East Fork Gallery artist Helen Yoder holds a copy of The Record-Courier’s ‘Looking Back’ history book from 2007.
Photo by Kurt Hildebrand.
With Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday, there’s several ways to unload any excess cash over the next week.
One of the older organizations that checks a couple of those boxes was preparing annual miniatures show continuing through Christmas Eve.
East Fork Gallery artists have been scrambling for old photos of Carson Valley structures for the theme of “Now & Then.”
The gallery has been a Gardnerville fixture for 45 years, starting out in one of those structures, the old Harris store which had been moved to Gardnerville a century before it was claimed by fire on Jan. 3, 1995.
One source for photos was sort of an artifact, the “Looking Back Douglas County” book published by The Record-Courier in 2007, artist Helen Yoder said on Saturday.
Art for the project was due Tuesday at the gallery, located at 1512 Main St. Entries 80 square inches or smaller will be judged and ribbons distributed at the gallery’s Christmas reception 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 1.
The gallery is one of several nonprofits eligible for donations on Giving Tuesday, Dec. 3.
A slightly older nonprofit Young at Heart Senior Citizens Organization celebrated 50 years since its founding in 1974.
The group contributes $24,000 a year to the Hot Soup Program and donates $20,000 to fill needs for the kitchen, Meals on Wheels and other items at the Douglas County Community & Senior Center.
Two of its biggest events are also its largest fundraiser, Big Mama’s Show and Shine and the Holiday Craft Fair.
