UKIAH, Calif. – Mendocino College invites the community to attend a Veterans Resource Fair and free lunch in the Lowery Student Center at the Ukiah campus on Thursday, Nov. 8, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The resource fair will feature college departments and local agencies that support veterans and their families.

Participants will include the Employment Development Department, VA Outpatient Clinic, Mendocino County Veterans Services, North Bay Veteran Resource Center, Wreaths Across America, the Mendocino College Disability Resource and Native American Resource Centers, and more.

The Veteran Resource Center, located in room 735 of the Lowery Student Center, will be open throughout the day on Nov. 8, and all are encouraged to visit the center to learn more about available services and enjoy free coffee and sweet treats.

The free lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and will be catered by the Mendocino College Culinary Arts department.

For more information about this event please contact Anastasia Simpson-Logg at 707-468-3102.

The Mendocino College Admissions and Records office and the Veteran Resource Center will again be hosting Heroes’ Trees Nov. 1 through 30. Trees will be available in the lobby outside of Admissions and Records and in the Lowery Student Center outside of the Veteran Resource Center.

This project provides an opportunity to honor veterans by creating a remembrance ornament which shares a photograph or story of a veteran and is displayed on a tree throughout the month of November. All are welcome to create an ornament and place it on a tree.

Supplies for this purpose will be available at Admissions and Records and the Veteran Resource Center and a table with supplies will be available during the Veterans Day Resource Fair. To learn more about this project, please visit: http://www.ourheroestree.com/welcome/.

The Mendocino College Ukiah campus is located at 1000 Hensley Creek Road.

For more information about this event, contact Marianna Cooper at 707-468-3104. For information on other campus events please visit www.mendocino.edu .