WOMEN TRANSFORMING SONOMA COUNTY THROUGH COLLECTIVE PHILANTHROPY | JANUARY 2021 | ISSUE 40
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The Marketing Committee has been hard at work in 2020!
Be sure and check out our updated website!
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General Membership Meeting - February 9 - 5:30 p.m. |
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Our first Member Meeting of 2021 will take place via Zoom on February 9, 2021. The Liaison Committee and the Racial Equity Study Group have planned a full and stimulating agenda. Our 2019 Impact Grant winner, Forget Me Not Farm Children's Services, will update us on the innovative ways they have used their Impact Grant funds during the challenges of the COVID pandemic. Additionally, Facilitator Sharon Keating will lead us through a thought-provoking program on the Importance of Values in our organization, including the personal values of our members.
Prospective members are welcome to attend but must be registered in advance to receive the ZOOM link. Members and Guests can register using the Registration Link here.
Because time is very tight for this meeting, members are asked to email questions regarding Forget Me Not Farm Children's Services in advance (on or before February 5) to the Liaison Committee.
We sincerely hope that we will be able to hold in-person meetings later this year, once the COVID-19 vaccine is administered to the general population. In the meantime, thank you for registering and for your continued involvement. Please stay tuned!
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4Cs (Community Child Care Council of Sonoma County) - 2020 Impact Grant Winner
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Liaison leaders had the pleasure of meeting Melanie Dodson, Executive Director, and her staff in December. They are all delightful women who share a long history and passion for their work with 4Cs. They were excited to tell us that 2022 is their 50th anniversary and would be looking to Impact 100 Redwood Circle for volunteer help to plan the celebration.
Child care is now widely recognized as a critical need to ensure a successful future for us and our community. The Child Care Initiative Program (CCIP) that we funded will provide training and support to individuals who want to open and operate a licensed family child care business. Ashley Chavez, a 19-year veteran at 4 Cs and Quality Counts Program Director, heads up this program and is planning a 5-week long training session beginning in January. By March we should have our first report.
CCIP is an ongoing program and has received enthusiastic feedback from the local child care licensing division, “… I’ve licensed several providers during this pandemic who have worked with you (4Cs) and they all had great things to say about you and your team. In addition, their homes were all in tip top shape during the pre-licensing walk through, making my job very easy. So, thank you!”
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Membership - Cocktails and Conversation - February 25 - 5:30 p.m. |
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Calling ALL members…we need YOU to help us fill those Zoom squares at our first 2021 Cocktails and Conversation on Feb. 25 at 5:30 p.m.! The personal touch is the SINGLE most effective new member recruitment tool we have. Please invite colleagues, neighbors and friends who might be interested in learning more about Impact 100 RC. The more members we have, the more grants we will be able to make to our community nonprofit organizations at a time when so many are in dire need of help. Registration opens Feb 11. Questions? Email Impact 100 Membership Committee
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Spotlight on the Intersection of Business and Philanthropy |
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January 26, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. Guests are welcome. Advance registration is required and is available here.
Our featured speaker is Ronit Rubinoff, the Executive Director of Legal Aid of Sonoma Count. Ms. Rubinoff is the third speaker in our series of dynamic women whose individual career growth contributes to the community's overall well being.
Ms. Rubinoff has marked her own career course in ensuring access to justice for the most vulnerable – low-income families, single mothers with children and the elderly. As the Executive Director of Legal Aid of Sonoma County for 15 years, Ms. Rubinoff has led the organization with the help of dedicated boards, staff and volunteers to provide justice for thousands in Sonoma County.
In 2005, Ms. Rubinoff was a transplant to Sonoma County as a poverty law attorney with no business experience and few community connections. She has become a well-respected community leader and is currently managing a staff of 30. As many as 3,000 children and 2,000 adults are provided with crisis legal needs each year including: domestic violence, child and elder abuse, low-income housing, disaster recovery and legal obstacles to heath and employment.
Ms. Rubinoff has been recognized for her leadership role by the North Bay Business Journal and was selected in 2017 as the Woman of the Year by Congressman Mike Thompson. We are looking forward to hearing her insights and a behind-the-scene look at one of our 2020 grant finalists.
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Opportunities to Support our Grantees |
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Feed Donations for Forget Me Not Farm's Animals
The annual feed bill at Forget Me Not Farm is $20,000 and they could use a little help. Donations may be made on their website with a notation it is for animal feed. By sending a check to Forget Me Not Farm Children's Services, 5345 Highway 12 West, Santa Rosa, CA 95407 and indicate it is for feed. Or by donating directly to one of their feed stores (Western Farm Center, Frizelle Enos in Penngrove or Rivertown in Petaluma) using a credit card over the phone and the credit will be added to their account.
Prepare a Warm Meal for Reach for Home Clients (2020 Community Grant Recipient)
Imagine that the temperature has dropped below 37 degrees and/or it's raining - and you're among the unsheltered in Sonoma County. Fortunately, if you're in north county, you can count on a hot meal at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. If you would like to volunteer to provide that meal for 6-8 people, please email Laurie for the details.
SOX Drive for Reach for Home - Calling all Impact 100 Redwood Circle Members!
Keeping feet dry and warm is so important to the health and wellness of our unsheltered community especially during the cold and rainy season. The need is greater for men's sizes, but women's sizes are needed as well. SOX donations will enable the Reach for Home Street Outreach team to have socks on hand when they visit encampments throughout north Sonoma County.
If you would like to participate, please deliver new, warm sox between now and January 31 to:
Sharon Beckman, 3188 Old Ranch Rd., S R 95405
Barbara Hopp, 440 Trail Ridge Pl. (Oakmont) 95409
Leave them on the porch is the designated boxes.
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