Community Involvement
The Board and staff of the Northern California Veterans Museum and Heritage Center are always on the go within the Greater Northern California area that we serve. Over the past two years we have done a great deal to serve our community's Veterans and our civilians as well. Our goal is to always be there, ready to lend a hand and to educate our greater community to the needs of our many Veterans, as well as the need for the Museum itself.
In 2008 we participated in the Tehama County Thunder Rolls, Shasta Estates Luncheon with our Mobile Exhibit, Happy Valley Strawberry Festival, three month exhibit at the Shasta County Historical Society, Shasta County Stand Down, Shasta Lake City Veterans Day Parade, National Guard Families Christmas Meal, and the Wreaths Across America at the Northern California Veterans Cemetery in Igo.
In 2009, we participated with a three month exhibit at the Shasta County Historical Society, the Redding Air Show. Oakmont Estates Veterans Luncheon with our Mobile Exhibit, an exhibit at the Northern California Veterans Cemetery in Igo, Shasta County Stand Down, United Way/Cal Trans Chili Cook-off, Shasta Lake City Veterans Day Parade, Redding Christmas Lighted Parade, Christmas For The Troops, Wreaths Across America and we participated in three Honor Flight trips to Washington DC, escorting WWII Veterans to see the WWII Memorial plus the many other Memorials of Washington DC.
In 2010 we have a mobile exhibit on display featuring Charles Lindbergh at the Shasta Historical Society, we have visited several classrooms, including helping a student at Simpson College with a presentation on Historic and Modern Warfare. We have also given several presentations about the museum, assisted on the committee for the Ground Breaking Ceremony for the Northern California Veterans Home on Knighton Road, and a mobile display for Hilltop Estates. We have also been busy with Honor Flights, we had a trip in late June and the last trip, the second weekend in October. We flew out of Sacramento on the first flight and flew out of San Francisco on the second flight. Both flights were memorable and enjoyable. We helped set up for the 2010 Stand Down. We took our 1952 Korean War Ambulance in the Veterans Day Parade in Shasta Lake City.
So far in 2011, we have travelled to various schools, retirement homes and other venues with our mobile exhibits. We have a display on exhibit with the Shasta Historical Society. We are preparing to place an exhibit in the Wintu Museum and Cultural Resource Center in Shasta Lake City. We with Honor Flight in May and two flight in June. We also have many schools, boy scouts and girl scouts that come through the museum on tours to learn about our Veterans and Military History. We also participated in the Shasta Lake Veterans Day Parade and we are looking forward to being in the Redding Christmas Lighted Parade as well.
Contact us for more information, if you would like for us to visit your classroom or to speak with your group or organization.
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