Community Guide

Area Code is 707 unless otherwise noted.

ASSOCIATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS

Eel River Freemasons Eel River Empire Lodge #147 was founded in 1861. The mission of the lodge is to encourage personal growth and improve the lives of others, guided by the principles of their fraternity: Brotherly Love, Relief, and Truth. Meetings are the fi rst Wednesday of the month at 7:30 pm. For more information, please call (707) 7252335. Fortuna Garden Club

The Garden Club is dedicated to beautifying Fortuna. They have sponsored parade fl oats, hosted tea parties, assisted victims of the 1964 fl ood, put in landscaping at the River Lodge, City Hall, and the Fortuna Chamber, held garden contests, and organized Junior and High School gardening programs. Their volunteers lovingly maintain all of the fl ower beds in Downtown, host potlucks and picnics, put on the Annual Daff odil Show and Holiday Home Tour and Tea, plant trees on Arbor Day, and much more! The Fortuna Garden Club meets at 1:00 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month at the Monday Club, 610 Main Street. For information, attend an upcoming meeting or visit facebook.com/ FortunaGardenClub. Kiwanis Club

Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world, one child and one community at a time. For information, visit fortunakiwanis.com. Native Sons of the Golden West

Native Sons are 18 years of age and older and committed to making their community a better place while preserving the great heritage of California. Being a Native Son is more than camaraderie; it is being involved with your community and exercising the precepts of Friendship, Loyalty, and Charity while