The Harwood Memorial Park

Harwood Memorial Park, home to The laytonville healthy start program and family resource center (frc), offers a wide range of activities and services for local youth, families, individuals and seniors. When there is a need within our community, our organization tries to meet all needs possible with their available resources. With The covid-19 pandemic, The healthy start program provided many services and support directly to individuals and families in need. Our center provided emergency food bags, delivering weekly meals for seniors and those homebound. In addition clothing, diapers, hygiene support and many other needs were also met. Our programs also provide counseling and resources addressing domestic violence and drug abuse within our community. In 2021, over 1,000 laytonville residents were served through The center's programs and services.

Through Harwood Memorial Park, The laytonville skate Park was constructed in february 2020 and thanks to fundraisers, donations, and funding received, it became an outdoor refuge for kids, teens, families and adults of all ages to recreate safely outdoors during The covid-19 pandemic. Over 600 people have used this facility since its opening in 2020.

In december 2020, The healthy start program took over operation of The laytonville food bank which is now run from our center. This is an on-going example of The organizations response to The community's needs providing emergency food bags, grocery store gift cards, weekly meals-on-wheels to seniors and those home-bound and at risk for covid. In 2021, over 500 residents were served by The food bank, with numbers continuing to increase.