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SoCoNe ew ws Cloverdale 2 Giving Back Guide 2021
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Introduction and Table of Contents While local nonprofits and community organizations are important year-round — they help support our kids, our families, our arts and our communities — the holidays
serve as a time to reflect on what we’re grateful for. And, at SoCoNews, we’re grateful for our nonprofits. It’s the season of giving — a time where people take time to reflect on how they
can volunteer time or give money to help better the world around them. Be it the local Rotary or Kiwanis, the performing arts center or an education foundation, without
nonprofits, the communities of north and west Sonoma County wouldn’t be where they are today.
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What’s Inside In the kitchen: Bourbon – Rutabaga Bisque
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Nonprofit reads from the Sonoma County Library
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Family-friendly volunteering opportunities
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A Guide to Local Nonprofits
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Advertising Index SoCoNews
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Sebastopol Community Cultural Center
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Sebastopol World Friends
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Healdsburg Jazz
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Photo Zoë Stricklandt
The Cloverdale Lions Club hosts the city’s annual Toy Run, which helps bring in toys for Cloverdale’s Christmas Wish program. The program helps provide gifts to some of the youngest Cloverdalians.
In the kitchen: Bourbon – Rutabaga Bisque Ingredients 2 tsp. unsalted butter 2 med. onions, sliced 1 clove garlic, minced 1 ½ lb. rutabaga, peeled and cut into ½ inch chunks 1 lg. carrot, sliced 3 c. chicken stock or canned broth Pinch of celery seed 1 c. cream 2 to 3 tbsp. bourbon salt and freshly ground white pepper to taste freshly grated nutmeg
In a large saucepan, melt the butter. Add sliced onions and cook until soft. Add the rutabaga, carrot, stock and celery seed and bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer about 30 minutes until rutabaga is tender. In a food processor, purée half of the contents of the pan at a time until smooth. Return the puree to the pan and add the cream and bourbon. Warm the soup over moderate heat, stirring frequently; do not let it boil. Season with salt and white pepper. Garnish with nutmeg or grated carrot. Comment: Interesting mix ending with a creamy consistency. Serves 4.
Costesux French Bakery 417 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg (707) 433-1913 • costeaux.com Giving Back Guide 2021 3
Nonprofit reads from the Sonoma County Library As the holiday season approaches, the nonprofit-funder, participant and budding nonprofit creator in your life might be looking at how to best make an impact in the world around them. To help guide those interested in community fundraising and nonprofits, the Sonoma County Library has compiled a list of reads relating to nonprofit, volunteering and raising money. Everything is always free at the Sonoma County Library. No library card? No problem. Visit sonomalibrary.org and sign up online. The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact Without Burnout. This book functions as a handbook to help leaders examine their existing organization, identify trouble spots, and resolve issues with attention to all aspects of operations and culture.
Starting & Building a Nonprofit: A Practical Guide. Filled with userfriendly information, practical advice and step-by-step instructions, this book is your guide through the process of getting a nonprofit up and running.
Doing Good With Other People's Money: The Essential Guide to Winning Grants and Contracts. Drawing on over forty years of experience working in government, corporations and academic institutions, Rick Steiner has created the ultimate nonprofit resource for winning contracts and grant awards.
The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging. Charles Vogl lays out seven time-tested principles for growing enduring, effective and connected communities. He provides hands-on tools for creatively adapting these principles to any group — formal or informal, mission driven or social, physical or virtual.
The Last Virtual Volunteering Guidebook: Fully Integrating Online Service Into Volunteer Involvement. More and more organizations around the world are engaging people who want to contribute their skills via the Internet. Whether you’re tech-savvy or still a newbie in cyberspace, this book will show you how to lead online volunteers successfully.
Looking for more book recommendations? Visit sonomalibrary.org.
Season’s Greetings from Sebastopol World Friends World Peace One Friend at a Time Save the date: Friendship Dinner January 29, 2022 www.Sebastopolwf.org 4 Giving Back Guide 2021
Family-friendly volunteering opportunities Spending time with their families benefits children in myriad ways. Such quality time can strengthen bonds between parents and children. Volunteering is a great way for families to spend time together. Children of various ages can reap the rewards of volunteering, and those rewards may be even more significant when kids give back alongside their parents. Children’s ages and maturity levels should always be considered when looking for a volunteering opportunity. The following are some family-friendly options parents can consider as they look to volunteer with their children. • Food drive: Participating in a food drive is a great way for families to give back together. Kids of all ages can pitch in on a food drive. Parents can take children to the grocery store and let them pick items to donate. Kids also can accompany their parents to pick up donated items and drop them off at the local food bank. • Toy drive: Toy drives are popular come the holiday season, and children of all ages may enjoy picking items that they know will help to make the holiday season special for
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other youngsters. If toy drive organizers don’t request specific items, ask kids which toys they would recommend or encourage kids to donate lightly used items they no longer use. Children are enthusiastic givers, and toy drives are a great opportunity to illustrate how good it feels to help those in need. • Park/beach cleanups: Human beings are stewards of the environment, so what better way to instill that lesson in children than to volunteer to clean up local parks and beaches? Kids will look forward to a day in
the great outdoors, and they’ll take pride in knowing they did their part alongside their parents to make their favorite green spaces and beaches cleaner for their communities. • Soup kitchens: In 2020, Feeding America, a nationwide network of more than 200 food banks, cited a study that found 67% of food banks were in need of volunteers. Many volunteers, a significant percentage of which are seniors, stopped volunteering during the COVID-19 pandemic out of fear of catching the virus. The successful rollout of COVID-19 vaccines for adults and children over 12 has reduced the risk of serious illness from the coronavirus. Though parents must consider various factors before volunteering in the era of COVID-19, fully vaccinated families can work with local food banks to safely offer their time. Such efforts can teach children valuable lessons about the importance of giving back, and many food banks have altered their operations to make it safe for volunteers to lend a helping hand. Volunteering as a family can strengthen the bonds between children and their parents. — Metro
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A Guide to Local Nonprofits Sonoma County is home to hundreds of local nonprofits, service groups and other community organizations devoted to giving back. A partial list of nonprofit organizations, separated by location, is listed below.
Cloverdale Alexander Valley Film Society avfilmsociety.org 707-893-7150 CARE - Cloverdale Adds Resources for Education cusdcare.org Cloverdale Arts Alliance cloverdaleartsalliance.org 707-894-4410
Healdsburg Education Foundation healdsburgeducation foundation.com 707-433-1223 Healdsburg Jazz healdsburgjazz.org 707-433-4633 Healdsburg Museum & Historical Society healdsburgmuseum.org 707-431-3325
Graton Day Labor Center gratondaylabor.org 707-829-1864
Community Foundation Sonoma County sonomacf.org 707-579-4073
Raven Performing Arts Theater raventheater.org 707-433-6335
Occidental Arts & Ecology Center oaec.org 707-874-1557
Reach for Home reachforhome.org 707-433-6161
Occidental Center for the Arts occidentalcenterforthearts.org 707-874-9392
Cloverdale Historical Society cloverdalehistoricalsociety.org 707-894-2067
Ceres Community Project ceresproject.org 707-829-5833
Cloverdale Performing Arts Center cloverdaleperformingarts.com 707-894-2214
Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation lagunafoundation.org
Healdsburg Corazón Healdsburg corazonhealdsburg.org 707-615-4567 Felta Education Foundation westsideparentsfef. wixsite.com/felta 707-433-3929 Healdsburg Center for the Arts healdsburgcenterforthearts.org 707-431-1970
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Windsor Service Alliance wsapantry.com 707-838-6947
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La Familia Sana lafamiliasana.org
Food for Thought fftfoodbank.org 707-887-1647 Forestville Youth Park forestvilleyouthpark.org
Windsor Performing Arts Academy windsorperformingarts.net
Friends of Monte Rio friendsofmonterio.org
Cloverdale Citrus Fairgrounds cloverdalecitrusfair.org 707-696-5298
Cloverdale Senior Multipurpose Center cloverdaleseniorcenter.org 707-894-4826
West County
Main Stage West mainstagewest.com Sebastopol Area Senior Center sebastopolseniorcenter.org 707-829-2440 Sebastopol Center for the Arts sebarts.org 707-829-4797 Sebastopol Community Cultural Center seb.org 707-823-1511 West County High School Education Foundation westcountyedfoundation.org Western Sonoma Couty Historical Society wschs.org 707-829-6711
LandPaths landpaths.org 707-544-7284 LGBTQ Connection lgbtqconnection.org Los Cien loscien.org
River to Coast Children’s Services rccservices.org 707-869-3613
Nuestra Comunidad nc707.org 707-608-9882
Russian River Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence rrsisters.org
Positive Images posimages.org 707-568-5830
Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods stewardscr.org 707-869-9177
Redwood Empire Food Bank refb.org 707-523-7900
West County Community Services westcountyservices.org 707-823-1640
Windsor Día de los Muertos Windsor diademuertoswindsor.org People 4 Parks people4parkswindsor.org Windsor Historical Society windsorhistory.org 707-838-4563 Windsor Educational Foundation windsorwe.org
Russian Riverkeeper russianriverkeeper.org 707-433-1958 Social Advocates for Youth saysc.org 707-544-3299 United Way of the Wine Country unitedwaywinecountry.org 505-528-4485
Service Clubs When looking at where you can donate funds — or time — local Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions and Soroptimist clubs all welcome new members. The clubs resgularly spend both time and money bettering our communities.
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