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communityfundraisers BENEFITS
Dec 5 ~ It’s a Wonderful Life Holiday Party ~ A brand new Petaluma Holiday Tradition to benefit the Petaluma Historical Library & Museum. Swing to big band music and celebrate the wonderful life with martini’s, cocktails and appetizers. 8p-midnight at the Petaluma Historical Museum, 20 Fourth St. Advance tickets $25 and will benefit the museum’s vital capital campaign to restore and protect the building. www.petalumamuseum.com & www.aqus.com/museum/, Petaluma Museum, 20 Fourth St, Petaluma.
Dec 6 ~ SF Gay Men’s Chorus ~ For 25 consecutive years, the acclaimed San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus has been coming “Home for the Holidays” to Sonoma County to sing in benefit of F2F HIV prevention and care services programs. 3p at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts. Tickets range between $19 and $50, and are available through the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts Box Office
Dec 8 ~ Cookie Swap at Laguna Farms ~ Laguna Farm is hosting a “Cookie Swap,” benefiting their low-income Cal- Fresh members. Please register in advance. Your minamum registration fee of $5 goes towards our EBT members access to farm grown veggies during the up-coming holiday season. Bake at least a dozen of your favorite cookies.At 2p, all will gather elbow to elbow in the barn filling gift boxes with the homemade smelling treats. www.facebook.com/ events/489066404606808/. 2-3p. Laguna Farms. 1764 Cooper Rd, Sebastopol.
Dec 11-13 ~ Sebastopol Holiday Home Tour & Artisan Boutique ~ Spend a delightful winter’s day touring decorated Sebastopol homes & our historic school. Each location displays holiday spirit in its own unique way, showcasing collections and family traditions. Proceeds go to Jacob’s Fund, a scholarship fund at Pleasant Hill Christian School. 5p, surrounding Sebastopol area. 707-829-1729, www.sebastopolholidayhometour. weebly.com
Grocery Shopping for Parks ~ If you shop at any of the following Sonoma County grocers, you could start earning hundreds of dollars a year for the Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation – and it won’t cost you a cent! Participating stores include: all Oliver’s Markets; Sonoma and Glen Ellen Village Markets; Petaluma Market; Molsberry Market in Larkfield; and Fircrest Market in Sebastopol. Just visit any of these stores and request a “Community Card Registration Form.” For your nonprofit beneficiary, write in “Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation, #500030086.” You’ll receive a Community Card, which you then hand to the cashier each time you check out. A percentage of your purchases will automatically be designated to the Parks Foundation, which supports county parks programs and operations. Thanks for your support!
Holiday Gift Giving ~ Make a donation to the Boys and Girls Club of Sonoma County to help make the holidays a little brighter for Club kids by providing gifts for those most in need at Christmas. This will allow the elves to go out and shop on behalf of our Club families. Consider bringing gifts to the Youth IMPACT Center, 1400 North Dutton Ave., Suite 14 in Santa Rosa. Volunteers needed for “Santa Land” to help us wrap and organize thousands of gifts. Join us Dec 14-17 from 4-8p at 1360 North Dutton Avenue, Suite D in Santa Rosa. Please bring a roll of wrapping paper, ribbon and tape with you. Contact Shannon Howard at 707-528-7977 x 105 or showard@bgccsc.org to learn more.
Community Bingo ~ Sun and Tues evenings (formerly Ursuline Bingo), at the Friedman Event Center, 4676 Mayette Dr., Santa Rosa. Games start at 6:45p. Wheelchair accessible. Gourmet snacks, free coffee and tea, play in comfort! Big prizes: $250-$350/game. Buy-ins start at just $15! Benefits educational and charitable programs in our community. 707-360-3021.
The Guerneville School Pencil and Paper Project ~ The Sisters are actively seeking donations of classroom supplies and have placed a “Wish List” on their website www.rrsisters.org and on their Facebook page . Drop-off box locations are Guerneville 5&10, Lark Drugs Pharmacy, Rainbow Cattle Co and R3 Hotel (formerly the Russian River Resort) and Buck’s River Theater.
Third Thursday Visiting Chefs Dinner Series ~ A fundraiser for Worth Our Weight, a program that trains troubled youth in food service and the culinary arts for free. Dinners are every 3rd Thurs at 6pm at the WOW Cafe, 1021 Hahman Dr, Santa Rosa. Tickets $75, reserve at worthourweight@sonic.net or 707-544- 1200.
Give Back Tuesdays at Rainbow Cattle Company, downtown Guerneville. Local groups prepare a buffet dinner for a $5 donation - - a percentage of bar drinks goes to fund the organization and there is usually a raffle for prizes. Eat for cheap and donate to a good cause. 16220 main Street, Guerneville, INFO: 707) 869-0206 facebook.com/ RainbowCattleCo/timeline
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Nov 27 ~ 1000 Petaluma Bowls ~ from 3- 6p located at the Hermann Sons Hall on 860 Western Avenue, Petaluma. Petaluma People Services will have a 1000 Petaluma Bowls Fundraiser. Live jazz, comfort food, and 1,000 pottery bowls created by many friends of PPSC and local artists. Silent auction and all bidding closes at 5:30p. Tickets are $5 at the door, kids 10 and under are free.
Dec 2 ~ Bob Burke’s Christmas Dinner Fundraiser ~ Free holiday meal courtesy of the Gonella Family. Benefit for Children. Union Hotel, Occidental. 5:30-
9p. Donations within your means. Info Linday Burke 707-887-2222. Donations can be mailed to Bob Burke’s Kids, CFSA; PO Box 602, Forestville, CA 95436.
Dec 3 ~ Dining Out for Life ~ Over 80 area restaurants and cafes will participate, donating 25% or 50% of the day’s sales to Food For Thought, a nonprofit that serves 700 men, women, and children living with HIV/ AIDS and other critical illnesses in Sonoma County. FFT provides high quality groceries, fresh produce, and nutrition services to these residents. Go to www.FFTfoodbank. org to see the list of Sonoma County restaurants. www.fftfoodbank.org/ dining-out-life®-1
Dec 5 ~ Chili Cook-off ~ K-Tech Automotive’s 2nd annual event and Toys for Tots toy drive. 11a-2p. To be a participant in cook-off contact Diana Andree directly at 707-634- 4740 or Diana@carefreeluxury.com. K-Tech Automotive shop, 198 S. High St, Sebastopol. A donation of $5-10 is requested (children under 12 free). All money collected will be donated to Ceres Community Project.
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