: 1st Tuesday, 4p.m., 964-4352.
GO Club: Tuesday/Thursday, 6:30p.m., Headlands Coffee House, 120E. Laurel St., Fort Bragg, 357-3752.
Grass Roots Cribbage: Thursday, lesson 5p.m., play 6p.m., Senior Center, 490N. Harold, Fort Bragg, 937-1222.
Group Runs/Walks: Sunday, 8 a.m., fogdodgers.com.
Habitat for Humanity of Mendocino Coast: board meetings 3 p.m., 1st Wednesday, Fort Bragg, 964-0942.
Heather Society: every other month, Saturday, 1p.m., Botanical Gardens meeting room, 937-3155.
Jazz Choir: with Ira Rosenberg, Friday, 1p.m., Senior Center, 490 N. Harold, Fort Bragg, 964-2710. Knit Whits: knitting group (assistance available), Tuesday, 1011:30a.m., Senior Center, 490N. Harold, Fort Bragg.
Knitting Group: first Wednesday of every month; drop in from 1-3p.m., Mendocino Community Library (across from the Mendocino Art Center). No experience necessary; all skill levels welcome. 937-1627.
La Leche League: Erin, 9620797.
League of Women Voters of Mendocino County: meets at Caspar Community Center, 9374952, mendo.ca.lwvnet.org. Lost Coast Rowing Club: monthly messabouts at various locations, 964-8342. Mendocino Booster Club: 2nd Thursday, 7:30 p.m., Mendocino High School library. Mendocino Coast Beekeepers: 2nd Thursday, 6-8p.m., Fort Bragg Library, 964-8987. Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens: board meetings, 4 p.m., 2nd Wednesday, 9644352.
Mendocino Coast Children’s Fund: mccf.info, P.O. Box 1616, Mendocino 95460. Mendocino Coast Doll Club: 964-5282.
Mendocino Coast Gem and Mineral Society: 7 p.m., 3rd Tuesday, potluck and meeting, 964-1430.
Mendocino Coast Handweavers: meets September through May, Mendocino Art Center, 964-0858.
Mendocino Coast Koi & Water Garden Society: 4th Wednesday, 7-9 p.m., 964-8280. Mendocino Coast Sports Foundation: 3rd Wednesday, 300Dana St., Fort Bragg, 9640676.
Mendocino Coast Stamp Club: 3rd Thursday, 2-4p.m., Fort Bragg Public Library, 513-9152. Mendo County Republican Central Committee: 4th Wednesday, 7p.m., 467-8203. Mendocino Land Trust: Barracks Mall, Franklin Street, Fort Bragg, 962-0470.
Mendocino Masonic Lodge: No. 179, third Monday, 7:30 p.m., 937-2303.
Mendocino Rotary: Thursday 12:15p.m., Hill House, mcn.org/1/ rotary.
Mendocino Storytellers, 2nd Thursday, 6:30p.m., Mendocino Community Center, jasq@aol. com.
Mendocino Study Club: 2nd and 4th Friday, 1:30p.m. (September through April), Preston
Hall, Main Street, Mendocino, mendocinostudyclub@yahoo.com.
MUSE: (Mendocino Unified Schools Enrichment), last Thursday, 3:40p.m., K-8School library.
Native Daughters of the Golden West: 2nd Thursday, Masonic Hall, Fort Bragg, 7p.m. Navarro River Knits: Mondays, 5-7p.m., Boatyard Shopping Center, Fort Bragg, 964-9665. Noyo Women for Fisheries: noon, 2nd Tuesday, Salmon Trollers Hall, Noyo Harbor. Occupy Mendocino: rally, 4-6 p.m., 1st Friday; 3-5p.m. other Fridays, Alder and Main, Fort Bragg.
Occupy Mendocino: general assembly meeting, 1st and 3rd Saturday, 2-4 p.m. 937-0334. Oceanwave Quilters: 2-4 p.m., 2nd Sunday, Senior Center, 490 N. Harold, Fort Bragg, 9620220.
Order of Eastern Star: Oceanview Chapter #111, 3rd Tuesday, 5:30p.m., Mendocino Masonic Hall, 357-1333.
Redwood Coast Seniors Quilters: Wednesday, 1-4p.m., Fort Bragg Senior Center, 961-4310. Redwood Elementary Parents Club: 2nd Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., school library, 961-2860. Rotary Club of Fort Bragg: Wednesday, 12:15p.m., Silver’s at The Wharf, Noyo Harbor, 964-6649.
Santana Tribe #60: 1st and 3rd Friday, 8p.m., 430Redwood Ave., Fort Bragg, 964-3132. Sherwood Oaks Auxiliary: 1st Thursday, 130Dana St., Fort Bragg, 964-3036.
Sierra Club: 2nd Thursday of odd months, 6p.m., locations vary, 937-0903.
Small Dog Social Club: 1 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday, Fort Bragg dog park, C.V. Starr Center, 961-6248.
Soroptimist Int’l of Fort Bragg: noon, first, second and third Thursdays, Fort Bragg Senior Center, 964-3567. Soroptimist Int’l Noyo Sunrise: every Tuesday, except 5th Tuesdays, 8a.m., Fort Bragg Senior Center, 961-1123. Student Venture Club: adult advisory committee, 4th Tuesday, 7p.m., Fort Bragg Middle School.
Toastmasters: Wednesday, noon-1p.m., (5th Wednesdays 5:30p.m. open house) Fort Bragg Senior Center, 964-2703. Ukulele Practice Session: Wednesday, 3-4:30p.m., Fort Bragg Senior Center, 961-1755. VFW: 2nd Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Veterans Memorial Bldg., 360N. Harrison, Fort Bragg, 813-3702.
VFW Ladies Auxiliary: second Wednesday, 6:30p.m., Veterans Memorial Building, Fort Bragg, 964-4168.
Whitesboro Grange: 2nd Friday, 6p.m. potluck, 7:30meeting, Navarro Ridge, 937-5563. Women in Black: First Fridays, 5-6p.m., in front of Fort Bragg Town Hall, 964-5458.
Youth United Ministries:
1st and 3rd Tuesday, 7p.m., Lighthouse Church, Fort Bragg, 357-2141.