LAKE COUNTY
Konocti Women's Service Club Christmas Gift Baskets raffle
Once again, the Konocti Women's Service Club (KWSC) will be selling raffle tickets on several beautiful Christmas Gift Baskets to raise funds for scholarships for graduating seniors. Their schedule is as follows: Dec. 2 and 3 at the Riviera Market in Clearlake Riviera. Then again on Dec. 8, 9, and 10 at the Riviera Market. The hours are from 10:00 am to 5 pm. The winning tickets will be drawn at the Riviera Market on Sunday, Dec. 10 at 4 pm. You need not be present to win and, if a winner, you will receive a phone call.
Please take the time to visit the raffle tables and help support our students in their quest for further education in their chosen careers. The motto of the KWSC is "For Kid's Sake."
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KELSEYVILLE
Kelseyville Unified School District seeks board members
Kelseyville Unified School District (KVUSD) invites interested community members to apply to become provisional board members in the wake of two board member resignations. Applications, which can be found on the KVUSD website or the district office, are due Friday, December 8 by noon.
Superintendent Dr. Nicki Thomas explained, "One board member is now a KVUSD employee, working as a school counselor, so she is no longer eligible to serve as a board member, and the other resigned from the board for personal reasons. That leaves us with two vacancies we need to fill."
Thomas said the board plans to have the vacancies filled by December 19. The current elected board members will appoint the new board members, who will serve a provisional term from December 2023 - December 2024.
According to the California School Boards Association, the role of the school board is to ensure that school districts are responsive to the values, beliefs and priorities of their communities. Boards fulfill this role by setting direction, establishing an effective and efficient structure, providing support, ensuring accountability, and providing community leadership as advocates for children, the school district and public schools.
In Kelseyville, the time commitment to serve is approximately four hours per month. Board members typically attend one regular monthly meeting and occasional special meetings, for which they prepare by reading materials provided in advance. Meetings usually last about two hours.
The basic criteria to serve as a KVUSD board member include residing within the district boundaries, being a registered voter, having no conflicts of interest that would invalidate service (such as being a KVUSD employee), and being at least 18 years of age.
Thomas noted that the board would love to find applicants who are familiar with KVUSD and have an unselfish interest in public schools, the community, and in every child.
"The board hopes to find candidates who demonstrate courage and the ability to explain and enforce necessary rules, even when they are unpopular, and who understand that leadership often involves doing the most good for the most people–which can require garnering support for a feasible policy as opposed to a perfect policy," she said.
She said the current board members work for the good of the whole based on moral and ethical values and she appreciates that. She also believes having a sense of humor can help ease the tension when difficult decisions must be made.
Once applications are reviewed, qualified applicants will be invited back for interviews on December 14 and the two applicants chosen to fill the vacancies will be sworn in on December 19.
These provisional board members will serve until newly elected board members are chosen during the November 2024 election. (In November 2024, two positions will be listed on the ballot: one for a full four-year term and another for the remaining two years of an existing four-year term.)
NORTH COAST, Calif.
Humboldt & Lake County Organizations to Receive $225K in grants for environmental stewardship and climate resilience projects
Building upon a long history of climate action and environmental stewardship, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and The PG&E Corporation Foundation (PG&E Foundation) have awarded $900,000 through two grant programs to support climate resilience efforts in PG&E's hometowns, while also protecting and restoring land, water, and air in habitats and communities across California. Both grant programs prioritize projects that address the needs of disadvantaged and/or vulnerable communities.
Through the Better Together Nature Positive Innovation grant program, the PG&E Foundation has awarded $500,000 to five grantees — one in each of PG&E's five regions — that preserve California's unique biodiversity, focusing on land, air quality and water stewardship.
Separately, through the Resilience Hubs grant program, PG&E is providing $400,000 to seven grantees to support communities in building a network of local climate resilience hubs.
Better Together Nature Positive Innovation Grants
As one of the largest landowners in California, PG&E has a long history of responsible stewardship of the natural environment. Through the Better Together Nature Positive Innovation grant program, the PG&E Foundation is reinforcing its focus on environmental stewardship and investing in partnerships that will protect and restore land, water, and air in habitats and communities across its service area.
For 2023, the Better Together Nature Positive Innovation grant program has awarded five $100,000 grants. These grants are funded by The PG&E Corporation Foundation, charitable donations come from PG&E shareholders and other sources, not PG&E customers.
In the North Coast, Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians is receiving a Better Together Nature Positive Innovation grant to develop and implement a project to protect native plants and animals on tribal land in Lake County.
"With the funding opportunity provided by The PG&E Corporation Foundation, the tribe will continue to work in support of a more comprehensive understanding of the region's biodiversity needs and struggles through this project." - Jose (Moke) Simon III, Tribal Chairman Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California.
Resilience Hubs Grants
Recognizing that communities across California face growing threats from extreme weather events such as coastal and inland flooding, heat waves, wildfires, and more powerful storms, the Resilience Hubs grant program seeks to fund and establish physical spaces, or a set of resources, that support community resilience in the face of these climate-driven events. Once developed, these hubs can also be accessed year-round to build and sustain community-adaptive capacity in a trusted location.
For 2023, the Resilience Hubs grant program has awarded $400,000 to seven organizations. These grants will be funded by PG&E shareholders as part of the company's investments in statewide wildfire resiliency and response, in accordance with a mandate from the California Public Utilities Commission.
The program awarded $25,000 each to four Feasibility Projects to fund an assessment of resilience hub needs and/or conceptual ideas for a resilience hub. In the North Coast, the Willow Creek Youth Partnership (DBA Dream Quest) will use their $25K grant to assess the resilience needs and partners for a future community youth center.
Additionally, the program awarded $100,000 each to three Design and Build Projects toward the design and/or creation of a resilience hub. Through these projects, the organizations will either plan and design new physical spaces or mobile resources, or retrofit existing buildings or structures to support community resilience:
Multiple disasters have highlighted and compounded the Greater Willow Creek area's vulnerability to climate hazards, resulting in emotional and socioeconomic impacts. The Community Youth Center is an opportunity for community members to turn their shared trauma into action towards community resilience," said Trish Oakes, Executive Director, Willow Creek Youth Partnership (DBA Dream Quest).
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