HCOE Announces Redwood EdVentures Bike Quests

The Humboldt County Office of Education’s Redwood EdVentures program is excited to announce the launch of a new genre of Quests – Redwood EdVentures Bike Quests!

Created in partnership with the Redwood Community Action Agency, three new Quests along trails in Humboldt County have been added to the over two dozen Quests already available up and down the North Coast.

The three new Quests, one along the Eureka Waterfront Trail and two along the Hammond Trail, work just like the rest, but they are designed to be done while riding a bike as they cover more distance.

Redwood EdVentures Quests are fun, educational “treasure hunts” through various North Coast parks. Each Quest has a series of rhyming clues, guiding “EdVenturers” along a short trail to a final clue: the Quest Clue. This clue is the “key” that earns a prize for completing the Quest: A unique Redwood EdVentures Quest Patch.

Eureka Recycling Center Recycling and CRV Buyback FAQs

CRV redemption remains suspended until further notice.

Why has ‘Recycling’’ gone away?

Recycling hasn’t gone away, but CRV Buyback has been suspended. Customers can put recyclable materials in their curbside container or drop recyclables off at any Transfer Station. This includes source-separated and mixed glass, paper, cardboard, aluminum, plastic, and other materials.

Why has CRV Buyback Been Suspended?

HWMA’s priority is to protect our core essential responsibilities to collect, handle, and dispose of over 170 tons of solid wastes that enter our facility daily. An internal outbreak of coronavirus would significantly disrupt our trash handling operations.

There is a higher risk of exposure related to manually handling used beverage containers and cash transactions, coupled with the difficulty of ensuring social distancing and onsite safety guidelines are followed by the public. This threat to employee and community health was also recognized by Governor Newsom’s two Executive Orders allowing certified redemption sites to remain closed.

When will CRV Buyback resume?

Summer In Heart of Eureka Ends This Week!

How do you play?

• Pick up a booklet from any participating merchant
• Follow the clues and answer the questions in the booklet
• Drop off your booklet at the Clarke Historical Museum by the deadline in the booklet. All completed booklets will be entered into a random prize drawing to win items donated from participating businesses.

Photo Contest Too!

There is also a social media-based photo contest so you can share your adventure and be eligible for even more prizes, which, of course, you can play without entering any facilities.

• Take a photo in Old Town or Downtown by Saturday, August 15.
• Tag it with #TheHeartOfEureka

Participating Merchants

You can print out your own booklet if you wish by following this link.

1. Scrapper’s Edge
2. Humboldt Herbals
3. Redwood Music Mart
4. Good Relations
5. Kinetic Museum Eureka
6. Tailwaggers 2 Thrift Shop (Sequoia Humane Society)
7. Living the Dream Ice Cream
8. Madrone Taphouse
9. Old Town Art Gallery
10. Art Center Space
11. Otto+Olive
12. Eureka Rubber Stamp Company
13. Many Hands Gallery
14. Stonesthrow Boutique
15. Proper Wellness Center
16. Taste of Bim
17. Old Town Coffee & Chocolates
18. Abraxas Shoes and Leather
19. Om Sweat Om

A special thanks goes out to Eureka Main Street, Clarke Historic Museum, Scrapper’s Edge, and the participating businesses who made this possible.

Visit the website about this fun promotion at TheHeartOfEureka.com 

Eureka Recycling Center Reopens August 11

Starting August 11^th, the Eureka Recycling Center will reopen Tuesdays thru Saturdays to resume acceptance of used appliances, electronic waste, TVs and screens, and source-separated recyclable materials such as cardboard, glass, paper, plastic, and metal.

CRV Buyback services remain suspended until further notice.

We apologize for the inconvenience and encourage customers to submit their concerns about the lack of CRV redemption sites in Humboldt County by calling I-800-Recycle.

When visiting HWMA’s Eureka Recycling Center or Transfer Station, all customers are expected to:

UPDATE: Donate Face Mask/Coverings

This update reflects a change in the schedule that masks will be accepted, changing the hours to 10AM-4PM and no longer including Fridays.

The City of Eureka is asking residents to help meet a dire community need during the COVID-19 outbreak: reusable masks or face coverings experiencing homelessness.

The use of simple cloth face coverings can slow the spread of the virus and help people who may have the virus and do not know it from transmitting it to others. Universal face coverings protect us all and have become mandatory in Humboldt County.  Please help ensure that our most vulnerable community members can comply and contribute to the beneficial impact of universal face coverings.
We are in this together and your support will help UPLIFT our community. Donated face masks or face coverings will be supplied to St. Vincent de Paul, The Eureka Rescue Mission, and The Betty Kwan Chinn Day Center for distribution.

How Can You Help?

Face Coverings:  The City of Eureka welcomes any of the following face-covering donations:

UPDATE: Print Your Own Booklet for Summer Scavenger Hunt

This update reflects a more specific date when the booklets will be available and also provides a PDF that can be downloaded and printed.

Have you been looking for a way to help your community during these tough times?

Well, get ready to do that and have fun in Old Town and Downtown Eureka (“The Heart of Eureka.”) This is designed to be a socially-distant outdoor-based, safe activity. Masks and social distancing is required to participate. 

How does it work?

Plastic Film Recycling on Hold

We’ve been getting lots of questions about this so figured it made sense to post it here.

Plastic film recycling at the Adorni Center is currently on hold and will resume when it is safe to do so.

We’re sorry for the inconvenience. We will announce it when it is safe again.

Eureka to Launch Community Scavenger Hunt to Revitalize Old Town and Downtown Eureka

Have you been looking for a way to help your community during these tough times?

Well, get ready to do that starting Friday, July 24, 2020 (updated) and have fun in Old Town and Downtown Eureka (“The Heart of Eureka.”)

We know there is a positive shift and an improved collective attitude in our community when we bring people together for a common goal, and since the pandemic has challenged us on so many fronts,  we are excited to announce an opportunity to reunite, reconnect, and recover by simply visiting Old Town and Downtown for a playful adventure for all ages: a self-led Community Scavenger Hunt in the “Heart of Eureka”.

How does it work?

Update: Summer Camps Returning

This update reflects a new link for registration.

Summer Day Camps return July 6 – August 7!

They will include Camp Cooper (application & referral base only) and Camp Muni. 

Our summer day camps will look a bit different this year.  Group sizes will be smaller to accommodate social distancing, campers and leaders will wear masks, and temperature checks for campers will take place at the start of the program each day.

Both camps will operate Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm and are for youth ages 5-12 years. Camp Muni will be $120/week for Eureka residents and $130/week for non-residents.  There will be no half-day option this year. 

You can register and/or download applications here. (new link)

Summer Camps Returning

Summer Day Camps return July 6 – August 7!

They will include Camp Cooper (application & referral base only) and Camp Muni. 

Our summer day camps will look a bit different this year.  Group sizes will be smaller to accommodate social distancing, campers and leaders will wear masks, and temperature checks for campers will take place at the start of the program each day.

Both camps will operate Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm and are for youth ages 5-12 years. Camp Muni will be $120/week for Eureka residents and $130/week for non-residents.  There will be no half-day option this year. 

You can register and/or download applications here.