What a super fundraiser! Absolutely no effort!

Just connect to your favorite stores for online shopping through ShopforMuseums.com, and some of the money comes to the Gold Nugget Museum.

Check out the website and see the more than 500 stores at which you can shop.  Then go for it! The holiday season should reap great profits for us!

The Museum gift shop is loaded with all kinds of really cool Paradise souvenirs, along with many toys and gemstones for the kids. 

The bookshelves are stacked with new releases of Paradise history, The Gold Rush, American Indian stories, children's history , western recipes and Table Mountain wildflower books.

We also have delicious apple butter, along with healthy Miner's tea and Wild Sage Mint Tea.  Bring your guests to the Museum and shop at our gift store.  Remember your ten percent member discount. Come in and support the museum. 

MORE VOLUNTEERS - MORE DEPOT HOURS

Thanks to the great success of the Paradise Depot Museum during the first year of operation, we are planning to expand the Depot's hours.  To this point, the Depot has been open only on weekends and during special events, now we plan to open weekday afternoons as well.  It's a popular spot, particuarly during good weather when folks come to enjoy the Community Park.

The additional open hours at the depot are possible because six wonderful Ridge residents have volunteered to work as docents.  They will begin working four-hour shifts throughout the summer.

Anyone interested in volunteering at either museum will be equally welcome. 

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Students will create art on the scenic and historic grounds of the Museum this summer in an exciting new program led by professional artist and educator Judy Carter.

Themed art activities will be held each day.  The themes include native plants, settlers and agriculture, 49ers and mining and native Americans of the area.  Activities could be drawing an oak tree outline or a watercolor painting of the stream; doing silhouettes or studying perspective by drawing apples in a barrel; learning about portraiture by doing a wanted poster in pastels; making a clay petroglyph or studying texture by drawing and coloring a native bark home.

Sessions for youngsters 8 to 13 will be held June 9 - 13 and July 7 - ll.  Sessions for students 14 to 16 will be on June 16 -20 and July 14 - 18.  Each session runs Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30.  Sessions also my be scheduled for August.  Each week-long session cost $5.00 per student, with a minimum of 10 students. 

For information to enroll in the program, call Judy Carter at 872-4840 

The Depot Museum will be open during the Fourth of July Bluegrass Festival from noon to 4:00 p,m. at the Paradise Community Park. 

In addition to the holiday and regular weekend hours, the Depot also will be open during the Paradise Farmers Market at the park every Thursday evening from June 5 through August; and of course during our Speaking of the Past series on six Saturday evenings.

Come join the fun!

The 2008 Paradise Pow Wow will take place on the Museum grounds the weekend of July 12 - 13, with activities from noon to 5:00 p.m. each day.  Admission is free.

In addition to drumming, dancing and singing, the Pow Wow features Indian Tacos and other food, raffles and vendor booths.  No smoking, alcohol, drugs or pets are allowed.

The Pow Wow benefits the Katie Marie Prosser Memorial Scholarship to promote education of Native American youth.

In July, Speaking of the Past at the Depot features the history of local Maidu Indians, and the Paradise Fire and Police Departments.  The summer audiovisual speaker program began in June and continues through August.

July 12 at 8:00 p.m. Arlene Ward, chairman of the Mechoopda Maidu, will give a presentation on the area Maidu.  The program follows the first day of the Paradise Pow Wow being held on the grounds of the Gold Nugget Museum.

On July 26 Bud Parrott, retired firefighter, will talk about the Paradise Fire Department and Sgt. Paul Hegenbart will cover the history of the Paradise Police Department. 

All programs in the series are on Saturday evenings - June 7 and 28, July 12 and 26 and August 9 and 30.  Each program is scheduled to begin at 8:00 p.m. and be over by 9:00.

The community is iinvited to bring their families and picnic dinners to enjoy in the park before the program - and to visit the Depot Museum until 9:30.

The big-screen presentations are displayed from the depot platform, with the audience sitting on the grass in the park.  It's a great way to spend a summer evening with family, freinds and a picnic.

The Depot Museum will be open to visitors.  Water and soft drinks will be available for purchase.

The wonderful Jewarts-John and Piedie-are chairing this year's Days of Living History, scheduled for September 13-14.

Getting Ready Meeting, July 3 at 7:00 p.m. at the Museum.  Everyone interested in taking part should be here to help with the planning.