Your donation can help us:

The Cascabel Community Center is a non-profit, membership-owned organization that serves the rural residents of this relatively unfragmented valley. We strive to support diversity in all life here beyond the sidewalks—human, wildlife, native plants, livestock, gardens and fields, resilient soils, springs, the river, and dark skies.

To do so, we provide a common ground place for all to use: a building and a nature trail where folks can come together socially or visit the natural world. In so doing, we hope to promote a sense of place, which nurtures a life-promoting commitment to our stewardship of the natural and cultural landscapes.

There are practical elements to those ideals. Every month there are utility charges as well as cleaning and basic supplies. Buildings need maintenance; last year we successfully replaced the entire Center roof, thanks to directing our savings from decades of donations plus more than double those thousands from new contributions.

We are at a bare-bones bank balance from that much-needed capital improvement, and would like to build back a cushion of up to 10k to be able to rapidly respond to an emergency such as replacing the well pump if fails.
Beyond reestablishing emergency response funds, we would also like to upgrade small rainwater barrels on the south side of the building with a larger storage tank. And we have hopes to install an historical plaque at the Commons to commemorate the history of Hispanic homesteaders, too.

We are a 501c4 non-profit, which means your donations are not tax deductible. We hope that does not deter smaller donations from folks who don’t itemize on their tax returns. Thanks in advance for helping support our efforts to keep a very special valley functioning for all life.

Sincerely,
Barbara Clark

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Thanks to everybody’s generous donations and Hickory Construction, we have a New Roof.

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The Cascabel Community Center is a gathering place for members of the rural community situated along the San Pedro River between the bridge at Tres Alamos and the northern reaches of Redington. The center is located just east of Cascabel Road, midway between mileposts 23 and 24, on a small rise overlooking the river valley. The building was constructed in the mid-1980s via donations and the volunteer efforts of many neighbors and friends.
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