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FOOD

Volunteer Orientation Food for People. 3-4 p.m. Virtual World, Online. See Jan. 12 listing.

ETC

Restorative Movement. 10:30-11:30 a.m. & 2-3 p.m. Virtual World, Online. See Jan. 12 listing.

Heads Up …

Friends of the Arcata Marsh and Redwood Region Audubon Society are co-sponsoring a Student Bird Art Contest in conjunction with the Godwit Days Spring Migration Bird Festival. Artwork may be dropped off at the Interpretive Center (open Tuesday-Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Monday, 1 to 5 p.m.) or mailed to Sue Leskiw, 155 Kara Lane, McKinleyville, CA, 95519. Entries must be received by 5 p.m. March 18. Questions should be e-mailed to sueleskiw1@gmail.com. Redwood Region Audubon Society (RRAS) is sponsoring its 18th annual student nature writing contest. Up to six cash prizes will be awarded for the best essay(s) or poem(s) on “What Nature Means to Me,” by Humboldt or Del Norte County students in grades four through 12. Visit rras.org or godwitdays.org to view a flyer with instructions on how to enter the contest. Deadline for receipt: 5 p.m., March 18. Questions should be directed to sueleskiw1@gmail.com. Arcata’s EXIT Theatre invites submissions of short plays for its premier Short Play Festival, held March 24-26 and March 31-April 2. Festival theme: journey. Open to interpretation. Submit one original work, no more than 10 minutes long in PDF or Word format. Send as an attachment to mail@theexit.org by Jan. 31. Email questions. Sign up for the annual Mad River Steelhead Derby running now through Feb. 28 at 6 p.m. Three biggest fish in the adult division will win $500, $300 second place, $150 third place. Three winners in the youth division, 16 years and under will win $100, $75, $50 gift certificates. Plus, steelhead fishing video prizes and weekly raffle drawings for registered Derby anglers. Follow the Derby on social media and at madriversteelheadderby.com. Personas, College of the Redwoods’ literary journal with a multilingual focus, is accepting submissions of original poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, essay and art that considers the experience of multilingualism, now through midnight March 16. Send your submissions to jonathan-maiullo@redwoods.edu with the subject line “Personas Submission” and the title of your work. For info, call (707) 476-4527, email or visit redwoods.edu/ ah/Home/Personas . Soroptimist International of Humboldt Bay announces six monetary awards and/or scholarships. Find more and find a link to all applications at soroptimistofhumboldtbay.com. KEET-TV seeks a diverse group of individuals to join its Community Advisory Board. Meetings are held quarterly on Zoom. Go to KEET.org to find the link at the bottom of the page. Become a volunteer at Hospice of Humboldt. For more information about becoming a volunteer or about services provided by Hospice of Humboldt, call (707) 267-9813 or visit hospiceofhumboldt.org. l