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. 

The 2008 Paradise Pow Wow will take place on the Museum grounds the weekend of August 23-24, 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.

Speaker Series Resumes August 9, 23, & 30. The first August presentation of Speaking of the Past  at the depot will be August 9, with George Barber, PID manager giving a talk on the Paradise Irrigation District. 

The second speaker will be August 23. 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.

August 30, Chuck Rough, town manager, will complete the series with a presentation on the Gold Rush in Butte County.

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.

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 Museum is again taking part in the AnnieB funding program.  AnnieB is a community drive of the North Valley Community Foundation, in which donations to member non-profits are matched with a share of NVCF's $100,000.00 dedicated fund.

If you are thinking of donating to the Museum any time this year, please do it now through AnnieB.  NVCF money will be added to your donation.  Please write check to:

AnnieB/Gold Nugget Museum and send between August 1 and September 30 to

North Valley Community Foundation, 3120 Cohasset Road, Suite 8, Chico, CA 95973  -  or make an on-line donation at www.nvcf.org.

Either way, Thank you!

The Museum is putting together a group to attend the August 15 Outlaws baseball game at 7:00 p.m. in Nettleton Stadium in Chico.  By presenting the flyer that was enclosed in your August Gold Dust, 50 percent of your ticket purchase will go to the AnnieB grant pool, thereby increasing the match for donations to the Museum.

Thea Max and Ray Harrington are putting together a Gold Nugget Museum group and can be contacted at 877-8174.  If you want to go on your own, thats fine, but being part of the group would be fun.  Ray and Thea have extra flyers for anyone who can use one.

The old Timers picnic to be held Sunday, August 17, on the Museum grounds.  The honorees are the many retired fire fighters and members of the fire department auxiliary still living on the Ridge.

Visiting begins at 11:00 a.m. and the pot luck lunch is served at 1:00 p.m.  Newcomers as well as long-time residents are welcome.

There is no charge, all you need to bring is a dish to share and your table service.  It is a great way to learn some local history - and to thank some of the folks who keep us safe.  Please come and visit with old and new friends and honor the courageous citizens who have protected our town in years gone by.

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

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

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.