Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 6:00 PM
21st Annual Holiday Hob Nob on the Hill®
Benefiting Saint Francis Memorial Hospital Bothin Burn Unit
Progressive Fundraiser
cocktail reception in the Venetian Room,
dinner in the Gold Room
desserts / dancing in the Venetian Room
at the Fairmont Hotel

Event Chair - Susan Gearey
Honorary Chair - Hon. Bella Farrow

Tickets $375-$750.
For more information please call the
Saint Francis Foundation 415-353-6650 www.holidayhobnob.org

FUNDRAISER PROGRAM TO BENEFIT LIFE RECOVERED MINISTRY

Hosted by S&T Lawn Care

You can help support Life Recovered Ministry by donating your used CELL PHONES and INKJET CARTRIDGES

** We are not asking for cash donations

** Donations of your unwanted cell phones and inject cartridges will support for our organization.

** You will be giving old technology new life and keep it from polluting our landfills.

TO DONATE:

1. Cell phones & ink Cartridges can be packed in any cardboard box, ink cartridges must be placed in a plastic bag so the ink does not leak onto phones.

2. Stuff the box with newspaper so the cell phones are protected during shipment.

3. Email Steve at stlawncare@sbcglobal.net with your name, address,city,State & zip and a prepaid label will be mailed to you to ship the items.


*** PLEASE NOTE THAT INK CARTRIDGES MUST BE THE SMALL KINDTHAT CAN FIT IN THE PALM OF YOU HAND

You and your guests/colleagues are cordially invited...
The Existential Expedition

Ideal topic and tools to support and empower everyone!

Besides finding a worm in your salad, the quickest way to stop any conversation is to ask people about their beliefs regarding death and spirituality. Many people face these issues every day but often feel uncomfortable and stressed by it.

Imagine finding yourself in a room with Debra Jarvis, where people feel encouraged to share about how their lives have brought them to this moment and everyone is describing their choice to live a more fully engaged life, including examining their beliefs and decisions about spirituality, opening to the divinity within, and allowing death and dying to live and breathe openly in their awareness and feelings.

Exploring questions about our own underlying beliefs and assumptions around spirituality, death and dying will help us clarify our own beliefs and empower us to be more comfortable talking with patients, clients, friends and family members about these issues.

This evocative, interactive workshop will provide a safe forum for discussion and exploration of:

• life’s meaning
• spirituality
• death and grief
• integration of beliefs

Using a combination of brief lectures, small group sharing, poetry and journaling, music and guided imagery, and gentle movement, we will discuss in a spirit of inquiry, curiosity, discovery and collaboration.

Debra and Lloyd will create a space where it is safe to unwind, explore and discover new aspects about ourselves and each other – and journey deeply into our hearts and feelings. Aspects of childhood beliefs, patterned behavior, and cultural norms will provide a few of the guideposts for our sharing.

Participants can expect to: gain new perspectives, increase their comfort level when discussing these issues, and gain a deeper understanding of their beliefs.

This workshop is designed for all audiences and levels:
medical/healing arts * clergy * hospice/respite * counselors *
social workers * emergency/rescue/fire/law enforcement personnel *
anyone dealing with grief, loss, death and/or spirituality * and everyone who desires to explore these essential, practical issues more deeply.

<< IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT >>
CEU’s available: RNs * Marriage/Family Therapists (MFT) * Licensed Social Workers (LCW)
(NOTE: partial scholarships and payment options also available ... call Lloyd to discuss!)

Benefit for Healing Journeys:
“The Existential Expedition,” is a community-enriching offering and fundraiser for Healing Journeys, a wonderful non-profit organization whose mission is to support healing, activate hope, and promote thriving. Lloyd Barde is a dedicated member of the Board of Directors and an active participant for over ten years. This celebration of life event is intentionally structured so that you will also benefit greatly and meet kindred folks!! And pretty much have a blast in the process.

When: November 14 and 15: Saturday 10 am-4 pm and Sunday 10 am-1 pm
Where: Rudramandir, 830 Bancroft @6th in Berkeley
Admission: $99 early bird registration (by November 7); $125 standard registration

For event information please call Lloyd at 415.924.4848
For registration visit http://www.healingjourneys.org/existential-expedition-overview/ For details about Healing Journeys programs, resources, archives, testimonials, photos and opportunities to support, please visit www.healingjourneys.org

Featured facilitators include Jan Adrian, director and founder of Healing Journeys and a seven time breast cancer survivor; Nancy McKay, fellow Healing Journeys board member, Berkeley-based minister and spiritual counselor; and Michael J. Allen, long-time Challenge Day leader, speaker and founder of the “Incarceration of the Mind” program in the California County Jail System.

Debra Jarvis, “the irreverent reverend with something to say,” is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. A breast cancer survivor and author of It’s Not About the Hair: And Other Certainties of Life & Cancer (Sasquatch, 2007) Debra inspires audiences with her humor-filled, gently insightful and wise, caring style. She has worked as a hospice spiritual counselor and currently serves as chaplain for the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. Debra is a commentator for NPR and respected speaker at conferences and workshops on cancer, death and dying, medical staff care, spirituality and the importance of quality chocolate. www.debrajarvis.com

Lloyd Barde has an instinctive gift for producing music for meditation, movement and healing, and has been an inspired source of sound, compassionate advice for 30 years. Lloyd is a long-time student of sound, dance/movement, personal disarmament, and an ever-deepening spiritual practice on his own healing journey. Lloyd hosts a monthly concert series at Rudramandir, is Music Editor for Common Ground Magazine, and founded and operated Backroads Music for 27 years before launching Lloyd Barde Productions. www.lloydbarde.com

Beyond all the credentials and compelling statements/benefits, you are warmly invited and encouraged to imagine giving yourself this gift on November 14-15 at the sacred space, Rudramandir in Berkeley. It will be meaningful, memorable and whole lot of fun and connection in ways we can’t even imagine.

Please visit http://www.debrajarvis.com/ for complete program/product info, bio, blogs and videos.

For specific questions about the seminar, or to order Debra's book, It’s Not About the Hair: And Other Certainties of Life & Cancer please contact Lloyd at 415-924-4848 // lloyd@well.com (Save $! discounted price on available inventory)

Valley Concert Chorale presents:

An Afternoon with Gilbert and Sullivan

Sunday, November 8, 3:00pm-5:00pm, Livermore

MORE INFO: http://www.valleyconcertchorale.org/

The Valley Concert Chorale will present An Afternoon with Gilbert and Sullivan on Sunday, November 8, at 3 pm, in the Fellowship Hall of the First Presbyterian Church in Livermore. The church is located at 4th and L streets.

This event, featuring a performance by the Valley Concert Chorale of choral arrangements from well-known Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, is the chorale's major fundraiser for the 2009-2010 season. Featured operettas included HMS Pinafore, Pirates of Penzance, Mikado, Iolanthe, Yeoman of the Guard, Ruddigore, and Princess Ida.

Guests will enjoy traditional British tea treats such as tarts, scones, finger sandwiches, and cakes and beverages, as well as have an opportunity to win raffle prizes.

"This event is a fundraiser to help keep our fine chorus running," says Bill Leach, VCC's Board Vice President. "With the lively and humorous music of Gilbert and Sullivan combined with our raffle for great prizes, it promises to be a fun afternoon." Raffle prizes include a two-night stay at a mountain cabin above Lake Donner, dinner and tickets to local performing arts groups' performances and much more.

Seating is limited so advance ticket purchase is highly advised. Call (925) 866-4003 to order.

DATE/TIME:
Sunday, November 8
3:00pm-5:00pm

LOCATION:
First Presbyterian Church, Livermore
4th and L Streets
Livermore, CA, 94550
http://www.fpc-livermore.org

COST/REGISTRATION:
$35.

MORE INFO:
Website: http://www.valleyconcertchorale.org/
Email: info@valleyconcertchorale.org
Phone: 925-866-4003

About Valley Concert Chorale:
The Valley Concert Chorale is the Tri-Valley's premier chorus for over 45 years. Under the direction of John Emory Bush, the Chorale has offered a variety of musical performances to serve the diverse musical tastes of its audiences. The all-volunteer, non-profit chorale receives financial support from grants, ticket sales, membership dues, and donations.

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Livermore Lions Club Annual Christmas Boutique presents:

Lions 16th Annual Christmas Boutique

Saturday, November 7, 9:00am-5:00pm, Livermore

MORE INFO: http://livermorelions.org

Quality hand crafted gifts sold in a fun holiday atmosphere, bound to inspire you to fill your holiday gift list. This year we also offer you a room of independent distributors in addition to our hand craft sales room. Raffles held throughout the day will help raise money for the Lions Club projects in our community. Children's activities, caroling, and a delicious lunch counter round out this family fun day. For further information or vendor space lease call Joan @ 925-980-2628 or Toni @ 925-784-5826.

DATE/TIME:
Saturday, November 7
9:00am-5:00pm

LOCATION:
Bothwell Arts Center
2466 8th Street
Livermore, CA, 94550
925-447-2787
http://www.livermoreperformingarts.org

COST/REGISTRATION:
Free to the public, Vendors $55 - Vendors RSVP jbeason@comcast.net.

MORE INFO:
Website: http://livermorelions.org
Email: jbeason@comcast.net
Phone: 925-373-1131
Contact: Joan Beason

About Livermore Lions Club Annual Christmas Boutique:
International Service Organization fundraiser

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Mission Housing Development Corporation (MHDC) presents:

E = MHDC2 : Experience = Success

Wednesday, October 28, 5:30pm-7:30pm, San Francisco

MORE INFO: http://www.missionhousing.org

As a non-profit continuing to develop quality affordable housing to the low-income community, we welcome you to join us in the festivities at our annual fundraiser & event on October 28th. We have succeeded in developing over 2,000 units to almost 3,500 residents in almost four decades and are expanding our services to include developments all over the Western Region of the United States. We look forward to sharing our accomplishments with you as we continue to grow in the community.

Our Fundraiser & Event will be hosted in the beautiful Green Room in the San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center Building in the Civic Center Historic District. The evening will include live Latin Jazz performances, delicious food, beverages & cocktails, and a chance for you to meet community organizer, Mike Miller, a historically renowned advocate for the underprivileged in the Mission District of San Francisco. He will be promoting his new book, A Community Organizer's Tale: People and Power in San Francisco. We are honored for you to be a part of the lively and memorable celebration.

DATE/TIME:
Wednesday, October 28
5:30pm-7:30pm

LOCATION:
Green Room, San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Building
401 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA, 94102

COST/REGISTRATION:
$100 for non-profits, $150 for general admission.

MORE INFO:
Website: http://www.missionhousing.org
Email: nichelle@speakeasy.net
Phone: 415-775-0698
Contact: Nichelle Lyons

About Mission Housing Development Corporation (MHDC):
Mission Housing Development Corporation develops high-quality, well-managed, affordable, sustainable homes and communities that promote the self-sufficiency of low and moderate income families, seniors, and persons with diverse needs.

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Volunteers Needed Throughout Your Area For the Upcoming Holiday Season

Upcoming Events Include:

Animal Shelter Fund Raiser / Adoption Party
Aids Walk
Cancer Survivors Benefit
Homeless Shelter Fundraiser
Christian Retreat
And others

http://www.VolunteerYourTime.info

Boulder Creek Fall Dance Fundraiser,

Nov. 7, 6-10pm, Boulder Creek Recreation Hall, 13333 Middleton St.

Tickets are $10 in advance at:
http://www.eventbee.com/event?eid=62673

$12 at the door and $6 for children 18 and under. The fun starts at 6 p.m. with a line dance lesson, followed at 6:30 with a couples two-step lesson and then an open dance floor from 7 to 10 p.m. All ages welcome. Tickets can be purchased online at Eventbee.com. Proceeds will be donated to the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and the Palo Alto Ronald McDonald House.

Ultra Beginner Line Dance lessons from 6 - 6:30 p.m. and beginner two-step lessons from 6:30 - 7 p.m. There will also be a raffle. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 each at the door, and $6 for ages 18 and under. Tickets can be purchased at eventbee.com. Proceeds will go to these two great services. For families whose children go to the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital for medical procedures, these funds can be for medial expenses or simple needs like donuts, coffee, and supplies for families waiting in surgery waiting rooms.

The other program the funds will go to is the Palo Alto Ronald McDonald House, a home for families of children who have medical needs. It is just down the street from the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. It has a community and family atmosphere providing community kitchens, recreation rooms, and rooms where the family can stay. Some come from many states away and the Ronald McDonald House may be their home for many months. There are holiday events and many other activities to keep the families occupied.

I have personally been touched through our own experience by these two organizations and want to give back with this fundraiser.

I would greatly appreciate any assistance include: D.J., Band, Help in Selling See's Candies, Volunteers to set up, Volunteer to clean up, Volunteer dance instructors

The Fall Dance Proceeds and See's Candy Sales will go to the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and the Palo Alto Ronald McDonald House.

Please pass this on to your friends and neighbors

Amber Blavin, 831-338-8990

Meals on Wheels Senior Outreach Services presents:

Meals on Wheels 'Dine Out' Event Launch

Tuesday, October 20, 3:30pm-4:30pm, Walnut Creek

MORE INFO: http://www.mowsos.org

LOCAL RESTAURANTS RALLY TO SUPPORT MEALS ON WHEELS "DINE OUT" PROGRAM - OFFICIAL LAUNCH CEREMONY OCTOBER 20TH, WALNUT CREEK SENIOR CENTER - November Becomes Meals on Wheels Month

In response to the considerable pressure the precarious economy and budget cuts have put on local support services, specifically for senior citizens, Meals on Wheels is pleased to proclaim November as "Meals on Wheels Month" and introduce its new annual fundraiser, Dine Out. Over 30 local restaurants (and counting) throughout Contra Costa County have risen to the occasion and partnered with the Dine Out program and their dining clientele to help raise much needed funding for hot meals delivered to seniors in need.

You're invited to attend the official launch ceremony of the Meals for Wheels Dine Out program on Tuesday, October 20th at 3:30pm at the Walnut Creek Senior Center, located at 1375 Civic Center Drive. Stanford's Restaurant & Bar of Walnut Creek will be graciously providing catering and beverages for the day's festivities. Enjoy the opportunity to meet Meals on Wheels staff, volunteers, local government representatives and to learn more about this vital program.

For over 40 years, Meals on Wheels has helped fight hunger and loneliness among thousands of seniors in our county, delivering nearly 200,000 meals last year in the Diablo Valley alone. Beyond the nutritious meals provided to homebound seniors over the age of 60, Meals on Wheels volunteers provide wellness checks and companionship that allows seniors to live at home in safety, comfort and with dignity for as long as possible. Additionally, recent state and county budget cuts have eliminated support for 2,700 low income seniors currently receiving assistance through In-Home Supportive Services. These seniors will now be forced to turn to Meals on Wheels, placing considerable strain on program resources already under significant stress to meet the needs of our growing, aging community.

DATE/TIME:
Tuesday, October 20
3:30pm-4:30pm

LOCATION:
Walnut Creek Senior Citizens Center
1375 Civic Center Driv
Walnut Creek, CA, 94596
925-943-5866
http://www.walnut-creek.org/citygov/depts/arts_rec_cs/recreation/seniors.asp

COST/REGISTRATION:
Free.
http://dineoutnow.org

MORE INFO:
Website: http://www.mowsos.org
Email: info@mowsos.org
Phone: 925-937-8311
Contact: Mr. Sandy Warren

About Meals on Wheels Senior Outreach Services:
For over 40 years, Meals on Wheels has helped fight hunger and loneliness among thousands of seniors in Contra Costa County. Beyond the nutritious meals provided to homebound seniors over the age of 60, Meals on Wheels volunteers provide wellness checks and companionship that allows seniors to live at home in safety, comfort and with dignity for as long as possible.

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Spaghetti Cook Off and Raffle
Featuring The Thugs
Come taste some terrific sauces, buy some raffle tickets for great items, and listen to The Thugs.
All proceeds go to Guerneville School