CRSPIA

January 17, 2023 CRSPIA BOARD MEETING 3rd Tue ea Month 4:30 pm
2023-01-17 16:30 - 17:30 UTC | Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Visitor’s Center
CRSPIA BOARD MEETING (3rd Tue ea Month)
For further details contact President@crspia.org

CRSPIA Board Meeting September 16, 2020 6:00pm
2020-09-16 18:00
September 16, 2020
CRSPIA Board meeting at the Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Visitor’s Center

CRSPIA Board Meeting August 19, 2020 6:00pm
2020-08-19 18:00
August 19, 2020
CRSPIA Board meeting at the Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Visitor’s Center

CRSPIA Annual Meeting July 15, 2020 6:00 pm
2020-07-18 13:30 - 15:00
July 18, 2020 6:00 pm
Annual CRSPIA Meeting
Google Meeting
If you wish to participate on Google meetings, please contact Kandhy Franklin at president@crspia.org

CRSPIA Board meeting June 17, 2020 6:00pm
2020-06-17 18:00
June 17, 2020
CRSPIA Board meeting at the Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Visitor’s Center

Memorial Day
2020-05-25 08:00 - 17:00
Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May. It was formerly known as Decoration Day and commemorates all men and women who have died in military service for the United States. Many people visit cemeteries and memorials on Memorial Day and it is traditionally seen as the start of the summer season.

May 20, 2020 CRSPIA Board meeting
2020-05-20 18:00 - 19:30
May 20, 2020
CRSPIA Board meeting at the Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Visitor’s Center
Please contact president@crspia.org if you would like details of this meeting.

Mother's Day
2020-05-10 08:00 - 17:00
Mother’s Day in the United States is annually held on the second Sunday of May. It celebrates motherhood and it is a time to appreciate mothers and mother figures. Many people give gifts, cards, flowers, candy, a meal in a restaurant or other treats to their mother and mother figures, including grandmothers, great-grandmothers, stepmothers, and foster mothers.

Cinco de Mayo
2020-05-05 08:00 - 17:00
Cinco de Mayo is annually observed on May 5. It celebrates the defeat of the French army during the Battle of Puebla (Batalla de Puebla) in Mexico on May 5, 1862. It is not to be confused with Mexico’s Independence Day.

CRSPIA Board Meeting April 15, 2020 6:00pm
2020-04-15 18:00
April 15, 2020
CRSPIA Board meeting at the Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Visitor’s Center

David Hernandez Celebration of Life 1-4pm Descanso Town Hall
2020-03-29 13:00 - 16:00
It is with a profound sadness that CRSPIA share the news of Dave Hernandez’s passing. Dave was involved in many volunteer activities that involved giving to the Park system, CRSPIA, communities, friends and family. Here in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, he was our Treasurer, past president, Historian of our Park and trails, and the Trail Maintenance Unit where he provided safety training for our trail equipment. We appreciate Dave’s commitment and support he gave to Cuyamaca Rancho State Park and California State Parks Foundation Park Champion Program. Dave was also served on the CALPA, and San Diego River Park Foundation boards. He volunteered at the Earth Discovery Institute and the San Diego Wildlife Refuge Complex. Dave was also one of the founders of SoCal Park Alliance.
A “Celebration of Life” will be held March 29th from 1-4 pm at the Descanso Town Hall. Address for the hall is: 24536 Viejas Grade Road, Descanso, CA 91916. The phone at the Hall is 619-445-9505. If you are able to help set up or tear down please let me know. The approximate set up time will be at 12 noon.
If you have any pictures of Dave, it would be appreciated if you could send them to be a part of a video or to be displayed at the town hall. Pictures may be sent to our secretary, Susan Russo: secretary@CRSPIA.org .
In lieu of flowers, CRSPIA will accept donations in Dave’s name , and a “Go Fund Me” page for donations has also been set up for Dave.
But most of all, I hope that we who appreciated and adored this man, would fulfill a wish he always made: “I would love to see the membership of CRSPIA grow, and that people who are passionate about our park join the board so that we can be the strongest supporter of any State Park in the system.”
See you in the park!
Kandhy Franklin, president of CRSPIA
619-977-1566

CRSPIA Board Meeting March 11, 2020 6:00pm
2020-03-11 18:00
March 11, 2020
CRSPIA Board meeting at the Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Visitor’s Center

CRSPIA Board Meeting February 12 2020 6:00 pm
2020-02-12 18:00
February 12 2020
CRSPIA Board meeting at the Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Visitor’s Center

Groundhog Day
2020-02-02 08:00 - 17:00
Groundhog Day History
Groundhog Day marks the midway point between the winter solstice and the vernal equinox. It is a derivative from the early Christian holiday of Candlemas Day. The holiday is commemorated when a famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, emerges from his burrow and looks for his shadow. The tradition goes that this day, is used to help determine how many weeks of winter might be left. It is observed every year on February 2nd and was established in 1887.

CRSPIA Board meeting May 13, 2020 6:00pm
2020-01-22 18:00
May 13, 2020
CRSPIA Board meeting at the Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Visitor’s Center

Martin Luther King Day
2020-01-20 08:00 - 17:00
Martin Luther King History
Martin Luther King Day celebrates life and accomplishment of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. MLK promoted Civil Rights through nonviolent civil disobedience. He is perhaps best known for his ‘I have a dream…’ speech in 1963. He was assassinated in 1968. Martin Luther King, Jr. day became a federally recognized holiday in 1983. The first year this holiday was observed was 1986, and not by all states. In 2000, it became a nationally observed holiday in all states. Martin Luther King Jr. Day takes place on the third Monday of January each year.

CRSPIA Board Meeting January 2020 1pm
2020-01-08 13:00 - 15:00 | Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Visitor’s Center
CRSPIA Quarterly meeting at the Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Visitor’s Center at 1:00 pm January 8TH, 2020

New Year's Day
2020-01-01 08:00 - 17:00
New Year’s Day History
New Year’s Day marks the start of a new year on the Gregorian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was first introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 and began to be used in Britain and its colonies in 1751. It is a solar calendar which maintains synchrony with the tropical year. This holiday is celebrated every year on January 1st.

Last Day of Hanukkah
2019-12-30 08:00 - 17:00
Last Day of Hanukkah History
The last day of Hanukkah celebrates the 8th and final day of this Jewish observance. On this day, the eighth and final candle is lit on a 8 candle holder called a menorah. The candles symbolizes light at an otherwise dark time in Jewish History.
Traditions include playing games of dreidel and indulging on Latkes (potato pancakes) and Sufganiyot (jelly doughnuts). Oily and fried foods are popular on this day as they remind Jews that the oil which powered the menorah lasted for a remarkable eight days.

Kwanzaa
2019-12-26 08:00 - 17:00
Kwanzaa History
Kwanzaa is an African-American and Pan-African celebration of family, community and culture. Kwanzaa, a week-long cultural festival from the 26th of December to the 1st of January that climaxes in feasts and gift giving, was initially established to unite African-Americans with their African roots and heritage. Nguzo Saba, the seven principles that guide the holiday, is central to Kwanzaa as a different principle is emphasized every day during the celebration. Celebrants often dress in traditional Pan-African clothing and decorate their homes in African artwork.
Kwanzaa was created in 1965 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, a major figure in the Black Power movement, with the intention of providing African Americans with a link to their ancestral heritage. Karenga aimed to bring together African-Americans as a community through the combination of various aspects of other celebrations such as Thanksgiving, Christmas and African Yam Festivals. Since Kwanzaa is a cultural holiday, not a religious one; it can be celebrated by Africans from all religious backgrounds.

Christmas
2019-12-25 08:00 - 17:00
Christmas History
Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. For modern Christians it also starts a 12-day Christmas season that begins on December 25th and ends on January 5th. Churches celebrate Christmas with services on Christmas Eve and often midnight masses.
While the holiday is religious in origin, many cultures, even those without Christian ideologies, celebrate this holiday. This celebration often centers around Santa Claus, a mythical figure dressed in a red suit, based on Saint Nicholas. Tradition has it that on Christmas morning, Santa brings gifts for children who have been good and coal for those who have been naughty.

Hanukkah start
2019-12-22 08:00 - 17:00
Hanukkah History
Chanukah (Hebrew: חנוכה) is an eight day Jewish festival, also known as the festival of lights. On each day a Menorah (an eight branched candelabra) is lit with an ascending number of candles to match the day. The reason for Chanukah is based on the story of the Maccabees battle with the Greeks. It is told that one pure bottle of olive oil lasted for eight days in the Holy Temple. It should have lasted only for the first day.

Winter Solstice History
2019-12-21 08:00 - 17:00
Winter Solstice History
The Winter Solstice marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year as the Northern Hemisphere is angled the farthest away from the Sun on this day. The Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere happens every year around December 21 or 22.

CRSPIA QUARTERLY MEETING DECEMBER
2019-12-11 08:00 - 17:00
CRSPIA Quarterly meeting at the Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Visitor’s Center at 6:30 pm December 11TH

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
2019-12-07 08:00 - 17:00
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day History
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day seeks to honor the victims of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, an American Naval Station. The attack is often cited as the catalyst for American involvement in the Second World War, given that President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared war on Japan the following day.
At 8am on December 7th, 1941, without prior warning, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service attacked a Naval Station at Pearl Harbor, located on Oahu, Hawaii. The base was attacked by 353 Japanese fighter planes. In total, 2,403 people perished, another 1,178 were injured, four U.S. Navy battleships were sunk and 188 aircrafts were destroyed. The aim of the attack was to immobilize the U.S. Pacific Fleet, which would allow Japan to advance into Malaya and Dutch East Indies. On August 23, 1994, the United States Congress passed Public Law 103-308 to designate December 7 of each year as the National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

Halloween
2019-10-31 08:00 - 17:00
Halloween History
Halloween, also called All Hallow’s Eve, occurs on the eve of the Western Christian celebration of All Hallow’s or All Saints Day – a day set aside to honor all the Saints of Christendom. Halloween is also a popular celebration with ties to the Celtic festival of Samhain, a celebration of the end of the harvest. The name Halloween comes from the longer name ‘All Hallow’s Eve’. In the US, this is a popular holiday for young and old and involves dressing up in costumes, harvest parties, and ‘trick or treating’. It is celebrated every year on the 31st of October.

CRSPIA Quarterly Meeting
2019-10-23 18:30 | Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Visitor’s Center
CRSPIA Quarterly meeting at the Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Visitor’s Center at 6:30 pm October 23rd

Columbus Day
2019-10-14
Columbus Day History
Columbus Day is the celebration of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas on October 12, 1492. Christopher Columbus was an Italian-born explorer who discovered the Americas for the Spanish King in 1492. King Ferdinand of Spain sponsored the expedition west in the hopes of sailing to India. In August of 1492, Columbus set off into the Atlantic with three ships, the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. Two months later he would set foot on the Bahamas and establish settlements on Hispanola Island (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Upon his return to Spain, he spoke of gold in the New World and thus the Americas were opened up for European colonization.
In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared October 12th every year as Columbus Day. In the US, Columbus Day is celebrated by all US states except for Hawaii, South Dakota and Alaska. Columbus Day now occurs on the second Monday in October each year.

Yom Kippur
2019-10-08 08:00 - 17:00
Yom Kippur History
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement, Hebrew: יום כיפור) is the last day to atone our sins of the Ten Days of Repentance, which start on the New Year (Rosh Hashanah). This is a fast mentioned in the Bible and the punishment mentioned for not keeping this fast is excommunication.
Jews seek to ‘purify their souls’ on this day, by abstaining from common pleasures. Yom Kippur is celebrated by most all Jewish denominations. It is a fast day from the eve until the next day nightfall (twenty five hours). No food or drink is permissible. It is a day on which Jews ‘afflict the soul’, which includes wearing only non-leather shoes, not combing one’s hair and no marital relations.
For many Orthodox Jews, most of Yom Kippur is spent in prayer in the Synagogue. Five prayer services are held (as opposed to the normal three daily prayers).

Rosh Hashana
2019-09-29 - 2019-10-01
Rosh Hashana History
Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew: ראש השנה) is the Jewish New Year. Rosh Hashanah literally translates to the Head of the Year. It is a two day festival. In the Bible, it is called Yom Ha-Zikkaron, the day of remembrance or Yom Teruah the day of the sounding of the shofar-(Leviticus 23:24-25).
Jews start Rosh Hashanah festivals with lighting of the candles and synagogue prayers. On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, Jews eat an apple dipped in honey to signify a sweet new year to come. They also place a fishes head at the table to commemorate ‘being a head and not a tail’.
