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Announcements, happenings, activities in and around Fresno.

June “Rent Event” and July calendar

Below is our calendar for July.   I’m also reminding you about June’s Rent Event which will be this coming Sunday, June 26 2-4 p.m. at the Iron Bird Café.  Please come if you can.  Not only will you be helping…

2nd Wednesday video, June 8

Wednesday, June 8 at 12 noon and 7 p.m. (potluck at 6:30 p.m.) The 2nd Wednesday film will be “A Dream in Doubt”. When you look like America’s enemy, is the Dream worth the price? A Dream in Doubt is…

June 2011 calendar

Wednesday, June 1 at 6:00 p.m. FCNV Board meeting at 1584 N. Van Ness (SE corner McKinley and Van Ness) Call 237-3223 11-3 Mon-Fri for details.. Wednesday, June 8  3-3:30 p.m. Tune in to KFCF 88.1 FM for the Fresno…

Annual Fine Art Raffle

Tickets for the Center’s annual Fine Art Raffle are now available through Board members or at the Center Mon-Fri 11-3.  Or call us at 559-237-3223 for alternative delivery.  We are selling 100 tickets only at $10.00 donation each or 6…

Bring our War Dollars home

Here are photos of three of our Board members – Janet Moore, Richard Stone and Dan Yaseen – at the antiwar demonstration in River Park on Saturday, March 19.

Peace Pig fundraiser

In December 2010, we launched a new program.  We found some piggy banks at a local dollar store, named them Peace Pigs, decorated them and put them up for adoption!  Each peace pig needs feeding from time to time with…

Fair Trade Program

For some time now the Center has been carrying fair trade, organic coffee, chocolate and cocoa from the Interfaith Equal Exchange.   I have stopped ordering on a regular basis as it has not been the success we’d hoped for!   We…

The EBay/Etsy Project: A painless way to help FCNV

Your “trash” might be our “treasure.”   One of our volunteers, Gioia Frank has undertaken the FCNV Ebay/Etsy Project.  Gioia will take your discards and try to make money for the Center by listing them on ebay, etsy, craigslist, or clovisyardsale.  …