The Calaveras Youth
Mentoring Program celebrated National Mentoring Month during
January 2010 by announcing the establishment of the Calaveras
Mentoring Foundation. Thanks to the tireless efforts of several
dedicated members of the mentoring program’s advisory committee and
community, the long-held dream of a non-profit foundation to
support the Calaveras Youth Mentoring Program is now becoming a
reality.
The Calaveras Mentoring
Foundation is recruiting additional board members. Please contact
the Calaveras Youth Mentoring Program if you are interested in
becoming a part of this exciting new organization. January 2010
marked the 9th annual National Mentoring Month (NMM) campaign to
recruit volunteer mentors for youth mentoring programs across the
country. This year General Colin L. Powell will headline the
volunteer recruitment drive.
The Calaveras Youth
Mentoring Program will focused its National Mentoring Month efforts
on a public awareness campaign to recruit mentors for local young
people. The mission of the Calaveras Youth Mentoring Program is to
connect Calaveras County young people in 1st through 12th grades
with safe, positive, adult role models who will offer support,
guidance, friendship, and help the youth make healthy life
decisions. Potential mentors are thoroughly screened to ensure the
safety of the youth in the program. Once matched, mentors and
mentees spend a couple of hours a week together for a year doing
things they both enjoy—sports, going out to supper, seeing a movie,
or working on a project. Mentors receive extensive pre-match
training and then additional training each month, plus weekly
monitoring of the friendship, as-needed support, and invitations to
group field trips and events.
For more information about the
Calaveras Youth Mentoring Program, please call 209-736-6078 or
visit online at:
www.calaverasmentoring.org
MINDEN - Carson Valley Inn Director of Food &
Beverage David Goodwin, CEC, CCA, AAC was honored as a
recipient of the 2009 Antonin Medal presented by the Chefs
Association of the Pacific Coast at the 39th anniversary reception
and dinner at the famed Starlite Room at the Hilton in San
Francisco on November 16. Chef Goodwin is the 142nd recipient
of the Medal and one of 96 living recipients across the
nation. The Antonin Carême Medal program was founded in 1969 to
honor those who have made extraordinary contributions to the
culinary profession, particularly to education and the advancement
of gastronomy and the culinary arts. The late Julia Child held
medal No. 28, former long time White House Chef Henry Haller
received No. 64, and media personality Chef Martin Yan has No. 77.
Chef Goodwin has been a member of the American Culinary Federation,
the largest organization of professional chefs, for the past 26
years. He was inducted into the American Academy of Chefs, the
honor society of Chefs in America, in 1991 and has twice been
recognized as Northern Nevada’s Chef of the Year. He has been with
the Carson Valley Inn for the past nine years and is active with
the Culinary Arts program at Douglas High School in addition to
serving as President of the Career and Technical Skills Advisory
Board.
The namesake of the Carême
Medal, Marie Antoine "Antonin" Carême, was born in Paris at the
height of the French Revolution in 1784. He is often thought of as
the first celebrity chef, the Chef of Kings and the King of Chefs.
Carême was the epitome of professionalism and at the same time
demonstrated unequaled culinary excellence along with the highest
com-passionate, humane qualities. Prospective recipients of the
Medal are chosen on the basis of these standards.
The Carson Valley Inn
www.cvinn.com is located on U.S.
Highway 395 in Minden, NV near the intersection of State Highway
88. The popular hotel, casino and RV resort built its reputation by
providing fun and memorable experiences through the smiles and
friendly service of its 450+ employees.
Amenities include 152
hotel rooms, a 75-room motor lodge, 59 RV sites, a casino, sports
book, poker room, three dining facilities, two lounges, nightly
live cabaret entertainment for listening and dancing, 6,000+ sq.
ft. of convention and banquet space, Chapel at the Inn, indoor
pool/spa/fitness facility, Spa at the Inn massage and facial
therapy, a Home Treasures gift shop, a Shell gas station &
convenience store and more.
The not-for-profit
Calaveras Arts Council operates the Gallery Calaveras on 22 Main
Street in San Andreas. Hours are weekdays, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm and
Saturdays, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. The gallery offers free parking
both in front and in back and is handicapped accessible. The next
art show is "Artists Studio Tour Exhibit” and it will open
September 10 and run through September 27. For more information,
phone the Calaveras Arts Council at (209)754-1774 or visit
www.calaverasarts.org.
Gallery Calaveras, 22 Main St., San Andreas (Mother Lode region)
The Amador STARS sponsors
two support groups for those on the cancer journey. The General
Cancer Support Group meets on the 4th Weds. of each month at 10:00
a.m. at the Amador STARS office. Both men and women are welcomed to
this group's meetings. The group welcomes everyone touched by
cancer to attend, cancer patients, caregivers or anyone needing
support. The Women Shines With STARS cancer support group meets on
the 4th Tuesday of the month at 10:30 at the Amador STARS office.
The group is designed for women only. Those who are going through
cancer treatment, those supporting a cancer patient, or caregivers
of cancer patients. The women support each other, while doing an
array of projects or field trips. The Amador STARS office is in the
Safeway shopping Center, 2 doors down from Safeway Store. Always
call the STARS office ahead of time to verify the meeting or
location. Amador STARS 223-1246. Other support services are
available at the STARS office including transportation of cancer
patients, a lending library and other resources.
Help Our Local Animal
Shelter
Fostering is a very tangible way to make a difference. Everyone
benefits: The foster volunteer gets to spend time with a special
animal. The foster dog or cat gets a break from kennel life and a
second chance at becoming a cherished pet. The new owners get a pet
that is better adapted to home life, and therefore has a better
chance of remaining in the new home permanently. If you have a big
heart and a little extra time that you can spare it will give you a
sense of joy unlike any other. Please consider making a difference
in the life of a shelter pet. If you are interested in becoming a
foster home, contact Amador County Animal Control at 223-6378.
Stefanie Hogan-Martin and Mike Martin,
mmsh@volcano.net
