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"Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere"

Martin Luther King

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2822 HARRIS STREET, EUREKA, CALIFORNIA

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WELCOME !

To the Tri-County ONLINE Independent Living Center !

This is Your Place in Cyberspace to Explore, Learn, and Connect.

ART!

We are seeking Artwork by People who have a disability to show here on our site!

What Can You Find On This Site?......

ADVOCACY

ADVOCACY-ACTION ALERTS/ ADVOCACY CENTER

A FORUM for DISABILITY-RELATED ISSUES, RANTS and RAVES

ANIMALS: PETS / SERVICE / COMPANION ANIMALS

ARTS and RECREATION

ASSISTIVE DEVICE LOAN LIBRARY

CALENDAR OF EVENTS, MEETINGS, and WORKSHOPS

CLASSIFIEDS PAGE FOR EQUIPMENT/ DEVICES

DISABILITY and WORLD NEWS

DIVERSITY

'ENABLED VOICES' - OUR OWN ADVOCACY PUBLICATION

FUN QUIZZES, TESTS, and WORKSHEETS

INFORMATION ON RECYCLING AND DONATIONS

INFORMATION ON RURAL TRANSPORTATION

INFO and LINKS to GREAT RESOURCES

LOCAL HOUSING/ NURSING FACILITIES

MEDIA

THE PHILOSOPHY OF INDEPENDENT LIVING

'RespectAbility'- OUR OWN AGENCY NEWSLETTER

THE TRI-COUNTY 'A.T. and RESPECT for ABILITIES FAIR'

SUCCESS STORIES

AND MORE !

We will strive to keep this site growing and evolving, and welcome your comments.

Enjoy!

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clip art of man shouting through bullhorn, mouth shows at end of bullhorn We NEED computers! - YOU need CLASSES!

Once again, we are asking everyone to consider donating their older-but working- computers and systems to our 'Computers for People with Disabilities' program.

We are running low on good PCs' to get to people who really need them!

We are looking for Pentium 3 or 4 machines, RAM, hard drives, good keyboards and mice, etc.

(We are happy to take monitors, but ONLY if they accompany a computer please.)

Tri-County now offers Beginning PC classes!

For a nominal fee, we are now offering THREE, one-hour sessions on Basic PC use and maintenance, Internet and email use, and more! These classes will be one-on-one, so it will be a hard deal to beat!

For more information, please call Tri-County at 707-445-8404

New Website !

Open Humboldt Government

"Open Humboldt Government is an additional, new channel for participation in community discussion around local issues, accessible from the convenience of your home on your own schedule.

Here you will find elected officials introducing important issues for community discussion. You are invited to read your elected representatives' issue statements as well as comments from your neighbors, and to post your own thoughts in our online forums. "

New Link!

Housing & Mortgages for People with Disabilities

Food for Thought....

One Day of The Iraq War Equals;

... 720 million dollars !

or
... 84 new elementary schools
... 12,478 elementary school teachers
... 95,364 head start places for children
... 1,153,846 Children with free school lunches
... 34,904 Four-year scholarships for University Students
... 165,525 People with Healthcare
... 423,529 Children with Healthcare
... 6,482 Families with Homes
... 1,274,336 Homes with Renewable Electricity

One. Day.

logo for Community Art Workshop The Community Art Workshop!

Learn to Paint! Play Guitar! Make Ceramics!

and much, much more!

For info, please call 707-840-9722

1580 Nursery Way, #F

McKinleyville, CA. 95519

California Budget Crisis - Please click here to read how the budget cuts

will affect those living with a disablity!

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Tri County is pleased to announce the formation of our own

Assistive Device Loan Library!

We have purchased various items that can help you or

someone you know to live a more independent life!

We presently have a few items that can help with communication, reaching, writing,

crafts, daily living, and more. These devices can be borrowed from between 2 to 12 weeks,

and if you find them useful, we can look into ways for you to obtain your own.

To see what is available at the present time, and to arrange to borrow a particular device,

you can go to this link:

http://cate.ca.gov/index.cfm?a=DeviceLoan&p=SelectCategory

or just call us here at Tri-County Independent Living.

Please take a look!

Tri-County's New ADVOCACY Bulletin !

Enabled Voices

-An advocacy publication of Tri-County Independent Living-

'Enabled Voices' contains news that you should know concerning bills, budgets,

amendments, and other items that affect you and all those

living with a disability. Important Stuff !

We also include meeting times and places of local Boards/ Councils.

If you are a consumer of Tri-County, you should already be receiving it

in the mail. Otherwise, let us know and we will be happy to mail you a copy,

OR, view it right here (with Adobe Acrobat Reader)

and you can aslo look at our latest

'RespectAbility' newsletter here !

(Download the Adobe .pdf reader)

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Animeals-on-Wheels !

New program helps seniors' furry friends

Humboldt Senior Research Center nutrition activities program manager, Cheri Beechel, said that many

of the seniors in the Meals-On-Wheels program share their own home-delivered meals with their pets.

”The Animeals program is a nationwide program that we have been wanting to get involved in for many years,”

said Beechel. “Our clients' pets are very important to them. Pets are often their reason to get up in the morning

-- to care for their animals. We know they sometimes share their meals with their pets, so this is a good

program to make sure their pets get the food they need without the need to share their meals.”

Beechel said that often those who do buy pet food can only afford low quality food and that the

Purina donation is good, quality food for their pets.

Carol Beaton said the drivers who deliver the pet food say their clients are thrilled to have quality

pet food for their pets and are also relieved at not having to worry about how to feed them.

”Research has clearly shown that having a pet improves the quality of life for many people,

and I am thrilled to be a part of making it more affordable,” said Beaton.

For more information, call the center at 443-9747.

Do You have a Pet?

It is IMPORTANT that your dog or cat gets

spayed or neutered! The folks at Sequoia Humane Society

can HELP you do that!

FELINE VETERINARY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM!

If your cat or kitten is facing an immediate life or death situation, e-mail; fveap@earthlink.net

and provide (1) your name, address & phone number; (2) kitty's name; (3) what's wrong;

(4) what's needed; (5) name, address and phone number of veterinarian.

We can get additional information and paperwork later if needed.

For non-emergency situations, please fill out and send the Application Form.

We call the veterinarian directly with payment information.

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