Foundation Opens New Office in Riverboat Marina

Discover the Delta Foundation has opened a new office and volunteer center in the Riverboat Marina on the Delta Loop. Located in donated space, the office serves as a center of activity for business, fundraising, continued planning for the Discover the Delta Information Center and for recruiting new supporters to the organization.

Located in a commercial space next to the Moore's Riverboat Restaurant, the office is a gathering place for foundation contractors and volunteers, who will be working on a membership building campaign.  It contains photographs, architectural drawings, floor plans and other information to provide an update on the new center, which will located at highways 12 and 160 just east of Rio Vista.

Visitors will also be able to see examples and locations of the “ENTERING CALIFORNIA DELTA” signs that are being erected on state highway entrances to the California Delta. The new location provides visitors with interpretive displays about the geologic history and a wide range of issues related to the California Delta.

In addition, the office houses the expanding supplies of Discover the Delta Foundation logo items that are made available as membership premiums. These include t-shirts, window stickers, coffee cups and the popular "ENTERING CALIFORNIA DELTA" signs that are mounted on foam boards.

Those interested in the issues are welcomed to drop in to the center to meet with the directors, consultants and volunteers who work in the office. The contact information for the foundation will remain unchanged: phone, 916-777-4442; e-mail, info@discoverthedelta.org ; web site, www.discoverthedelta.org ; mailing address, P.O. Box 609, Isleton, CA. 96541. The physical address of the new office is 106 West Brannan Island Road on the Delta Loop.

Volunteers Needed for New office

Volunteers are needed to help with work from the new Discover the Delta Foundation office.  According to Ken Scheidegger, president of the foundation, volunteers are particularly needed to assist with providing information about the foundation and California Delta from the office. Scheidegger said he would like to have a volunteer available in the office seven days per week.  Volunteers are needed to help produce printed material, get mailing packets ready, contact businesses, prepare and deliver follow up items, assist with a direct mail campaign, enter names into the computer database and more.  For information or to become a volunteer, contact the foundation office at 916-777-4442, send an e-mail to info@discoverthedelta.org.