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DANA Has Been Awarded a Grant from California ReLeaf!
DANA CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING BY PLANTING TREES, WITH A GRANT FROM CALIFORNIA RELEAF DANA RECEIVED A PASS-THROUGH FUNDING FOR LOCAL CALIFORNIA ARBOR WEEK EDUCATIONAL EVENTS DANA will be holding a tree planting ceremony with the support of Pacific Gas & Electric...
Grand Opening Celebration!
DANA is excited to announce the long-awaited grand opening of the DANA Adobe Cultural Center, the newest nature education facility on the Central Coast! The Grand Opening ceremony will take place on Sunday, May 20 at 10 AM, followed by tree planting, and then...
DANA & AncestryDNA
If you are interested in discovering your ethnicity, connecting with distant relatives, or learning about your family history try out ancestry.com. Click Here to use our link and you'll save $10 on your DNA test, while ancestryDNA will donate $10 to DANA for each...
DANA Sunday Speaker Series Featuring Alan Daurio
We all are shaped by our experiences in our lives. As a New Englander and a sea captain in his late teens, William Goodwin Dana, founder of Nipomo, had the unique experience of participating in America’s burgeoning trade with East Asia in the early 19th century....
Sunday Speaker Series
Join us for the next installment in the Sunday Speaker Series! Alan Daurio will host a talk regarding this Sunday's topic, "How Life in the East Indies Influenced William Dana’s Life as Don of Rancho Nipomo." The talk will take place on Sunday, March 18 at 2:00 PM at...
DANA & AmazonSmile
Help support DANA by purchasing from AmazonSmile and triple your impact! From March 12 to March 31, Amazon is tripling the donation rate on your first AmazonSmile purchase! Go to smile.amazon.com and Amazon will donate 1.5% of the price of your first purchase to Dana...
Now Accepting Sponsors for NatureFest
DANA is currently accepting sponsors for this year's outdoor Nature Festival, hosted at the newly constructed DANA Adobe Cultural Center on Sunday, May 20. This event will promote science, stewardship, and nature, as well as outdoor recreation. It is an excellent...
NatureFest at the Dana Adobe
We at DANA happy to announce that we will be holding our annual NatureFest on Sunday, May 20th at the newly constructed DANA Adobe Cultural Center! This FREE family event will bring together partners in environmental education to showcase a variety of fun hands-on...
The Story of James P. Beckwourth, a Legend of the American West
One historic figure that was at Rancho Nipomo was Jim P. Beckwourth, former slave turned mountain man and Crow Indian chief. The Dana family, or as Jim called “Captain Denny”, knew him as one of the first military mail couriers who rode the dangerous trails between...
Sunday Speaker Series: Jim Beckwourth
Helen Daurio will host a talk on the legendary figure Jim Beckwourth. He characterized the rugged individualism that made America. Rose out of slavery, and traveled west to become the most notorious mountain man. He is generally known as a fur trader and explorer. The...
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DANA Has Been Awarded a Grant from California ReLeaf!
DANA CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING BY PLANTING TREES, WITH A GRANT FROM CALIFORNIA RELEAF DANA RECEIVED A PASS-THROUGH FUNDING FOR LOCAL CALIFORNIA ARBOR WEEK EDUCATIONAL EVENTS DANA will be holding a tree planting ceremony with the support of Pacific Gas & Electric...
Grand Opening Celebration!
DANA is excited to announce the long-awaited grand opening of the DANA Adobe Cultural Center, the newest nature education facility on the Central Coast! The Grand Opening ceremony will take place on Sunday, May 20 at 10 AM, followed by tree planting, and then...
DANA & AncestryDNA
If you are interested in discovering your ethnicity, connecting with distant relatives, or learning about your family history try out ancestry.com. Click Here to use our link and you'll save $10 on your DNA test, while ancestryDNA will donate $10 to DANA for each...
DANA Sunday Speaker Series Featuring Alan Daurio
We all are shaped by our experiences in our lives. As a New Englander and a sea captain in his late teens, William Goodwin Dana, founder of Nipomo, had the unique experience of participating in America’s burgeoning trade with East Asia in the early 19th century....
Sunday Speaker Series
Join us for the next installment in the Sunday Speaker Series! Alan Daurio will host a talk regarding this Sunday's topic, "How Life in the East Indies Influenced William Dana’s Life as Don of Rancho Nipomo." The talk will take place on Sunday, March 18 at 2:00 PM at...
DANA & AmazonSmile
Help support DANA by purchasing from AmazonSmile and triple your impact! From March 12 to March 31, Amazon is tripling the donation rate on your first AmazonSmile purchase! Go to smile.amazon.com and Amazon will donate 1.5% of the price of your first purchase to Dana...
Now Accepting Sponsors for NatureFest
DANA is currently accepting sponsors for this year's outdoor Nature Festival, hosted at the newly constructed DANA Adobe Cultural Center on Sunday, May 20. This event will promote science, stewardship, and nature, as well as outdoor recreation. It is an excellent...
NatureFest at the Dana Adobe
We at DANA happy to announce that we will be holding our annual NatureFest on Sunday, May 20th at the newly constructed DANA Adobe Cultural Center! This FREE family event will bring together partners in environmental education to showcase a variety of fun hands-on...
The Story of James P. Beckwourth, a Legend of the American West
One historic figure that was at Rancho Nipomo was Jim P. Beckwourth, former slave turned mountain man and Crow Indian chief. The Dana family, or as Jim called “Captain Denny”, knew him as one of the first military mail couriers who rode the dangerous trails between...
Sunday Speaker Series: Jim Beckwourth
Helen Daurio will host a talk on the legendary figure Jim Beckwourth. He characterized the rugged individualism that made America. Rose out of slavery, and traveled west to become the most notorious mountain man. He is generally known as a fur trader and explorer. The...