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Finance - Investments, Annuities and Income in Retirement - Putting it All Together
with Ric Komarek
Investments, Annuities and Income in Retirement - Putting it All Together
Learn how to better manage your investments, avoid costly mistakes, and develop an income plan that can provide income security for life.
Date: September 23, 2025
Schedule: 1 - Tuesday
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Shasta College Community Leadership Center, Downtown Redding, 1401 California Street, 2nd Floor, Room: 9205
Facilitator: Ric Komarek, CFP
Fee: $45
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BAM™ LEGO® Labs: Kids Ages 6-10
with Bricks & Minifigs Redding
BAM™ LEGO Labs: Kids Ages 6-10
Brought to you by Bricks & Minifigs Redding (BAM™ Redding) BAM™ LEGO Labs: 90 Minutes of pure LEGO fun!
Get ready to unleash your creativity and engineering skills in the BAM™ LEGO Lab! In this hands-on, fast paced course, you’ll design, build, and race your very own custom derby car using LEGO bricks. You’ll get to compete in a series of thrilling derby races. Each race will test your design, strategy and speed as you go head-to-head with your fellow builders.
Next up, you’ll face exciting LEGO challenges that will push your problem solving abilities to the limit and encourage team work and healthy competition. But the excitement doesn’t stop there! The grand finale the course includes a personal touch: you’ll get to build your very own custom minifigure to take home as a keepsake from your BAM™ LEGO Lab adventure.
By the end of the course, you’ll have put your skills to the test, all while having a blast with other fans of LEGO. Are you ready? Let’s build!
Date(s): Session 1 - August 13, 2025
Session 2 - September 03, 2025
Session 3 - September 24, 2025
Session 4 - October 15, 2025
Session 5 - November 5, 2025
Session 6 - December 3, 2025
Session 7 - January 7, 2026
Session 8 - January 28, 2026
Schedule: 1 - Wednesday
Time: 3:30pm-5:00pm
Location: Bricks & Minifigs Redding
Facilitator: Bricks & Minifigs Staff
Fee: $45
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SBDC - Marketing That Works - Series
with SBDC
Marketing That Works Series
A Four-Part Series for Growth-Minded Entrepreneurs. Each class description is listed below!
Class 1 - Creating Customer Personas for Laser-Focused Marketing - Understanding your target customer is key to any successful marketing strategy. Well-developed customer or buyer personas are one of the most effective tools to sharpen that understanding. These personas turn disconnected data points into relatable, composite characters that help your team visualize and connect with your ideal customers.
Takeaway: Each attendee will leave with clearly defined customer personas tailored to their business, along with a list of ways to leverage them in future marketing campaigns.
Class 2 - Kickstart Your Social Media Advertising to Build Your Audience - Social media advertising can be overwhelming at first—new terms, unfamiliar platforms, and constantly evolving techniques. In this two-hour session, we’ll demystify social media advertising, walk through why it’s crucial, how it works, and share best practices to help your ads shine in the crowded digital landscape. Together, we’ll create a Facebook Ad Campaign in eight easy steps.
Takeaway: Gain hands-on experience and leave with the confidence to launch effective paid social campaigns.
Class 3 - The Significance of Traditional Marketing in Today’s World - Traditional marketing methods—print, TV, radio, direct mail, and outdoor advertising—still hold power in today’s digital-heavy world. These channels can create tangible, personal connections with customers that digital marketing may not replicate. This session explores how and when traditional marketing makes sense, especially when combined with digital efforts, and how to determine the highest ROI for your business.
Takeaway: Learn how to blend traditional and digital strategies, and discover regional and national resources to help execute them effectively.
Class 4 - Putting It All Together – Crafting Your 18-Month Marketing Strategy & Budget - Now it's time to turn everything you’ve learned into action. In this final session, we’ll guide you through developing a personalized 18-month marketing plan, complete with clear goals, metrics, promotional tactics, and a realistic budget. Using a template provided by the Small Business Administration, you’ll leave with a strategy that aligns with your business goals and resources.
Takeaway: A complete, customized marketing plan ready to guide your business growth.
Note: The local SBDC has partnered with Shasta College to bring a series of professional development courses. These courses are beneficial to anyone with a small business or those looking to start a small business. Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration, and grants with the California Office of the Small Business Advocate. All opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA or the California Office of the Small Business Advocate. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least 72 hours in advance of this event; please send an email with the subject header ACCOMMODATION REQUEST to Shasta-Cascade SBDC, Alexander@siskiyoucounty.org, (530)222-8323
Date(s): Class 1 - Thursday September 11, 2025
Class 2 - Thursday September 25, 2025
Class 3 - Thursday October 16, 2025
Class 4 - Thursday October 23, 2025
Schedule: 1 - Thursday ($30 per class)
Time: 3:00pm- 5:00pm
Location: Shasta College - Trinity Campus - Weaverville CA
Facilitator: Lani Lott
Fee: $30.00
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BAM™ LEGO® Labs: Family Night All Ages Welcome (1 Registered Adult required)
with Bricks & Minifigs Redding
BAM™ LEGO Labs: Family Night All Ages Welcome(1 Registered Adult required, minimum 2 registrants per family)
Brought to you by Bricks & Minifigs Redding (BAM™ Redding) BAM™ LEGO Labs: 90 Minutes of pure LEGO fun!
Get ready to unleash your creativity and engineering skills in the BAM™ LEGO Lab! In this hands-on, fast paced course, you’ll design, build, and race your very own custom derby car using LEGO bricks. You’ll get to compete in a series of thrilling derby races. Each race will test your design, strategy and speed as you go head-to-head with your fellow builders.
Next up, you’ll face exciting LEGO challenges that will push your problem solving abilities to the limit and encourage team work and healthy competition. But the excitement doesn’t stop there! The grand finale the course includes a personal touch: you’ll get to build your very own custom minifigure to take home as a keepsake from your BAM™ LEGO Lab adventure.
By the end of the course, you’ll have put your skills to the test, all while having a blast with other fans of LEGO. Are you ready? Let’s build!
Date(s): Session 1 - August 14, 2025
Session 2 - September 04, 2025
Session 3 - September 25, 2025
Session 4 - October 16, 2025
Session 5 - November 06, 2025
Session 6 - December 04, 2025
Session 7 - January 08, 2026
Session 8 - January 29, 2026
Schedule: 1 - Thursday
Time: 5:15pm-6:45pm
Location: Bricks & Minifigs Redding
Facilitator: Bricks & Minifigs Staff
Fee: $40 minimum (2) registrants
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Dance - 2-Step, Level 2
with Ben Mason
2-Step, Level 2
By the end of this class, you’ll not only have improved the skills you learned in the Level-I class, but will have added a variety of more advanced skills so that you can gracefully move on the dance floor like the pros. The 2-Step is a fun dance to learn & always fun to do; and with your new skills it will make this an even more fun and exciting dance that you and your partner will enjoy doing whenever you go dancing. Specifically, this class will build upon the secrets of good 2-Step dancing learned in Level-I. Additionally, class-members will learn a specific amalgamation of moves that they can use in any 2-Step Dance that they attempt.
Needed: Leather or felt bottom shoes!
Date: September 29 - November 03, 2025
Schedule: 6-Mondays
Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm
Location: Shasta College Redding Main Campus
Facilitator: Ben Mason
Fee: $80
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Engaging and Retaining Talented Employees
with Karl Burch
Engaging and Retaining Talented Employees
When people are empowered and excited about their work, their productivity, morale, and, ultimately the business performance increase significantly. As a leader, you can increase employee engagement and encourage people to stay with the organization by addressing these three areas that get to the heart of what really matters to them and that drive their job satisfaction: meaningful work, positive environment, and individual value. The following topics will be addressed in an interactive, participative, and constructive workshop environment:
- The difference engagement makes
- Engagement and Retention Drivers
- Everyday Engagers
- Individual Value
- Engagement Conversations
- Retention Skill Builders
- Engagement Missteps
- Engagement Success
- The Retention Conversation
Date(s): Session 1 - September 10, 2025
Session 2 - October 01, 2025
Session 3 - November 12, 2025
Schedule: 1 - Wednesday
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Location: Shasta College Community Leadership Center
Facilitator: Karl Burch
Fee: $95
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Writers - Write a Riveting Mystery, Suspense, or Crime Story
with LeeAnne Krusemark
Write a Riveting Mystery, Suspense, or Crime Story
Become a mystery writer for fun or profit! You will discover the different sub-genres and three-act story structure of mystery writing and create an intriguing cast of characters. Learn how to research and pick your setting, make sure your opening grabs readers’ attention, use “red herrings” to misdirect your readers and create suspense until you’re ready for the final reveal. Publishing options will also be discussed. Informative handouts for future use are included in class fee. The instructor LeeAnne Krusemark is a former journalist, current author and editor, and a nationwide Professor of Publishing at higher learning institutions, including Harvard Adult Education. The webinar login information will be emailed the day before class.
IMPORTANT: This class is being held via Zoom. Your instructor will email you the Zoom link prior to the start of the class.
Date: October 2, 2025
Schedule: 1 - Thursday
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: Live Via Zoom
Facilitator: LeeAnne Krusemark
Fee: $50
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Sizzle's - Everyday Cooking
with Sam Borquez
Sizzle's - Everyday Cooking
"Everyday Cooking" is a practical class series that teaches real meals using simple techniques. Each class is inspired by different flavors and recipes were created with accessible ingredients. Each class includes a soup, sauce, condiments, two or more proteins, starches, and vegetable sides. Vegetarian main course options in every class.
American Mix Class - Comfort food classics made easy. Learn to make tomato soup, a go-to spaghetti sauce, and homemade-style mustard and ketchup. Protein dishes include cast iron flank steak, BBQ baked chicken thighs, and tomato soup with a grilled cheese sandwich. Sides: home fries, mac & cheese, roasted veggies, and broccoli slaw.
Latin America Inspired Class - Bold, bright flavorful dishes from scratch. We will make chicken tortilla soup, enchilada sauce, chimichurri, and fresh salsa. Mains include chimichurri flank steak, chicken enchiladas, and black bean enchiladas. Sides: crispy papitas, Mexican rice, and lime cabbage slaw.
Asian Inspired Class - Fast, fresh, and flavorful dishes. We will prepare ginger carrot soup, teriyaki sauce, quick pickles, and toasted sesame seed toppings. Proteins include teriyaki flank steak, teriyaki chicken, and garlicky edamame. Served with steamed rice, garlic sesame spaghetti, and carrot sesame slaw.
Mediterranean Inspired Class - One of the healthiest diets! Learn to make lentil soup, classic tomato sauce, and chermoula, a zesty North African herb condiment. Proteins include chermoula flank steak, baked lemon chicken, and a Mediterranean edamame salad. Sides: smashed potatoes, penne with tomato sauce, tomato cucumber salad, and sautéed spinach.
Date(s): Session 1 - August 7, 2025 (Latin America Inspired)
Session 2 - September 04, 2025 (Mediterranean Inspired)
Session 3 - October 2, 2025 (Asian Inspired)
Session 4 - November 6, 2025 (Latin America Inspired)
Session 5 - December 4, 2025 (American Mix)
Schedule: 1 - Thursday
Time: 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Sizzle's Kitchen
Facilitator: Sam Borquez
Fee: $100
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