2012 Run 4 Living Green - Saturday, March 17, 2012

2011 Living Green Silent Auction & Raffle

Remaining Raffle Prize List

• There were more than 111 items in the Raffle before the drawings started.
• Some of the tickets were selected during the GREEN EXPO on Saturday, March 26. Prizes were selected as winners were notified (which is ongoing as people call us back).
• The majority of the raffle prizes will be selected at the Kern Valley Community Faire on Sunday, March 27 at the Senior Center in Lake Isabella.
• Raffle Tickets selected for early prizes go BACK in the bin for the drawing of the final 3 main raffle prizes to be drawn at 3pm, Sunday, March 27 at the Senior Center in Lake Isabella. 
• Raffle Winners need not be present to win (IF we can read the phone number on the ticket stub). We did have one ticket we couldn't read the name and there was no phone number to call (so it was discarded).
• Raffle tickets are

  and available at the Kern Valley Community Faire right up until the final drawing at 3pm, Sunday, March 27.

• Be sure to bring us your Raffle ticket stub(s) with

  for each by the time of the drawings.

2011 Silent Auction & Raffle Prize List

• 49 items in the Silent Auction were won at the GREEN EXPO on Saturday, March 26 Payment can be made by cash, check or charge card.

This year, many individuals and businesses in the Kern River Valley donated over 190 prizes to our Silent Auction & Raffle to help pay for the festival.

• 49 items/packages/bundles in the Silent Auction, worth ,156.59
• Approximately 111 Raffle Prizes, worth over ,440. Some are added as extra prizes are presented to us.
• That's over ,600 in prizes donated to this year's Silent Auction & Raffle

What is KRVR & where does the MONEY go? This document explains what the organization that puts on the Living Green KRV Festival is about and WHERE does the money raised for the festival go?

We're working on the list of films to be shown as part of the March 2012 Festival.

We've shown 55 films since we began showing FREE GREEN FILMS -- List of Films Shown

2011 Living Green Film Festival:

5 green films for adults; 3 for children

Central & Southern California Premiere:

Green Fire: Aldo Leopold & a Land Ethic for Our Time 10am & 3pm, Saturday, March 26

Links to more information on the films we're planning on showing below

Kern Valley Community Faire

Sunday, March 27 - Last event in this year's Living Green Festival

This page will be updated later this week, but for now: Sunday, March 27: 11am to 3m, Lake Isabella Sustainable Architecture Open House Presented by Nancy Shebesta Architect & Principal of Sustainable Architecture. 3700 Suhre Street, Lake Isabella. (760) 549-0075. FREE Sunday, March 27: 10am, Lake Isabella GARDEN TALK: “Native Medicinal Plants & their Uses Garden” Methods of gathering & storing by Terri Gallion. 1^st of 5 casual gardening talks organized by the Kern River Valley Garden Group an informal group of California's Kern River Valley gardeners interested in promoting the use of low water, fire-safe & native plants. Propagation of plants that are native to the Kern River Valley & difficult to find commercially is a special interest of the group which meets 2^nd Tuesday each month & has special tours from time to time. Garden Group info: Shirley Real (760) 379-1129 Vets Room 2 (you can enter off the large parking lot behind the Kern River Veterans/Senior Building, 6405 Lake Isabella Blvd., Lake Isabella. Copies of seed catalogs & special magazines FREE for the taking (till they run out). FREE Sunday, March 27: 11 to 4pm, Lake Isabella Kids Friendly "Kern Valley Community Faire" the 2^nd Annual celebration of local clubs, groups, fraternal organizations, services, government agencies & their volunteers. The South Fork Women’s Club will provide a healthy LUNCH (including dessert & drink). Face-painting by Denise Bedford Peters as well as "Kids Re-Use, Too" children’s clothing/toy/book exchange on hand as well. Drop items off at Miss Michelle's Schoolhouse, 409 Sirretta Street, Kernville Monday through Friday 7:30-4:30. For more information call Linda Block (310) 871-8795. Cerro Coso Phi Theta Kappa honors student club will give away cotton denim clothing & extol the use of clothes-lines for drying clothes; contact person Terri Jo Kumar (760) 378-3728 terrijokumar@yahoo.com. 2010 KV Community Faire Application. The 2010 Living Green Raffle prizes will be selected at the end of the day. Chair: Nancy Puckett (760) 379-2556 napucke@zeus.kern.org. Each KRV family attending with an elementary school child can pick up a free copy of the book “The New 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth” (while supplies last). Kern River Veterans/Senior Building, 6405 Lake Isabella Blvd., Lake Isabella. FREE

Participating organizations:

• AGLOW Christian Women's Organization
• Altzheimers Society
• Associated Student Body of Cerro Coso
• Burger King ~ Lake Isabella
• Cerro Coso Phi Theta Kappa
• Clan Diggers
• Clinica Sierra Vista
• Clinica Sierra Vista WIC Progam
• College Community Services
• D.G. Flamand Children's Books
• Douglas El Segundo Rod & Gun Club
• ECHO Health Academy ~ Kern Valley High School
• Ecosense Green shopping club
• Face Painting by Denise Bedford Peters
• Family Preservation Community Services
• Fish & Game Habitat Club
• Friends of the Hatchery
• Future Homemakers of America ~ Kern Valley High School
• Havilah Centennial Goup
• Hearts Connection F.R.C.
• High Sierra Wild Horse Sanctuary
• Karen Hartfield Fiber Artist Jewelry Maker
• Kern River Ranger District, US Forest Service
• Kern River Valley Fire Safe Council
• Kern River Valley LBGTQ group
• Kern Valley Gays & Straights Against Bullying
• Kern Valley Sun
• KRV Family Resource Center
• Lakeshore Farmers Market
• Optimal Hospice Care
• Owens Valley Career Development Center
• Pet Project
• REVA Responsible Ethical Volunteers for Animals
• Salvation Army, Lake Isabella Unit
• Sequoia ForestKeeper
• Sienna Wellness Institute
• South Fork Woman’s Club
• Southern California Edison Mobile Education Unit
• Tea Party of the Kern River Valley

Sunday, March 27: 11 to 4pm, Lake Isabella Kids Friendly "Kids Re-Use, Too" Children’s clothing/toy/book exchange Co-chairs: Linda Block linda_block@hotmail.com & Michelle Maring Mmm4peace@aol.com. Kern River Veterans/Senior Building, 6405 Lake Isabella Blvd., Lake Isabella. Drop items off at Miss Michelle's Schoolhouse, 409 Sirretta Street, Kernville Monday through Friday 7:30-4:30. For more information call (310) 871-8795. FREE Sunday, March 27: 11 to 4pm, Lake Isabella Kids Friendly "Kids Re-Use, Rock & Roll" Creating instruments & then music from common re-useable (formerly disposable) items. Co-chairs: Jack Nadler Jnadlermd@pol.net & Linda Block linda_block@hotmail.com Kern River Veterans/Senior Building, 6405 Lake Isabella Blvd., Lake Isabella. FREE Sunday, March 27: 11 to 4pm, Lake Isabella Kids Friendly Kids’ Green Films “Sesame Street: Love the Earth” (USA, 2008, 45 min) Elmo, Zoe, & Baby Bear venture into Bear National Park with Papa Bear in search of the elusive Blue-Feathered Swallowing Swallow so they can earn their Bird-Watching Badges. While looking for the swallow, they have fun discovering beautiful things in nature! They also learn that there are some simple things they can do to keep nature beautiful & clean: putting trash where it belongs, recycling, reusing things & saving water. Shown on the hour: 11am, Noon, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm Kern River Veterans/Senior Building, 6405 Lake Isabella Blvd., Lake Isabella. FREE Sunday, March 27: 11am, Lake Isabella GARDEN TALK: Terri Gallion. Continues with “Recipes & How to Create Potions & Salves from Native Medicinal Plants” 2^nd of 5 casual gardening talks organized by the Kern River Valley Garden Group an informal group of California's Kern River Valley gardeners interested in promoting the use of low water, fire-safe & native plants. Propagation of plants that are native to the Kern River Valley & difficult to find commercially is a special interest of the group which meets 2^nd Tuesday each month & has special tours from time to time. Garden Group info: Shirley Real (760) 379-1129 Vets Room 2 (you can enter off the large parking lot behind the Kern River Veterans/Senior Building, 6405 Lake Isabella Blvd., Lake Isabella. Copies of seed catalogs & special magazines FREE for the taking (till they run out). FREE Sunday, March 27: Noon, Lake Isabella GARDEN TALK: “Handy & Unusual Propagation Methods” by Shirley Real. 3^rd of 5 casual gardening talks organized by the Kern River Valley Garden Group an informal group of California's Kern River Valley gardeners interested in promoting the use of low water, fire-safe & native plants. Propagation of plants that are native to the Kern River Valley & difficult to find commercially is a special interest of the group which meets 2^nd Tuesday each month & has special tours from time to time. Garden Group info: Shirley Real (760) 379-1129 Vets Room 2 (you can enter off the large parking lot behind the Kern River Veterans/Senior Building, 6405 Lake Isabella Blvd., Lake Isabella. Copies of seed catalogs & special magazines FREE for the taking (till they run out). FREE Sunday, March 27: 1pm, Lake Isabella GARDEN TALK: “Rare, Endangered & At Risk Wild Flowers” by Kernville Forest Service employee Steve Anderson., presenting a silde show & PowerPoint presentation created by Sequoia National Forest Botanist Fletcher Linton 4^th of 5 casual gardening talks organized by the Kern River Valley Garden Group An informal group of California's Kern River Valley gardeners interested in promoting the use of low water, fire-safe & native plants. Propagation of plants that are native to the Kern River Valley & difficult to find commercially is a special interest of the group which meets 2^nd Tuesday each month & has special tours from time to time. Garden Group info: Shirley Real (760) 379-1129 Vets Room 2 (you can enter off the large parking lot behind the Kern River Veterans/Senior Building, 6405 Lake Isabella Blvd., Lake Isabella. Copies of seed catalogs & special magazines FREE for the taking (till they run out). FREE Sunday, March 27: 2pm, Lake Isabella GARDEN TALK: “Tips on Growing Prize-winning Patio & Container Plants” by Shirley Real. 3^rd of 5 casual gardening talks organized by the Kern River Valley Garden Group An informal group of California's Kern River Valley gardeners interested in promoting the use of low water, fire-safe & native plants. Propagation of plants that are native to the Kern River Valley & difficult to find commercially is a special interest of the group which meets 2^nd Tuesday each month & has special tours from time to time. Garden Group info: Shirley Real (760) 379-1129 Vets Room 2 (you can enter off the large parking lot behind the Kern River Veterans/Senior Building, 6405 Lake Isabella Blvd., Lake Isabella. Copies of seed catalogs & special magazines FREE for the taking (till they run out). FREE

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