The Del Air Rockhounds Club Welcomes You!!

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The Del-Air Rockhounds Club was founded in 1954 with members mostly residing in the San Fernando Valley area of California. Our club is a non-profit organization dedicated to sharing knowledge of the lapidary arts and techniques, geology, mineralogy and related fields. We own our own lapidary equipment with members available to teach and demonstrate lapidary techniques to other members. Our members enjoy lapidary related programs, demonstrations, exhibitions, displays and lectures. We also take monthly field trips to our local deserts & mountains for exploration and the study and collection of lapidary and mineral specimens.

Member of the California & American Federation of Mineralogical Societies

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 7618, Van Nuys, CA 91409 

October 2025 Del-Air Calendar of Events

Wednesday October 1: Yom Kippur

Thursday October 2: General Meeting

Friday Oct 3: Vintage Magnet NASA Night

Saturday October 4: Grab Bag Fill Day

Monday October 13: Columbus/Indigenous Peoples Day

Thursday October 16: Board Meeting

Saturday October 25: Beginning Wire Wrap Class - Paid Members Only

Friday October 31: Halloween

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October 2025 Program: Silent Auction                                                                                                  

Come join us for our annual Silent Auction where you can bid on rock related items and other fun stuff to your hearts content. Items will start at a low, low price and the last person to bid when the auction is called will win the item. Please bring your dollar bills so as to make it easy for our treasurer to make change. You'll also need a bag or box to carry home your treasures in. Hoping to see you all there.

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October Rock of the Month is Opal 

Opal is our rock for the month of October. It will be fun to see what our membership can come up with this month to share with the group.

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 Saturday October 4th, 2025 - Grab Bag Fill Day 

10:00 am at the Dearborn's home. It's that time again to fill grab bags for our upcoming 2025/2026 event season. Volunteers are requested to help fill these bags. Please contact the Dearborn's to let them know you'll be there. It is very easy and goes by quickly when we have enough hands filling up those bags. 

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Just Two Months To Go Until Our Annual Holiday Party

Thursday December 4, 2025. This year's potluck theme is "Bring Your Favorite Food" and our program is "Malawi Agates". Holiday party chair, Bernadette Friedman, will have a sign-up sheet at our October/November general meetings where you can signal your intent to attend and what you might bring for the potluck. 

Elections for our 2026 Board of Directors will also take place at our holiday party. The proposed slate of officers will be published in the November bulletin and additional nominations will be taken from the floor at the holiday party before the election takes place. Please think about volunteering for a position on the board. Any adult member can run for any position.

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October 2025 Beginning Wire Wrap Workshop - For Paid Members Only                                       

Saturday October 25th, 10 am to 3 pm @ the Dearborn's Home - Instructor Debbie Schoenmann

All 10 spaces were reserved and paid for during our September general meeting for this workshop. If you'd like to be put on a waitlist in case anyone should cancel, please see Maxine Dearborn. Please note, there is no guarantee any space will open up.

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