Donate Your Used Outdoor Gear to Friends of the Dunes!
Press release from Friends of the Dunes:
Friends of the Dunes is gearing up for the Get Outside Gear Sale and wants your old stuff! Make room for more adventure by donating your gently used outdoor gear for this annual fundraiser taking place on Saturday, April 1, 2023. Donations are now being accepted Wednesday through Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm at the Humboldt Coastal Nature Center, 220 Stamps Lane in Manila and at Adventure’s Edge in Eureka and Arcata. The Get Outside Gear Sale supports Friends of the Dunes education and stewardship programs, provides the community with excellent deals on outdoor gear, and encourages buying used which is great for the environment!
What is outdoor gear? Camping and backpacking equipment, fishing gear, kayaks and canoes, gardening tools, surfboards, bikes, field guides, binoculars, hiking boots, pet gear, and so much more! Clear out that storage of gear you no longer use, and score some new-to-you used gear at the Gear Sale on April 1! Please note we do not accept skis, snowboards, golf clubs, spray skirts, weapons, gas canisters, car racks, or any moldy items.
Please call (707) 444-1397 or visit friendsofthedunes.org/gearsale for more information.
Friends of the Dunes is dedicated to conserving the natural diversity of coastal environments in Humboldt County, California, through community supported education and stewardship programs.
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give your camping gear to a homeless person instead bc fotd hates them! that one same guy harassed me over and over about it and im not even homeless just drive an old van 🖖🏼😄 bad vibes fr they have plenty of nonprofit $$ already im sure
I have been harassed by these people at clam Beach county park said we could not walk on the dunes
thats not the same thing…u really shouldn’t walk on the plants…
What one same guy? Harassing you because why? I am so annoyed by people harassing the homeless or anyone else for that matter. I’ve been harassed by a homeless woman one time out of hundreds of interactions with them. But I’ve seen them harassed multiple times for just being. People just need to be kind.
I’ve never seen anyone harass a homeless person other than to leave off asking them for money or to get out of the roadway.
This sort of goes beyond harassment but over my years as a reporter I’ve covered a number of cases of homeless people being assaulted and killed.
These are the ones that I can think of and find quickly:
https://kymkemp.com/2017/09/23/homeless-man-may-have-been-set-on-fire-last-night/
https://kymkemp.com/2017/06/10/homeless-man-attacked-and-sent-to-hospital-in-garberville-last-night/
The one that most sticks in my mind is local youth kicking and beating a homeless man in his sleeping bag to death. I can’t find info on that one.
Right, give camping gear to the homeless to make it easier for them to stay homeless and destroy the environment. Maybe you should help with the next cleanup of trash and needles. Then you might understand why FOTD and anyone else who cares about the environment doesn’t want people camping in our most sensitive environmental areas.
If people are setting up permanent campsites in the Dunes or Arcata Marsh, it’s not going to work. The Marsh, especially, is suffering.
Since they are against me driving to go clam digging or surf fishing despite my advanced age like people here did for a century without harm to the dunes I wouldn’t donate a penny to them.