December 7, 2025

Hands-On Christmas Cookie Baking Workshops at Orinda Community Center

Registration is open!

January 31, 2026

Annual meeting

All event times listed are in Pacific Time

Hands-On Christmas Cookie Baking

and Decorating Classes

Sunday, December 7, 2025

Two sessions offered @ 1:30pm & 3:00pm

Orinda Community Center

There will be two one-hour sessions.

Both sessions are suitable for kids, but parents must be there with their children:

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Orinda Community Center

28 Orinda Way, Orinda CA

Please make sure you register for the time you want to attend.

• Class is suitable for children, but parents must be there with them.

• Please register every person who will be attending.

• If your plans change, please let us know; space is limited, so that somebody else can go! sokolsfevents@gmail.com



We will work with traditional Czech Christmas cookies, like linecké cookies, gingerbread cookies, and vanilkové rohlíčky cookies.

Everyone will leave with baked goodies and in a festive mood!

Wear comfortable clothing which you do not mind

getting some flour, sugar, or frosting on :-)

Please plan to arrive 10 minutes before the beginning of class so we can start the class on time! Thank you.

Suggested donation is $10 per person.

CASH preferred.

PayPal or Venmo will also be accepted and appreciated.

NOTE: we will also be working with nuts.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE REGISTERING FOR THE TIME SLOT

YOU WANT TO ATTEND

Mark your calendar for our Annual Meeting!

January 31, 2026



place and time will be announced in our January Newsletter

Recap of Our Past Events

Sokol San Francisco Monthly Hikes

Briones Reservoir

Saturday November 1, 2025 @ 10 am

What a way to start November!

The weather was beautiful and warm, just perfect for a few hours in the nature.

This lake provides some beautiful views and is never crowded, if you have not czeched it out yet, I recommend it :-).

After our hike we went to get coffee in Orinda and enjoyed each other's stories.

I am looking forward to the next hike!

Rusalka

April 24th 2026 at 7:30pm and 26th at 2:00pm

The Gallo Center, Foster Family Theater in Modesto. 

Rusalka is a spellbinding Czech opera by Antonín Dvořák, based in part on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid. It has many similarities with the Disney variation on the story, paired with a tragic ending. The story tells the tale of a water nymph who trades her ethereal voice for a human form to win the love of a prince. When her dream turns into rejection, betrayal and tragedy follow. The opera’s most unforgettable moment is the haunting aria “Song to the Moon”, where Rusalka pleads with the moon to carry her love to the prince. With themes of forbidden love and sacrifice, paired with profoundly beautiful music, Rusalka is a dark fairy tale steeped in magic, longing, and tragedy. In Czech with English supertitles. Join us to experience a fateful love that awakens from the depths of a forest lake.

Czech That Film!

Filmový festival bez červeného koberce, cen i paparazzi

Festival Czech That Film už více než deset let představuje českou kinematografii americkému publiku. Bez pompézních ceremonií, ale s důrazem na kvalitu a autenticitu, se stal důležitou platformou pro propagaci české kultury v USA i Kanadě.

Summer Program:

Cross-Cultural Pathways for Young Leaders



Cross Cultural Pathways for Young Leaders is a 12-day, all-inclusive program in Prague, Czech Republic designed for young people aged 16-22 with Czech heritage or an interest in learning more about Czech culture and studying in CZ. 

Cross-Cultural Pathways is designed for students with Czech heritage or an interest in Czech culture, language, and history. Over the course of the program, students explore the Czech Republic and dive deeply into intercultural communication and leadership, all while having fun and making new connections.

Petra Kupská, the Entrepreneur Teaching the World How to to Cook Like Czechs

Petra Kupská is an entrepreneurial Czech mum-of-two from the northern Czech town of Chrastava near the Polish-German tripoint. Her English-language website, Cook Like Czechs, has become a hit for many people around the world interested in Czech cuisine, particularly those with Czech roots. 

Have You Renewed Your Sokol San Francisco

Membership Yet?

2026 membership dues are $45 and are due by December 31, 2025.

Thank you all who have already renewed! What a great response we had!

You will be entered into a drawing for $10 Starbucks gift card!

Five lucky winner will be drawn!

Drawing will be held at our Annual Meeting.

The date and location of our Annual meeting are yet to be determined.

Our organization is run fully by volunteers with their families, jobs, and lives.

Make it easier for them and renew on time!

Think about volunteering, too!

Thank you.

We now accept PayPal & Venmo in addition to a mailed check.

Please follow these steps to renew easily:

A) renew online via PayPal or Venmo.

Go to your PayPal or Venmo account.

• Send your payment recipient on Paypal: sokolsfpay@gmail.com
• Send your payment recipient on Venmo: @Sokol-SF

Remember to include the full names of all members for whom you are sending payment in the message field. If your address, phone number, and/or email have changed, please add that information as well.

B) renew via mail

using the paper renewal form and a check made out to "Sokol SF".

Download, print, fill out the paper renewal form and mail form, and check to:

Sokol SF, P.O. Box 5252, Walnut Creek, CA 94596

BENEFITS OF SOKOL SF MEMBERSHIP:

• Event Discounts
• Preferred seating at events
• Complimentary T-shirt at our annual Sokolsky Beh Republiky
• Pre-registration at popular events e.g. our Christmas caroling event and winery visits
• Financial stipend to attend American &/or CZ Slets & Festivals
• Monthly newsletter
• Networking opportunities
• Access to educational & cultural programs
• Creating Czech connections
• Opportunities to practice Czech language skills
• Opportunity to earn a scholarship for the Czech School of California tuition
• Financial support toward entry fees to select events
• Lunch at our Annual Meeting
• ....and more

If you have membership questions, please email Jara Dusatko at sokolsf@gmail.com