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McKenzie River Locals Helping Locals We are a grassroots organization established by long time McKenzie area residents following the Holiday Farm Fire in September 2020.

The group provides financial assistance
and economic development support to those impacted by the fire. Currently, McKenzie River Locals Helping Locals is an independently functioning committee as part of the McKenzie Valley Long Term Recovery Group. Our committee is comprised of all local McKenzie Valley Corridor residents who have a passion for the restoration of the McKenzie River area following the devastating Holiday Farm Fire of 2020. Committee members include Galen Anderson (Resident), Mandy Jones (McKenzie Valley LTRG Board Member), Lacy Joy (McKenzie Charter School), Cliff Richardson (founder, retired McKenzie teacher/forester, McKenzie Community Land Trust Board Member), Eric Schiff (McKenzie Valley LTRG Board Member), Melanie Stanley (Blue River business owner, McKenzie Community Land Trust Board Member), and Mary Ellen Wheeler (founder, McKenzie Valley LTRG Staff Member). Past members include Steve Schaefers (professional local river guide), Deb Wilhite (realtor), John Shama (retired business owner), Jeanne Fager (Rainbow business owner), and Sean Allensworth (resident).

04/10/2026

This month we are moving our Coffee with the Locals back to the Obsidian Grill. We will meet there the first Tuesday of each month at 10:00 am.

Hope you can join us this Tuesday, October 6th.
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04/09/2026

Here's the sign up link for the Horse Creek Lodge rafting trips for our community celebration on September 12th.

31/08/2026

Coffee with the Locals!
Tuesday, September 1st, 10:00 am,
at Tokatee’s 1966 Bar and Grill.

We will be moving back to McKenzie Bridge’s Obsidian Grill starting in October.

Hope to see you there!
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•••We are having a Co****le tournament starting at 12pm. $10 per team, proceeds go to the High School shop/construction ...
28/08/2026

•••We are having a Co****le tournament starting at 12pm. $10 per team, proceeds go to the High School shop/construction program. $100 1st place prize $50 2nd place. Come join the fun!!

•••We have a surprise guest coming to do a chainsaw carving!! Troy Danks will be doing a carving during the celebration which will be auctioned off and ready to take home at the end of the celebration. He will also have other carvings available for sale. Thank you Troy for making this happen.

•••Looks like the predicted rain isn’t until around 6pm. We are prepared with tents, just in case! After all, we are Oregonians!

•••Dogs not allowed at the track•••

There are no entrance fees to this celebration. We will be collecting cans and bottles for the Bottle Boys and non perishable food for our local food bank.

03/08/2026

Join the locals for coffee tomorrow morning at 10:00. We will be gathering at Tokatee’s 1966 Bar and Grill. 😎

Accepting “local”, Artist, Information Vendors and Car show owners for our annual Community Celebration! No entrance fee...
08/06/2026

Accepting “local”, Artist, Information Vendors and Car show owners for our annual Community Celebration!
No entrance fees!

If interested please send a message to [email protected]

01/06/2026

**Change of location for Coffee With The Locals **

We will be meeting at Tokatee”s 1966 Bar and Grill for the months of June through September.

We meet the first Tuesdays of each month at 10:00 am.

Hope to see you this Tuesday, June 2nd!

04/05/2026

This Tuesday, May 5th will be our last Coffee With The Locals at the Obsidian Grill, until October!
We will be holding our monthly meet ups at Tokatee’s 1966 Bar and Grill, for the months of June through September. Same time, First Tuesday of the month at 10:00 am.

Please join us for a cup of coffee, on the McKenzie River Locals Helping Locals!

05/04/2026

GREAT TURNOUT AND DISCUSSION THIS MORNING! Thank you to everyone who attended and to the organizations that provided information!

Join us for coffee at The Obsidian Grill, Tuesday, April 7th at 10:00 am. ☕️☕️☕️

Our guest presenter is Brendan J. Irsfeld, Emergency Coordinator, Lane County Office of Emergency Management.

Brendan has been facilitating a series of regional Community Wildfire Protection Plan update work sessions taking place in four regions of Lane county including the McKenzie River Valley. He'll be giving an overview of the CWPP update work being done county wide and specifically reflections on the recent work sessions here.

Always great discussions. See you then!

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