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PfCA BLOG

The PfCA Blog focuses on PfCA events, stories from contributors, and news from around the area. Submissions for the blog may be sent to hello@goPfCA.com.

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Ark Valley Equality Network Events in August

The Ark Valley Equality Network is busy in August, with two events back-to-back!

REMINDER...No Salida Soup in June or July

For the first time in its 4 year history, the Soup is taking a summer vacation!

Salida Soup 48 + Soulcraft Brewing = Salida Brew!

Salida Soup celebrated 4 years of micro-granting success with the first soup-less Soup at Soulcraft Brewing on May 16. Dubbed “Salida Brew”, Salida Soup 48 welcomed three great presenters and an enthusiastic and hungry crowd to the hometown brewery HQ on Highway 50.

Friends of Salida Skateparks Score a Sick Trick and Win SS 47!

As usual, it was an amazing trio of organizations and individuals that hoped to win the Soup Pot, but it was the Friends of Salida Skateparks pitch that wowed the diners enough to secure them the win...

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Fridays at Three

Fridays at Three with Jimmy and Mark is a live show with an eclectic mix of first-person narrative, interviews with members of our community, and the occasional live musical performance. If you know someone we should interview (or if you would like to be on our show), email us: hello@gopfca.com.

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March 1, 2019 - Chaffee County Childcare

Chaffee County Childcare, Alpine Achievers Initiative, Megan Strauss, Kate Maclellan

March 1, 2019 - "Leslie had the plague!"

Leslie Matthews, plague, Buddy, Rose Hospital, Denver, Colorado Springs, Vet, Ken

March 1, 2019 - Historic Circle R Motel adds "Vintage" Electric Charging Pumps

Circle R Motel, Electric Cars, Electric Charging Stations, historic hotel, Studebaker, local business

February 15, 2019 - Interview with Kelsey and Brian McNeill

Brian McNeill, Kelsey McNeill, Interview, heart, carrying the light, heart stops, family, rare infection

February 1, 2019 - What does Public Health Do? with Director Andrea Carlstrom

Andrea Carlstrom, Director of Chaffee County Public Health, what is public health?, what does it do?

February 1, 2019 - Mary Beth Flemming and Healthy Living

Mary Beth Flemming, Salida School of Yoga, Cleansing, Vegan, Yoga

February 1, 2019 - Lunar New Year & Dragon Parade with Tina of Salida Creativity Lab

Lunar New Year, Year of the Pig, Dragon making, Dragon Parade, Asia Fest, workshops

February 1, 2019 - Artists Helping Artists with Marie EvB Gibbons

Fundraiser Artists Raising Money for Friends, Marie EvB Gibbons, sculpture, painting, drawing, purchase art, crowdfunding

January 25, 2019 - Ark Valley Helping Hands with Dee Dubin

Ark Valley Helping Hands, A Little Help, Dee Dubin, aging, elderly, services, volunteer

January 25, 2019 - Megan and Hope of Molehills Estate Services

Molehills Estate Services, Megan Juba, Hope DeLaRoux, organizing, sorting, estate sales

January 25, 2019 - Joel Silverman Dog Trainer

Joel Silverman, dog trainer, Animal Planet, What Color is Your Dog, More What Color is Your Dog, Bond with Your Heart Train with Your Brain, author, TV host

January 18, 2019 - Celebrating Jeff Lowe Pt. 2

An Evening Celebrating Jeff Lowe, interview with Connie Self and Rob Dubin, Garna, Mountain Climbing, Film, Metanoia

January 11, 2019 - Celebrating Jeff Lowe Pt. 1

An Evening Celebrating Jeff Lowe, Rob Dubin, Garna, Mountain Climbing, Film, Metanoia

January 11, 2019 - Chaffee County

Homelessness, Chaffee County Homeless Coalition, Caring & Sharing

November 23, 2018 - Silver and Smoke

Silver and Smoke, the Vic, Victoria Tavern, music

November 23, 2018 - Meet Salida Green

Salida Green, Becky Longberg, Ed Berg, Paula Berg, Hemp, whole plant CBD, CBD, pain, swelling, salve, tinctures, full spectrum, local business, pop up events

Friday, August 3, 2018 - Breast/Chestfeeding Segment

Breastfeeding Segment, Megan Lombardo, The Local Latch, World Breastfeeding Week, The Big Latch, Chaffee County Public Health

Friday, June 29, 2018 - Border Issues Segment

Border Issues, Impacted wildlife, Rosemary Schiano, Emma Rocio Fajardo, Sky Island Alliance, Sonoran Desert, Jan Wondra, Louise Mistal Executive Director of Sky Island Alliance, Jaguars, Destruction of our Borders, Human and Animal Migration

Friday, December 8, 2017

White Christmas, Sutty's Album of the Week, Principles of Flight by Bill Hatcher, Valley to Valley Senior Care, Articipate, Meade Cookies, and Community News.

Friday, October 13, 2017

Chipeta Rising Celebration, Lindsay & George Mossman's Super-Secret Musical Announcement, Izaak Opatz in the Sutty's Alley, The Last Waltz, Breast Health 101, Thai Panang Curry,and Community News.

Friday, October 6, 2017

Chipeta Rising Celebration, AOTW: Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference, and Community News.

Friday, September 29, 2017

AOTW: Moses Sumney - Aromanticism, and Community News.

Friday, September 22, 2017

First Day of Autumn, Deer Tick, PFLAG, Salsa, kHEN Fall Membership Drive, World's Greatest Eye Contact Experiment, Blue Recluse Trio in the Coop, PP Fall Cleanup, Bisexual Awareness Week, and Community News.

Friday, September 15, 2017

Labyrinth, Salida Soup, The National, PFLAG, Central Colorado Conservancy, Thai Lemongrass Soup, kHEN Fall Membership Drive, Blue Recluse Trio, PP Fall Cleanup, and Community News.

Friday, September 8, 2017

Salida Fiber Festival, PFLAG at Salida Soup, Patty LaTaille with Full Circle Restorative Justice, Purple Carrot Cake, Planned Parenthood Cleanup, LCD Soundsystem, Free Movie at the SteamPlant, Pint and a Half, and Community News.

Friday, September 1, 2017

Trip to the Sun, BEES!, Salida Soup, YARN, Female Condoms, Album of the Week 'War on Drugs', Salida Fiber Festival, Contemporary Fiber, the Central Colorado Conservancy, Free Movie at the SteamPlant, Pint and a Half, and Community News.

Friday, August 11, 2017

The Districts, kHEN Back to School Block Party, Salida Studio Tour, Know Your Health Know Your Rights Presentation, Joe Johnson, Grant Sabin & the Juke Joint Highball, and Community News.

Friday, August 4, 2017

Ben Gibbard, Plant Based Tacos al Pastor, kHEN Block Party, HIV in Correctional Facilities, Call-in from Crest Fest, Chipeta Mountain Project, Zoltan and the Fortune Tellers, and Community News.

Friday, July 28, 2017

Lana Del Rey, Plant Based Baking Tips, Clueless, National Orgasm Day, Crest Fest, Salida Soup, and Community News.

Friday, July 21, 2017

Out in the Storm, Vegan Recipes and Tips, Clueless, Hepatitis, Crest Fest, Salida Soup, and Community News.

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Salida Soup

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Sep 19

Salida Soup is a monthly community-based potluck where participants, through this micro-granting dinner, assist a variety of projects in the Upper Arkansas River Valley.

WE ARE BACK AND READY TO SOUP!

Join us at the SteamPlant Ballroom on August 15th!

Come hear proposals for upcoming events and community-wide activities, have the best $5 dinner in town, and feel good supporting your favorite micro-granting potluck!

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