Fest Beneficiaries

In addition to helping to support the Trinity Lake Revitalization Alliance, a portion of this year's Lake Fest will be given to:

The Trinity Center Volunteer Fire Department
The Coffee Creek Volunteer Fire Department
Trinity Center IOOF Hall

Trinity Lake Revitalization Alliance
EIN #27-3114926, Charitable Trust #CT0170686

The grass-roots, non-profit Trinity Lake Revitalization Alliance, Inc. (TLRA) was founded in 2010 to help restore the economy of the forest communities adjacent to Trinity Lake—Coffee Creek, Trinity Center, and Covington Mill.

TLRA is actively

organizing residents in the North Trinity Lake region as a unified voice in county, state, and federal matters
representing the region in the management of Trinity Reservoir and the Trinity River Restoration Program
helping to improve the region's social infrastructure
marketing the region to visitors, potential residents, and entrepreneurs

As a small rural forest community, the TLRA depends on our amazing volunteers and supporters to help us reach our goal to restore our area to its once vibrate past.

Volunteer Fire Departments

According to the National Fire Protection Association, 71 percent of firefighters in the United States are volunteers. Some VFDs are financially supported by a small portion of county property taxes. Or, as in the case of Coffee Creek, the VFD is completely financed by private donations.

With their funds, the VFDs acquire and operate their firefighting apparatus and ambulances, equip and train the firefighters, maintain the fire stations, and cover insurance and worker's compensation.

In addition to fire protection, our VFDs provide emergency medical services (EMS) to our 790 residents and to our visitors. EMS services account for 95% of our VFD calls. The North Trinity Lake community is fortunate in that Trinity Center and Coffee Creek are the only two VFDs in Trinity County with ambulance service.

Our Community Hall

The Trinity Center Community Hall, or affectionately called the IOOF Hall, was built in Old Trinity Center in 1905. The hall was moved up to the reestablished Trinity Center in 1959 before the old town was inundated by the filling of Trinity Reservoir in 1961. In its new location, the hall continues to host the majority of community meetings and events, and school plays and graduations. The hall is financed completely by public donations and is a California Point of Historical Interest.