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Mardi Gras Casino Night - February 18
Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2011
Please save the date for this FUNdrasier for Food For Thought coming up in February.
You are invited to join the Rotary Club of Sebastopol Sunrise and the famous Russian River Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence for a unique West County celebration of Mardi Gras – a Casino Night on Saturday, February 18th featuring games, delicious Cajun food and Mardi Gras themed cocktails, live... Read more
How you can help for the Holidays!
Posted on Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Now is the season for giving and we have three very popular GIFT PROGRAMS that might interest you:
Premium Wine Gift Packs
Food For Thought’s premium wine gift box program was begun by winemaker and Food For Thought supporter, Parke Hafner, in 1992. Now in its 19th year, these beautiful gift boxes contain two bottles of fine wine and are... Read more
Sonoma County loves Dining Out for Life!
Posted on Tuesday, November 1, 2011
You are invited to join in the fun and dine out on Thursday, December 1st, at one of your favorite restaurants. Eighty Sonoma County restaurants will donate 25 or 50 percent of their sales to Food For Thought that day, which happens to also be World AIDS Day. The event's slogan is "... Read more
Friends at the Table
Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Summertime is coming and that means fun! We invite you to participate in a new event being planned as a benefit for Food For Thought called "Friends at the Table." Our goal is simple: party with our friends and keep food on the table of people living with HIV/AIDS in Sonoma County.
Friends at the Table is ten days of private events - dinners, pool parties, BBQ's,... Read more
Rodney DeMartini and Frederick Kasl — Our Volunteers of the Year for 2011! It takes Two!
Posted on Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Each year the staff at Food For Thought gather to choose a volunteer who exemplifies the spirit, devotion and commitment of our crew of over 500 volunteers. This is never an easy task because we have the best volunteers in Sonoma County. How to select just one from the hundreds of hard-working folks who keep our doors open every day, our events staffed, and... Read more
In Honor of John Russell Wherritt 1932-2011
Posted on Sunday, May 15, 2011
John Russell Wherritt of Sebastopol and San Francisco passed away peacefully at his home on April 15, 2011 from complications due to Parkinson's Disease. Born in Salt Lake City to Dr. Joseph Russell Wherritt and Lucille Raddatz Wherritt, his father was a well-known and respected obstetrician-gynecologist who delivered approximately 20,000 babies and also founded the Intermountain... Read more
Our 2010 Volunteer of the Year is Sandy Younglove
Posted on Saturday, January 8, 2011
Those who can, do. Those who can do more, volunteer.
Here at Food For Thought we are blessed to have the gift of hundreds of the best volunteers in Sonoma County, bar none. We could not open our doors without our volunteers. Thanks to the wealth of talent that we have in our little corner of the world, it is especially difficult to select one volunteer who stands out, who... Read more
Hiking the Highlands for Project Africa
Posted on Thursday, September 9, 2010
Our own Connie Beall is walking 96 miles across Scotland to raise needed funds for Project Africa. She will walk with her brother Scott across Scotland’s first official long distance route linking Milngavie to... Read more