COBB, Calif. – In coordination with the Cobb Mountain Lions Club, the American Red Cross and Calpine Corp., there will be a free community event with food trucks, local musicians, a KaBOOM! Imagination Playground, and two jump houses on Sunday, Oct. 11.
The event will take place beginning at noon at Black Rock Golf Course, 16451 Golf Road in Cobb.
The following four food trucks will be providing a variety of delicious free lunch offerings for up to 1,000 residents:
· Street Fusion, offering healthy Vietnamese fusion food, lots of fresh veggies and bright flavors.
· H Butler BBQ, offering Southern-style barbecue and soul-food favorites like catfish, greens and fruit cobbler.
· Aghas Gyros, offering Middle Eastern favorites like lamb or chicken gyros, and lamb or chicken over rice.
· Fuddruckers, offering specialty hamburgers.
The event will feature a hootenanny of local musicians who have played together in Cobb for years. Many of them lost their homes to the Valley fire.
KaBOOM! Imagination playground will be set up on Sunday for local children to enjoy. It is an innovative, loose-parts, playground that engage kids in creative play that is physically challenging and collaborative, fulfilling the needs of the whole child.
Astrojumps, a local business who was directly affected by the fire, will be providing two jump houses: a smaller jump house for younger children and a large jump house for big kids. Calpine Corporation is sponsoring the jump houses.
The Valley Fire is the third most destructive fire in California state history, covering more than 76,000 acres and destroying nearly 2,000 structures, including more than 1,300 homes.
The difficult recovery from these fires makes this a frustrating and emotionally draining time for everyone involved. Red Cross mental health volunteers are available to help. Red Cross caseworkers are meeting one-on-one with people to create recovery plans, navigate paperwork and locate help from other agencies. Red Cross is distributing food and relief supplies in the impacted neighborhoods to support people as they return home.
The Red Cross and many community partners are working to ensure that the right resources and support are provided to those who have been affected by this disaster:
· FEMA and CalOES Disaster Recovery Center: Middletown Senior Center at 21256 Washington St. in Middletown (8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays, and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays);
· FEMA and CalOES Disaster Recovery Center: Apria Healthcare in the Safeway Shopping Center at 14860 Olympic Drive in Clearlake (8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays, and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays);
· Red Cross Client Assistance Center: Twin Pine Casino, 22223 CA-29, Middletown (daily, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.).