It’s Saturday! We can explore interesting and relaxing events and we can donate our time to help others. Here are some suggestions.
Enjoy! Please stay safe!
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American Red Cross
Southern California
January is National Blood Donor Month
Battle of the Badges Blood Drives
1-800 Red Cross
redcrossblood.org
Blood Donor App
Sponsor Code: BOB24
January is National Blood Donor Month
American Red Cross & National Football League
Donors Can Win a Trip to Super Bowl LVIII
Las Vegas
redcrossblood.org/SuperBowl
All of us are invited to roll up our sleeves to donate blood and plasma this month because there is an emergency blood shortage. To find a Southern California location near you visit the redcrossblood.org website.
By the way, blood and plasma donors are automatically entered into the American Red Cross and National Football League opportunity to win a trip for two to Super Bowl 58 in Las Vegas. The redcrossblood.org/superbowl has all the special contest details.
Orca Sightings
Harbor Breeze Yacht Charters & Cruises
562-983-6880
2seewhales.com
This is an exciting site for anyone aboard a whale watching boat. Several groups of orcas, also known as killer whales, are along the California Coast. According to the California Killer Whale Project such a sight is not new because the organization says the orcas are definitely hunting.
Harbor Breeze Cruises is among several whale watching organizations spotting the marine mammals. Information to see them is available on the website: 2seewhales.com. Aquarium of the Pacific experts are on every whale watching trip.
*Time Changes All Odds: Photography & Catalina
*Cabinet of Curiosities: 70 Objects for 70 Years
*Lasting Impressions
*Below the Surface: The Catalina Photographs of Bruce Hall
Catalina Museum for Art & History
217 Metropole Avenue
Avalon
310 510 2414
catalinamuseum.org
There’s a lot happening at the Catalina Museum for Art and History. The special exhibitions currently on view:
“Cabinet of Curiosities: 70 Objects for 70 Years” – objects so rare and absurd they have never been exhibited publicly.
“Lasting Impressions” – museum’s seven decades collection of fine art.
And, “Time Changes All Odds: Photography & Catalina” – explores how photography has contributed to the identity of the island since the medium’s introduction in the 1800s.
The catalinamuseum.org website exhibition and visitor details.
Carroll Shelby Cruise-In
Celebrating 60 Years
8am-11am
Petersen Automotive Museum
6060 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles
323 930 2277
petersen.org
Carroll Shelby, the pioneer of high-performance automobiles, race car driver, car designer and car manufacturer, best known for Shelby Cobra and the Ford Mustang. His February 11th, 1923, birthday is celebrated tomorrow Sunday, at the annual Shelby Cruise In.
The event includes a panel discussion with designers, engineers, drivers, celebrities, and other inspiring personalities to tell the story of how such an iconic car has evolved and contributed to the culture as well as complimentary parking, food, and beverages.
Ticket information is on the petersen.org.
So, let’s make this a “Carroll Shelby Hot Rodding” Saturday. Gayle Anderson. KTLA 5 News. To quote Mr. Shelby, “…these cars are meant to be driven…”