Community Meeting, Sunday, 1 PM, November 15, 2026

The Friends of Wonder Valley sponsors

The 8th Wonder Valley

COMMUNITY MEETING

1 PM, SUNDAY, November 15

Wonder Valley Community Center

80526 ½ Amboy Road, Wonder Valley

Everyone is welcome to attend and to participate.

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3rd Wonder Valley Community Meeting - April 26, 2026

 

The Wonder Valley Community Center has been closed for renovations, so we can’t meet there for our April 26th meeting. Instead of canceling, we’ve reserved Founders Hall at the Twentynine Palms Historical Society.

The 3rd Wonder Valley Community Meeting.
1 pm, Sunday, April 26 at

Founders Hall, Twentynine Palms Historical Society
6760 National Park Drive in 29 Palms.

Everyone is welcome to attend and to participate.

We will be prioritizing issues brought up at last months meeting, and choosing two to put on next month's agenda. The meeting attendees will be deciding on what will be agendized. This is worth celebrating!

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https://www.friendsofwondervalley.org/p/email-list.html

Good News From The Friends of Wonder Valley

It’s been a hard few years for our little board. First there was Covid, which shut down the Wonder Valley Community Center -- our primary venue for events and programming. Then several board members were hit with personal hardships. Our dear friend and board member, Gary Tufel, died in May of 2025. In addition to all of this, renovations were started on the WVCC, making it unavailable to us.

Despite all of this, the Friends of Wonder Valley (FOWV) continued hosting the monthly social meeting Chit Chat & Chew; and we continue to buy supplies for, and support, the USDA Food Distribution.

THE GOOD NEWS IS…
We are thrilled to announce that in our recent end-of-the-year board meeting, we added three new board members: Nick Harmon, Reeyna Daniel, and Kelly Hake, and confirmed Jeffrey Barrett as our Community Outreach Liaison.

This is in addition to board members: Teresa Sitz, Ken Sitz, Isul Kim, and Stewart West.

We are meeting early in January to start planning events and programs, and are excited to begin working together.

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Dark Skies & Wonder Valley - Fri, April 14, 2023 @ WVCC

Join us to learn how we can protect the Dark Skies in Wonder Valley.

Friday, April 14, 2023 • 7:30pm

Wonder Valley Community Center

80526-1/2 Amboy Road, 92277

Free and open to the public.

Ted Chat: Weed Show Preparation, Saturday 9/17/2022

Have you ever wanted to submit an entry to the Twentynine Palms Historical Society's Annual Weed Show? Have you ever wanted to win? Ted Meyers, long-time Wonder Valley resident, has won the Weed Show multiple times (honestly, we've lost count!) and returns to the WV Community Center to share his winning secrets with us.

SATURDAY, 9/17, 10 a.m - noon at the Wonder Valley Community Center 

Ted will be here to explain the Weed Show's strict rules; the differences in categories; choosing a display base; collecting and using weeds effectively; choices of accessories and tips and tricks.

Three things the audience will take away from the presentation: 

• How to construct a display.
• The importance of following all rules.
• There are no monetary prizes involved, but the fun, the feeling of accomplishment and the possibility of winning bragging rights for a full year are worth the effort!

This is NOT a hands on class so you don't have to bring anything but yourselves. Ted will be doing all the demonstrating.

The 2022 Annual Weed Show is scheduled for Saturday & Sunday November 5 & 6 at the Old School House Museum, 6760 National Park Drive, 29 Palms.

Chit-Chat & Chew - Saturday September 10, 2022

Chit-Chat & Chew, the monthly 2nd Saturday neighborhood get-together returns Saturday, September 10, 2022, from 8 a.m. till 10 a.m. at the Wonder Valley Community Center, 80526-1/2 Amboy Road, Wonder Valley. 

The early morning monthly gathering is where Wonder Valley neighbors, weekenders, and visitors gather to meet without an agenda to share news, stories and the history of Wonder Valley, past, present and future.

Chit-Chat & Chew has been a wild success and is a fun way to grow community connections and build neighborhood resilience before folks start their Saturday errands and continue their chores. Coffee, Espresso and tea, along with other refreshments and pastries will be provided.

STOP THE BLEED | No one should die from bleeding - FREE!

A person can bleed to death in just a few minutes. If you know how to stop bleeding, you can save a life, and that life may be your own, or that of a loved one. Living in a rural area, knowing how to stop bleeding is an indispensable skill. Get yours! FREE!

Gael Whetstone BSN RN, from Desert Care Network, Desert Regional Medical Center, Level II Trauma Center will teach the nationally recognized Stop the Bleed course from 

10 a.m. to 12 noon, Saturday, June 4, 2022
at the
Wonder Valley Community Center
80526-½ Amboy Road
Wonder Valley CA 92277

Reserve your space by calling: James Dunham at 760-367-9880

This is a national program to teach the lay person hemorrhage control by using direct pressure, wound packing and tourniquet application. It was created in response to mass casualty incidents, however, it can be used for earthquakes, car crashes, etc.

The same basic principles also apply to animals so some of what you learn can also be applied to pets and livestock.

Those who attend and complete the class will receive a certificate of completion.

An RSVP is required for this event. Class size is limited to 15. There will be a wait list, and the class will be held again if needed. For more information and to sign up for the class, please call James Dunham at 760-367-9880.