Located in the beautiful Northern California coastal community of Del Norte County, the Del Norte Senior Center offers a variety of services and activities for seniors and their families.

Join us for a hot, delicious lunch served from 11:30 to 12:30 Monday through Friday. With an outstanding salad bar and vegetarian meals served on Tuesdays, we have something for nearly everyone. Meals are freshly prepared on-site every day. The suggested voluntary donation for those over 60 is only $3.00. Guests under 60 pay just $5.00.

Home-Delivered Meals

Home-bound seniors may qualify to have a meal delivered to their homes Monday through Friday. Home delivery participants enjoy the same hot, freshly-cooked meal served at our congregate lunch program.

Social, Educational & Recreational Activities

The Del Norte Senior Center offers a wide variety of opportunities to stay active and involved:

Diabetic Support Group

Flower Arranging

Crochet & Knitting Group

Chair Exercises

Floor Exercises

Pet Care Classes

Cards & Pinochle

Bingo

Art Classes

Ballet & Tap Dancing

Senior Legal Services

Senior & Low-Income Tax Services

Flu Shot Clinics

Blood Pressure Clinics

Library with Computer Terminals

Free Wi-Fi

CASA of Del Norte will support and assist children in the juvenile dependency program by providing well-trained volunteers to advocate objectively in the child’s best interest.

What you need to know

Last year over 120,000 of California’s children were removed from their homes and placed in the foster care system because they had been abused, neglected or abandoned. These children constitute one fifth of all the children in foster care across the nation.

A Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) is a trained volunteer, a community member who is appointed by a judge to speak for a child that has been removed from home and made a dependent of the juvenile court. CASA volunteers are generally assigned to one child or sibling group to provide an in-depth and independent investigation of the child’s circumstances, to ensure that court-ordered services are provided, and to advocate for the child’s needs. In 2002, over 4,864 California CASA volunteers donated 643,000 hours to serve more than 8,697 court-dependent children.

Currently, CASA programs in California work with approximately 7% of the children in the state’s child welfare system. The vision of the California Child Welfare System is: Every child in California lives in a safe, stable, permanent home nurtured by healthy families and strong communities.

Today in California 43 of the 58 counties are being served by 41 CASA programs. Each program works on behalf of children who are in the juvenile dependency court system through no fault of their own. Each CASA program must manage to balance the needs of the child with the opportunities and resources of their local area.

CASA volunteers are every day extraordinary citizens who have made a commitment to make a difference in the life of a child. They are awesome people who support and encourage the child throughout the court process, they explain the court proceedings to the child, they build and establish a relationship with the child to better understand the needs and desires of the child, they review records pertaining to the family history, medical history, school behavior and use the information gathered to better give the child a voice.

Welcome to the Humane Society of Del Norte County. We hope you will take a few minutes to look through our site, discover some of the wonderfull animals we have for adoption and learn more about the efforts of the individuals dedicated to the humane care of animals in Del Norte county. The currrent facility is located on over 7 acres of land. the current county use permit limit the number of animals to 100 felines and 2 large animals. The Humane Society of Del Norte was established in 1984 to provide care and housing for unwanted and abandoned domestic pets.

The Humane Society of Del Norte works to controll the problem of Del Norte county’s homeless pets through our spay and neuter pogram and public education. It all works because of Volunteers! The Humane Society of Del Norte ia an all volunteer organization with members who devote whatever time they have at their disposal. From the daily care of animals to helping with fund raisers each volunteer adds a vital ingredient to the mix.

The Elk Valley Rancheria, California (rancheria is a Spanish term meaning a small Indian reservation) is geographically located in Tolowa ancestral territory, close to Yurok lands, and our Tribal rosters include people of both Tolowa and Yurok descent.

The Rancheria was founded shortly after the Landless California Indians Act of 1906 as a piece of land reserved for “homeless” local Indians. In the mid-1950s, Elk Valley, along with approximately 40 other Rancherias throughout the state, was illegally terminated from federal recognition and its programs and protections after the Congressional passage of the California Rancheria Act. In the 1980s, Tillie Hardwick, a Pomo Indian from the Pinoleville Rancheria, filed a class action suit, which resulted in the restoration of federal recognition of 17 Rancherias, including Elk Valley. The Tribe formally reorganized in 1994 pursuant to a written Tribal Constitution approved by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior. As a Tribe, we are deeply interested in our past, preserving our culture, and restoring our lands.

Elk Valley Artisans was founded in 2007 as an educational non-profit organization with the goal of connecting local artists with community resources and opportunities. We act as an umbrella organization that administers grant money and supports art projects in the community. Funding for our programs comes from public, private, corporate, and community service organizations.

We support local artists in the community through providing access to professional grant writers and liability insurance, and by providing resource and referral services. We also help connect donors and charitable organizations to the artists who can implement their visions.

Founded in 2009, the Smith River Heritage Association strives to preserve structures and items of historical value and to encourage interactions with one another in our small community. It is comprised of an active group of citizens.

The Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation is a federally recognized Indian Tribe of Tolowa Indians. The Nation is located 3 miles south of the Oregon-California border in Northwest California. The Tribe’s general membership consists of 1,609 members governed by a 7 member Tribal Council elected by the general membership.

Tribal operations are administered by a Tribal Administrator. Other departments include: Fiscal, Environmental Programs, Housing, Language Preservation, Native American Graves and Repatriation (NAGPRA), Community and Family Services, Grants and Contracts, Maintenance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Enrollment and Clerical Support.

Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation property holdings include a drinking water system, Tribal Administrative Offices, Gaming Agency Offices, Senior Apartments, Howonquet Cemetery, Prince Island, UIHS Medical/Dental Clinic, Howonquet Head Start and Day Care and the Howonquet Hall Community Center. Other lands are reserved for future use.

The museum is the oldest standing house in the area. The property on which it stands was originally a land grant to early pioneer Robert Johnson, who sold it to Harrison Blake in 1867. Blake and his wife , Mary (Geisel) operated a trading post and way station here. Blake was Curry County’s first deputy sheriff in 1864 and the first representative from the area to the state legislature in 1874. He and Mary lived on the property until Blake’s death in 1806. Mary sold the ranch to the Pedrioli Brothers in 1916 and lived elsewhere until her death in 1933. The Stanley Colegrove family purchased the ranch in 1953 and donated the old house, built before Abraham Lincoln was president, and the surrounding grounds to the Chetco Valley Historical Society in 1970. We are open every Saturday and Sunday from Noon to 4pm Thru October 30th, 2016. We are happy to arrange special tours if you can call with a 24 hour notice to the following numbers: 541-469-2896 (Patty) or 541-469-3144 (Julie)

As a non-profit 501(c3) organization, the mission of the Brookings Harbor Community Theater is to  “inspire, educate, and entertain children and families through the experience of quality theater both on and off stage.”

We provide children, families, and adults a safe and creative environment, where all are encouraged to explore theatrical character development, along with personal growth and appreciation for the cultural arts.

The objective of rehearsing and presenting a BHCT theater production is to provide children with opportunities to build essential life skills, friendships, and great memories, alongside their parents, siblings, and the many members of our theater community.

Brookings Harbor Community Theater is a collaborative effort involving many people with a variety of talents. We find that families who benefit most from all that BHCT has to offer are those who see volunteering at the theater as quality time spent together in a fun, imaginative and mutually rewarding environment.

Our food bank assists families in the Brookings area who are without food. Each month we distribute a box of nutritional food to individuals and families, for three to five days of meals.

The Brookings Harbor Food Bank was established in 1984 by a group of citizens who recognized a need to assist hungry families. The food bank was originally in a local church’s hall, then over the years made three more moves to larger spaces. In 2006 a property within the city limits of Brookings was donated to the food bank. Through generous donations from local residents and grants from The Ford Family Foundation and The Collins Foundation, the food bank was able to construct a state-of-the-art distribution warehouse, a long standing dream come true. Lease payments, or mortgage payments were no longer necessary. Those savings are now applied to food purchases.

The Food Bank strives to maintain our client’s dignity by offering a shopping style system whereby each person chooses the products that are needed for individual situations. The system not only empowers the client, it allows the food bank to operate on a zero-waste concept.

With generous product and monetary donations from individuals, clubs, churches and businesses, and with food drives conducted by local organizations and schools, the food bank still finds it necessary to spend in the neighborhood of $20,000 – $30,000 per year in food purchases.  These statistics illustrate the continuing need for assistance from the community. Without this assistance the food bank would no longer be able to help the families who need A HAND UP, NOT A HAND OUT.