Page 57 - Sonoma County Gazatte May 2017

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Apr 24 - May 18 ~ Teach Children how to Swim- at Sebastopol Ives Pool, Save Lives. Greg 823-7341 or gjacobs48@ gmail.com
Apr 26 ~ Salt Point State Park Clean Up - 9-1p, Salt Point State Park, 25050 CA-1, Jenner, calparks.org/help/park- champions/
Apr 29, May 20, May 25 ~ Sonoma County Regional Parks - Volunteers to for Parades and Other Events. Various locations, Petaluma, Healdsburg and Santa Rosa, 707-565-2041, parks. sonomacounty.ca.gov/
Apr 29 ~ Parklet - is a mini park on a sidewalk Volunteers & donations to cover cost $500 per parklet. Mail to: The Core Project, 108 Petaluma Ave., Sebastopol, CA 95472. To donate materials or supplies for the event, or if you would like to participate in assembling the parklets on April 29th, please contact Paul Fritz atpaul@fritzarchitecture.com facebook.com/TheCoreProject?ref=hl, paul@fritzarchitecture.com
at the Sebastopol Grange - Transform unused land into landscaping Free, 10-4p, Sebastopol Grange Hall, 6000 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, dailyacts. nonprofiteasy.net/PublicPages/Event/ Details.aspx?eid=31247
May 3 ~ Robert Ferguson Observatory Midnight New Docent Training - Learn how to operate telescopes and work with amazing people. 712p, Sugarloaf State Park, Robert Ferguson Observatory, 2605 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood, 707-833- 6979, rfo.org/index.html
May 5-6 ~ KOWS Radio moving to 92.5 FM - Tune find how to support all volunteer, community radio.
May 6 ~ Petaluma River Cleanup with Friends of the Petaluma River -10-1p, Petaluma Marina, 781 Baywood Drive, Petaluma,
May 7 ~ Sonoma County Matsuri: Japanese Arts Festival - Volunteers needed 11-5p, Juilliard Park, 227 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa, sonomamatsuri. com/volunteer-at-matsuri/
May 15 ~ Ceres Project Volunteer Orientation -6-7p, Ceres Project, Room 7351 Bodega Ave., Sebastopol, 707-829- 5833, connect.ceresproject.org, info@ ceresproject.org
May 20 ~ 123rd Annual Luther Burbank Rose Parade & Festival - Volunteer707-837-1928, roseparadefestival.com/volunteers/, info@roseparadefestival.com
thru - May 31 ~ Forestville Historical Society - Needs volunteers for the board and to help out collecting, writing and producing stories, photos and videos on the history of our unique town. 707-823- 2921, Ron Davis, fhs.webvanta.com/
thru - May 31 ~ Russian House #1- Looking for people to help in restaurant and in event organizing. 9960 Hwy 1, Jenner, 707-865-9456, russian-house1. com
thru - May 31 ~ Sonoma County Regional Parks - Bike Trail Survey - Your Input is Important for a survey about the proposed Petaluma-Sebastopol bike trail. surveymonkey.com/r/ RMWRYVS, 707-565-3348, Ken Tam, parks.sonomacounty.ca.gov/About_Us/ Project_Details/Petaluma_Sebastopol_ Trail_Proposed.aspx
thru – Sep 3 ~ Share your Favorite Memory of your Hippie Days, West County Museum- Have a favorite memory of your Hippie days? We are creating a library of oral histories. 808- 333-1113, Sue Pekarsky Gary, wschsgrf. org/west-county-museum, spgyyy@ gmail.com
thru - Jun 30 ~ Lizze Armstrong Jones Welcome Center – Needs Welcome Center Docents Stewards - Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods, 1700 Armstrong Woods Rd, Guerneville, 707- 869-9177, Sarah, sarah@stewardscr.org
Architects, Drafters, Renderers - Build 600 houses in the next ten. Tamara Stanley, habitatsoco.org/, t.stanley@ habitatsoco.org
Cittaslow Sebastopol Volunteer Orientation - Booth Staffers, Time Bank Assistants, Event Helpers, Facebook Mavens and Word Press Wizards. Sebastopol City Hall, 7120 Bodega Ave. cittaslowsebastopol.org/, info@ cittaslowsebastopol.org
Cotati Chamber of Commerce - Come Volunteer with Us! 707-795-5508, cotati. org/events/volunteer/, chamber@cotati. org
Healdsburg Center for the Arts - show installation, special event help, publicity, strategic planning & organization. 707- 431-1970, healdsburgcenterforthearts. org/volunteer/, info@ healdsburgcenterforthearts.org
Sonoma Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District - Preserving and stewarding the open space lands in Sonoma County each year by hiking, monitoring, taking photos, talking with landowners, completing reports, and identifying issues of concern for our stewardship team. 707-565-7366, sonomaopenspace.org/get-involved/ volunteer/
Sonoma Coast Surfrider Offers Marine Debris Training - 1 hour Marine Debris Training. Cea Higgens at cea@ sonomacoast.surfrider.org. You can make a difference! 11- 2p, North Salmon Creek Beach, 3095 Hwy. 1, Bodega Bay, Cea Higgins, sonomacoast.surfrider. org/, cea@sonomacoast.surfrider.org
LGBTQI Elder Information and Assistance Program Launches
The second year of local programs to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) seniors has started, including the launch of the LGBTQI* Elder Information & Assistance Program to increase elders’ access to social services for the healthy aging. “We have partnered with Sebastopol Area Senior Center to provide a county-wide LGBTQI specific information and assistance service that will encourage LGBTQI seniors to feel comfortable in identifying their needs
and accessing services,”
according to Adult & Aging
Division Interim Director
Gary Fontenot.
Because of experiences
of discrimination,
LGBT seniors are often uncomfortable sharing who they are or seeking services from agencies that may not understand their concerns or were unsafe to access in the past. That worry makes them less likely to seek the support services they now need for healthy aging.
To reach the LGBTQI Elder Information & Assistance Program, please call or email Wayne Wieseler at Sebastopol Area Senior Center at (707) 829-2440, ext. 103. or wayne@sebastopolseniorcenter.org.
*LGBTQI = lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer, and intersex.
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Apr 30 ~ Landscape Transformation Party
“Since all our staff
members have been trained
in LGBTQI concerns and
issues,” according to the
Center’s Executive Director
Linda Civitello, “more LGBT
seniors will be comfortable making contact and getting the services needed to improve their lives.”
Alicia J. Rose Photography)