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Panamnik Building Capital Campaign
Panamnik Building in Orleans, CA
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Since 2005, the Mid Klamath Watershed Council
(MKWC) has occupied the Panamnik Building, located in the heart of
Orleans. With dedicated help from many volunteers, the building has
been developed into a community center, home to nonprofit
organizations and a small business and made available to the
community for a wide variety of activities and events.
MKWC Event in the Panamnik Building
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Now we have the exciting opportunity to purchase
and remodel the building and develop the beautiful riverfront
property it sits on. MKWC, in collaboration with community members
and community groups and with assistance from a Ford Family
Foundation grant, is organizing a Capital Campaign to buy the
Panamnik Building. Fittingly called the Panamnik Building Project,
MKWC is committed to developing the community space and program so
that it meets the needs of the Orleans and Somes Bar communities.
Based on the results of our community survey, the vision for
the property includes:
- Tourist Information and Interpretive Center
- Gallery and Retail Space for Local Arts and
Crafts
- Amphitheater and Riverside Park
- Youth Program
- Small Business Development including a
Coffee House and Eatery serving locally produced food
- Continuation of current programs, services,
and community access for meetings and public events
Your help is needed to make this project a
reality! Your donation shows that you support this important
project and that the Panamnik Building is a place for you and your
community. Be a part of the group of community people dedicated to
purchasing, repairing and remodeling the Panamnik Building for the
benefit of the Mid Klamath community by donating today. Every little
bit helps.
To this end, MKWC has created this web page to
collect donations for this campaign over the internet. For more
information, please contact MKWC directly at (530) 627-3202.
The people of Orleans, Somes Bar, and surrounding towns have come
together to raise money for this project through a variety of events
such as concerts, dinners, auctions, benefit drawings, and good old
fashioned philanthropic personal donations. So far, the community
has raised $44,076.39, which is over half of our $85,000 community
fundraising goal.
Check the community calendar to see which events you would like
to attend. Next up, "Sumptuous Sunday" a benefit dinner
which happens the last Sunday of each month at the Panamnik Building
at 7:00.
MKWC's office in the Panamnik Building, Orleans, CA
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Note: Online donations are processed using PayPal. PayPal takes a small percentage of online donations for
their services. If you would like to avoid this deduction from your
donation, please donate with a check payable to the Mid Klamath Watershed
Council, with a note that it is specifically for the Panamnik
Building Capital Campaign, to MKWC at PO Box 409,
Orleans, CA 95556.
Current Programs and Services offered at the
Panamnik Building
- Public phone
- WiFi hotspot (wireless internet)
- Meeting space
- Kids corner
- Educational workshops
- Public restrooms
- Tourist information
- Art, music & exercise classes
- Catered dinners
- Art gallery
- Fundraising events
- Holiday Bazaar
- First Aid and CPR classes
- Concerts and dance parties
- Music Mondays for preschool children
- Community information headquarters during
the “Somes Fire” of 2006
Partial List of Project Supporters
- Orleans Community Service District
- Karuk Tribe of California
- Salmon River Restoration Council
- Klamath Salmon Media Collaborative
- Bob and Judy’s Therapeutic Massage
- Klamath Riverkeeper
- Somes Bar Arts Council
- River Artisans
- Wild by Nature
- Salmon River Outpost
- Orleans Market
- Orleans Mining Company
- McLaughlin and Sons
- Sandy Bar Ranch and Nursery
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