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Sonoma Pride Bowling League Kicks Off January 13 – All Are Welcome

As the winter Pride Bowling League season approaches, we wanted to share important upcoming dates and information. During the fall season, our league had 30 teams (a record for Pride bowling). Moving into the winter season, we have 29 returning teams and can increase to 32 teams. Since another league bowls on Tuesday nights, we cannot go beyond 32 total teams. 

This will allow the Pride Bowling League to add 3 more teams of 4 bowlers. We also have a few teams that are in need of bowlers. All teams from the fall season are given priority to bowl in the winter season. Teams already signed up for the winter season are listed below (29 in total).

Informational Meeting

Our winter informational and sign-up meeting will be held:

📅 Date/Time: Tuesday, January 6, 2026, at 6:30 pm

📍Location: Double Decker Lanes/Bowlero – in the Lounge/Bar area

🎳 Informational Meeting is for:

  • Teams that need a bowler (make sure to have a team representative to recruit)
  • New bowlers or new teams that want to sign up for the winter session
  • Individuals who want to learn about Pride Bowling and may join in the future

If we reach capacity and you are unable to join the winter league, we can add you to the substitute roster, and you will be given priority for open spots during fall sign-ups (August 2026).

Winter Session Details

The winter Session of the Sonoma County Pride Bowling League officially starts:

📅 Date/Time: Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at 6:30 pm

📍Location: Double Decker Lanes/Bowlero

🎳 Duration: 15 weeks

💰 Cost: $25 per week – We are a guaranteed league. If you sign up to bowl in the winter session, you are expected to pay $25 each week, even if you are absent. You can pay in advance or $25 per week.

💰 Sanctioning: $25 (one-time). We are a sanctioned league, and all bowlers are required to pay the $25 USBC sanctioning fee to the league secretary by the end of week 2. If you bowled in the fall session, you are already covered and do not owe that again until September.

🎳 Averages: If you bowled in the fall session, your average will carry over to the winter session. If you are a new bowler, you will establish an average on the first night of bowling.

If you have any questions, please respond to this email. Have a great weekend, and we look forward to seeing everyone in a few weeks.

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Sebastopol Senior Center Hosts Shawn Giammattei, Who Will Speak About Trans and Gender Issues on January 7

 Holding Spaces Guest Speaker ~  Shawn Giammattei

Ask ALL YOUR TRANS AND GENDER QUESTIONSJoin us for a special presentation with Shawn V. Giammattei, PhD—a nationally respected clinical family psychologist and one of the leading voices in supporting transgender, non-binary, and gender-expansive youth.
Expect an uplifting, interactive, and empowering session that leaves you inspired, informed, and supported.
Dr. Giammattei brings decades of experience helping families strengthenconnection, build resilience, and navigate gender journeys with clarity, compassion, and confidence.
As Associate Director of Mental Health at the UCSF Child & Adolescent GenderCenter, founder of the Gender Health Training Institute, TransFamily Alliance, andQuest Family Therapy, he has guided countless families toward deeperunderstanding and lasting well-being.

Holding Spaces is a welcoming connection group for LGBTQ+ people, grandparents, allies, and families of all ages. It’s a place to explore identity, find support, and build community—whether you’re questioning, coming out, learning or simply seeking belonging. All identities and generations are embraced, from queer elders to LGBTQ+ youth and their families.
Date & Time: Jan 7 | 2pm-3:30pm
Location: Wischemann Hall/SebastopolBy Donation/No one turned awayLEARN MORECall us at 707-829-2440 or members with a key tag code may register online.

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Positive Images: Access is care. Access is resistance. Access is how we keep finding joy together.


     Through every success and challenge, Positive Images has held true to its purpose: to build belonging, center authenticity, and sustain hope. As we look ahead, we know that access is the pathway to liberation and creating it for one another is how we will continue to thrive.     Thank you for standing with us. The future of queer access, care, and resistance is bright and it’s ours to build together.
32% funded. Thousands served. Still so much to protect.This year, Positive Images expanded access when the world tried to shrink it.📊 9,610 outreach contacts
🏳️‍⚧️ Free Legal Gender & Name Change Clinic
💬 1,145 support group connections
🎓 99 trainings reaching 2,387 people
🎉 6,552 event attendeesIn a year marked by political hostility, funding instability, and rising fear for queer and trans communities, keeping our doors open became an act of resistance — and you made that possible.We’re currently 32% of the way to our $25,000 End-of-Year goal.
To keep access alive, we need the rest of our community with us.
✨ Access is how we care for each other. Access is how we resist.
Help us close the gap before the year ends.Donate today. Stand with us. Keep the lights on for everyone who needs to find their way home.Make a Donation Today 

El acceso es cuidado. El acceso es resistencia.El acceso es cómo seguimos encontrando alegría juntes.     El año fiscal 2024–2025 vio a Imágenes Positivas ampliar nuestro alcance, profundizar nuestras raíces y reimaginar cómo puede verse el ACCESO. En un año marcado por cambios en las políticas y una creciente hostilidad hacia identidades marginadas, enfrentamos cada desafío con persistencia y propósito. Ampliamos el acceso al cuidado, a la cultura, a la conexión y entre nosotres.     Con el telón de fondo de una elección turbulenta y los primeros meses desestabilizadores de esta administración que regresa, las organizaciones LGBTQIA2S+ en todo el país enfrentaron desafíos cada vez mayores: los derechos trans bajo ataque, las iniciativas de DEI sometidas a un escrutinio renovado y el aumento de la actividad de ICE, todo lo cual reavivó sentimientos de vigilancia, enojo y miedo en nuestra comunidad. Las interrupciones en el financiamiento pusieron a prueba incluso a los programas comunitarios más fuertes. En este clima, incluso mantener nuestras puertas abiertas se convirtió en un acto de desafío. Y aun así, nuestra comunidad en Imágenes Positivas siguió demostrando lo que es posible cuando elegimos la conexión sobre el pánico y la solidaridad sobre la escasez.     Incluso en medio de paisajes políticos inciertos, nuestro trabajo creció en alcance e impacto. Lanzamos el Informe de Evaluación de Necesidades Queer, consultamos con abogades y creamos una Clínica Legal Gratuita de Cambio de Nombre y Género en un momento de incertidumbre en torno a la documentación de identidad, e integramos nuestro proyecto con patrocinio fiscal, TransLife, asegurando la continuidad de programas y eventos esenciales centrados en personas trans. A través de estos hitos, fortalecimos las bases del cuidado y el acceso de los que dependen muches de nuestres miembres de la comunidad, y profundizamos nuestras alianzas con colaboradores como Face to Face, Sonoma Community Center, Amor Para Todos, SCOE y escuelas en todo el condado, continuando a tejer la red de cuidado y acceso que nuestra comunidad merece.     Durante este tiempo de inquietud y cambio, también hicimos una pausa para reflexionar sobre una gran pérdida para nuestra comunidad. Lloramos juntes el fallecimiento de nuestro cofundador, Jim Foster. Generaciones se reunieron para compartir una historia colectiva y honrar el legado que hizo posible el trabajo de Imágenes Positivas. La visión de Foster —que las personas LGBTQIA2S+ merecen espacios para existir plena y libremente— sigue guiándonos mientras alcanzamos a más personas que nunca. Su impacto nos recuerda que el acceso comienza con nosotres, en los actos de cuidado comunitario que sostienen esta visión.
     A través de cada logro y cada desafío, Imágenes Positivas se ha mantenido fiel a su propósito: construir pertenencia, centrar la autenticidad y sostener la esperanza. Al mirar hacia el futuro, sabemos que el acceso es el camino hacia la liberación y que crearlo unes para otres es la forma en que seguiremos prosperando.     Gracias por estar a nuestro lado. El futuro del acceso, el cuidado y la resistencia queer es brillante, y es nuestro para construirlo juntes.

32% financiade. Miles de personas acompañades. Aún hay mucho que proteger.Este año, Positive Images amplió el acceso cuando el mundo intentó reducirlo.📊 9,610 contactos de alcance comunitario
🏳️‍⚧️ Clínica gratuita de cambio de nombre y marcador de género
💬 1,145 conexiones en grupos de apoyo
🎓 99 capacitaciones que alcanzaron a 2,387 personas
🎉 6,552 asistentes a eventosEn un año marcado por la hostilidad política, la inestabilidad en el financiamiento y el aumento del miedo en comunidades queer y trans, mantener nuestras puertas abiertas se convirtió en un acto de resistencia — y tú hiciste eso posible.Actualmente hemos alcanzado el 32% de nuestra meta de fin de año de $25,000.
Para mantener vivo el acceso, necesitamos que el resto de nuestra comunidad esté con nosotres.
✨ El acceso es cómo nos cuidamos entre nosotres. El acceso es cómo resistimos.
Ayúdanos a cerrar la brecha antes de que termine el año.Dona hoy. Acompáñanos. Mantén las luces encendidas para todes quienes necesitan encontrar el camino a casa.

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Dining Out For Life Happens December 4

Join the fun on Thursday, December 4, 2025 by dining out and ordering take out at participating locations.

Dining Out For Life is a benefit for Food For Thought to provide healthy groceries, meals, and loving support to people with serious medical conditions throughout Sonoma County. Help us raise $225,000 to provide our neighbors in need with food + love.

Amplify your impact – share this event and fill a table (or two!) with friends, co-workers and family.

To learn more, reach out to Michelle Gleed, Events Manager at (707) 887-1647 ext. 122, MichelleG@FFTfoodbank.org.

Eating with friends

WHAT IS DINING OUT FOR LIFE?

Dining Out For Life® is an annual fundraising event involving generous community participation of patrons, volunteers, corporate sponsors, and restaurants, including breweries, coffee shops, bakeries, and more. The concept is simple: restaurants donate a generous percent of their event day sales to Food For Thought, and in turn, Food For Thought works to fill participating restaurants with patrons.

Participating is easy! Find a location from the list of participating businesses, then Dine Out or Take Out on December 4 to support Food For Thought and our mission to foster health and healing with food and compassion.

DONATE for a chance TO WIN!

Donate $35 or more to Food For Thought to receive a bonus entry and a 20% Off Tuesdays Card!

20% Off Tuesdays Card valid in 2026 and will arrive via mail in January.

DRAWING PRIZES

Food For Thought is grateful to our community partners for donations of gift cards and generous support.

$500 GIFT CARD TO OLIVER’S MARKET

DINE AROUND SONOMA COUNTY

One (1) winner will receive ten (10) restaurant gift cards ($300+ value). 

DRIVE + DINE AROUND SONOMA COUNTY

Six (6) winners will receive a Rotten Robbie gas card + three (3) restaurant gift cards ($150+ value).

Restaurant gift cards vary per prize package, selected from the following generous locations: A La Heart Kitchen, Baci Cafe & Wine Bar, Baked on the River, Brew Coffee Bar and Taproom, Brothers Cafe, Canneti Roadhouse Italiana, COOKIE…take a bite!, Cozy Plum, Dinucci’s Restaurant, Drewish Deli, East West Café, Ginochio’s Kitchen, Handline, Hole in the Wall, Griffo Distillery, Lo & Behold Bar + Kitchen, Mi Pueblo El Centro, Moxie’s Frozen Yogurt, Namaste Kitchen, O & C China Bistro, Retrograde Coffee Roasters, Rialto Cinemas, Russian River Vineyards, Sazón Peruvian Cuisine, Sonoma Pizza Co., Sunshine Coffee Roasters, Sushi Tozai, Sweet T’s Restaurant + Bar, Tea Room Cafe, Terrapin Creek, The Spinster Sisters, The Twins Restaurant, Umé Japanese Bistro, Warm Puppy Cafe, and Zoftig Eatery

GRIFFO DISTILLERY TOUR & TASTING FOR SIX (6)

Two (2) winners. Must be 21 years of age to win. ($240 value)

GUERNEVILLE GETAWAY

Two-night stay at r3 Hotel with brunch for two (2) at Baked on the River ($650+ value)

ONE MONTH OF WEEKLY FEED BINS

Multi-farm produce box from FEED Sonoma Cooperative ($175 value)

FOUR (4) SINGLE DAY PASSES TO THE RIVER ELECTRIC SWIM CLUB

Located in Guerneville, valid during the 2026 season. ($150 value)

CRIMINAL PIE & PANTRY COOKING CLASS

($125 value)

$100 GIFT CARD TO COMMUNITY MARKET

Winners randomly selected on December 12. Entries must be received by December 10, 2025. 

While a donation is not required to enter drawing, funds raised help feed your Sonoma County neighbors in need. 
To enter the drawing without donating to feed your neighbors, online entry will be available on the day of the event, December 4, 2025.

For more info and participating restaurants, go to: https://fftfoodbank.org/dining-out-for-life/

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SRJC: SNAP/Cal Fresh pause. Get Support or Give Support

The SRJC Student Resource Centers have been working towards developing a plan to address the pause on SNAP (Cal Fresh) benefits and to mitigate the impact on our students.

As such, the following strategies are in place, allowing SRJC to come together in support.

  • In anticipation of a strain on local food banks, we are coordinating the SRJC Community Food Drive.
    • To ensure this effort provides the ability for students to prepare meals at home, we are asking for donations of items matching those listed here. Food Drive drop-off locations:
  • Petaluma Campus: Welcome & Connect Center in Building 500
  • Roseland: Building N Room 682
  • Santa Rosa Campus : Student Life Desk on the First Floor Bartolini
  • If you would like to support our efforts to increase food distribution to students through a monetary donation, you can make a gift online via the SRJC Foundation.
  • The Santa Rosa Campus, SRJC Roseland, and SRJC Petaluma Basic Needs will ensure their food pantries, and food distributions are increased.
  • Santa Rosa Campus food kiosk hours are found here.
  • SRJC Roseland hours are found here.
  • SRJC Petaluma Campus pantry hours are found here, and upcoming Free Farmer’s Market dates are found here.
  • PSTC, Shone Farm, and Online students should email socialwork@santarosa.edu for alternative locations if those listed do not work.
  • Services have been increased to provide grocery cards to students directly impacted by the SNAP (Cal Fresh) pause.
  • Grocery cards will be distributed to students who are SNAP (Cal Fresh) recipients by location. Students must bring proof of Cal Fresh eligibility such as their EBT card.
  • The Petaluma Welcome & Connect Center is distributing to students who are enrolled in SRJC Petaluma courses. Students can drop in during the following hours:
  • Mondays 1-3:30pm
  • Tuesdays 8:30-10am
  • Wednesdays 10am-12pm
  • Thursdays 1-3:30pm
  • If none of these times work please email petalumawelcome@santarosa.edu
  • SRJC Roseland hours are to be determined. Students who are enrolled in SRJC Roseland will receive direct notification.
  • The Santa Rosa Student Resource Center is distributing grocery cards at the following locations and hours:
  • Santa Rosa Campus
    • Mondays – 12:30-2pm at the Student Resource Center
    • Tuesdays – 2-4pm at the Student Resource Center
    • Wednesdays – 9-10am at the Student Resource Center AND 2-5pm at Shone Farm
    • Thursdays – 9:30-11am at EOPS office (ask for Carri)
  • Public Safety Training Center
  • Thursday, noon- 1 pm
  • Shone Farm
  • Wednesday 2-5pm
  • If none of these times work please email socialwork@santarosa.edu
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