TVGMS In The Community
The 'TVGMS in the Community' page provides an inside look at our community engagement efforts, highlighting the partnerships and local activities that allow us to extend our impact far beyond our local rock club and truly integrate into the fabric of the lives we serve. Click Here to checkout our Blog for a more in depth look into our community involvement.
TVGMS Tehachapi Activities
List of Services
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Apple FestivalItem Link List Item 1
Many visitors from neighboring communities attend the Apple Festival to welcome Fall and purchase handmade gifts. TVGMS’s booth is always a popular attraction with our famous Spinning Wheel. For $1 or $5 you can win from a huge variety of interesting rocks, minerals, and fossils. It’s fun for kids and adults alike.
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Tehachapi Jewelry Gem and Mineral ShowItem Link List Item 2
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This annual show brings together over 20 vendors selling a variety of objects from fossils and rare minerals to beads and handmade jewelry. It’s a feast for the curiosity of kids and adults. TVGMS showcases work from our lapidary workshop – selling slabs of gorgeous rock we’ve found. Some slabs are polished and ready to display while others are ready for jewelers to cut and set into handmade works of art. Don’t miss this event!
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The Bear Valley Springs 4th of July CelebrationItem Link List Item 3
Each year Bear Valley Springs hosts a multi-day celebration of the 4th of July where vendors set up booths to sell their wares. One of the most popular booths is the TVGMS Spin Wheel and educational booth. The Spin Wheel always has a long line of children (and adults!) ready to pony up a few dollars to win a beautiful crystal, fossil, or perhaps arrowhead. The booth also contains displays of fossils, meteorites, lapidary projects from the shop and jewelry from our classes. We love to visit with people about the club and all the interesting things we do.
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Local School PresentationsItem Link
Upon request we send knowledgeable members with fabulous displays of rocks and fossils to give lectures and demonstrations to students and various community groups. Not only do we have a lot of fun, we take our mission to educate seriously.
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Tehachapi Senior Center FundraiserItem Link
The Tehachapi Senior Center provides very needed services to the community. The center also provides space to other organizations and clubs in our town.
Every year the Tehachapi Valley Gem and Mineral Society shows its appreciation to the Senior Center for the use of the facility for their monthly meetings and other activities by holding a Yard Sale in the front parking lot of the Senior Center.
All the proceeds from the Yard Sale go to support the fine work of the Senior Center. Consider making a donation of usable items next year. Look for flyers that will be posted around town early June with the details.
