Community Calendar

Build your skills at our Handsprings & Aerials Clinic! Even beginners can start working on the fundamentals of these Intermediate skills. All levels welcome. 5-17yrs.

The focus of the 45-minute workshop, Single Use Plastics 101, is designed to inform and support consumers to reduce their single use plastic consumption. This will be taught by Kathleen Bond of the SLO County Citizens’ Climate Education (CCE) organization, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. They’re a nonpartisan, nonpolitical grassroots education and advocacy organization empowering people from diverse backgrounds to educate the public, key stakeholders and policymakers to work for effective solutions to the climate emergency.
For more information, see: Citizens Climate Education – Working to Preserve a Livable Planet

This 8-week class will focus on accessing emotion in the moment, building characters and relationships on emotional perspectives, and using patterns of emotional behaviors to drive scenes forward. Emotion brings out character rather than caricature, delighting audiences who want to see you caring about something made up on the spot and being affected by your scene partner. By the end of this course, you’ll have developed the skills to be a good longform improviser.
8 weeks: February 9 to April 13

Learn strategies to communicate with a person living with dementia. Learn how to maintain your connection with your loved one throughout all stages of the disease.

This free 8-week class is for family, friends and significant others of adults with mental health conditions. The course provides evidence based information about anxiety, depressive disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other mental health conditions. Other topics covered include communication, problem solving, treatment and recovery. Registration required: email education.nami.sloco@gmail.com!

Grants are a vital source of funding for nonprofit programs and services. However, diving into the application process without proper preparation can drain already limited resources. Understanding grant readiness, knowing what it takes to be fully prepared, and mastering the essential components of a successful application are critical for securing and managing funding opportunities effectively.
In this class, you will learn:
—Why it’s important to be grant-ready
—How to assess and improve your nonprofit’s grant readiness
—The checklist requirements to become grant-ready, from documentation to nonprofit-funder alignment
—Valuable tools and resources to propel successful grant applications.
This class is designed for nonprofit boards, executive directors and staff in charge of grant application.

This program examines how best to prepare for future care decisions and changes, including respite care, residential care, and end-of-life care. In collaboration with Home Matters Home Care.

This program examines how best to prepare for future care decisions and changes, including respite care, residential care, and end-of-life care. In collaboration with: Home Matters Caregiving.

Join us for a relaxing evening of tea, seasonal meditation and contemplation, and then a chance to integrate the whole experience creatively through our hands in Wellstone's inspiring art studio. Play with clay, explore many other mediums, or bring your own project. These monthly gatherings are a favorite for the slow, nourishing pace, good company, and delicious tea.

SLOCA is delighted to host the third annual Central Coast Jr. LEGO Challenge! Children ages 5 to 12 are invited to come play, learn, and discover with LEGOs under the guidance of a LEGO-certified teacher. There are three unique challenges including the Team Build, Direct Build, and Showstopper. In addition to all the fun and learning, there will be prizes! Sign-ups are now open.