Pastels on the Plaza Fundraiser Enters 30th Year

Arcata, CA - Northcoast Children’s Services’ “Pastels on the Plaza” has been filling Arcata’s city center with colorfully original artwork on the first Saturday of October for the past three decades.  This creative fundraiser has also been helping to support the local nonprofit organization, which serves low-income pregnant women and families with children from birth through kindergarten age. Here’s how Pastels works: Businesses, organizations, schools and other groups “buy” a square of cement on the Arcata Plaza for $125 or $225 and artists — both experienced and new — sign up to participate. Artists are matched with a sponsor and, on the morning of the event, they go to work creating a temporary sidewalk gallery of art for all to see. www.fundraising-ideas.org