Please Help Us Find a New Shop

Classes or Shop Hours

Our Club owns a lot of incredible equipment and we have people willing to teach us how to use it. All we need is an inexpensive permanent home for our shop. Please contact us if you know of a business or an individual that might be able to financially assist us or physically support our Club with a space. The Club can afford a nominal monthly rent to cover electricity and water.

Type of place we could use:

Guest house
Workshop or garage on someone’s property
Warehouse and/or office space

Requirements:

Preferably the Kent area, otherwise Renton or Covington
Approx. 1,000 sq ft.
Water
Electricity
Secure

If you have any questions or ideas on how we can relocate and expand our shop send an email to: president@cascademineralogicalsociety.org

Updated: January 3, 2018 — 9:04 pm

Presidents Message

  • Digging It!  I hope you’ve all had a chance to get out and look for rocks during the lovely weather we enjoyed in July – it’s been mostly perfect rockhounding weather. And for those of you who were able to come on the field trips led by our fearless wagon master Roger Danneman, I hope you found some good material. Big thanks to Roger for getting us all out there and helping us find beautiful rocks! August is a bit of a break from the usual club meeting cadence – instead of having our club meeting on the second Thursday …

Meeting Announcements

  • Our August meeting will not be happening at the American Legion – instead, this month’s meeting is our annual club potluck and picnic on Saturday, August 15. Join us from 12-4 at Gene Coulon Park, South Shelter 2 – setup begins at 10:30am. Bring something you want to share and/or donate to the club auction, also happening during the picnic. 

  • September’s program is coming soon. We will update this page as soon as we know more.

  • Noelle Barnes will present Using Gaia for Rockhounding, an overview of the features and tricks associated with the app Gaia and how you can use it for GPS, saving waypoints, navigation, photo tagging, trail recording and more. Show and Tell: Bring the rock(s) that have the best “story” – and tell everyone how you found them and where!

  • Club board member Paul Ahnberg will talk to us about the impact of wildfires on our lives – from protecting your home to staying safe while out rockhounding – and what we can do today to help mitigate our risk. Paul will combine his knowledge gained from learning at both the WSU Green School (Master Gardener) and WSU Climate Steward programs. Show and Tell: Bring something you found, from a place that you know has since been impacted by floods or wildfires – or was impacted shortly before you arrived. Tell your story!

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