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This is a great way to show your support for the Club and have tons of fun. All you can eat salad, bread, pasta & crab. Table decorating contest, silent & dessert auction, raffle and dancing. :) One great big party with over 900 in attendance.
by Sharon Somogyi
This is a Fun-Rasier and party to acknowledge all the Nonprofit Agencies in the Napa Valley. Friday December 4, 6-10:30 pm. Enjoy a BBQ tri-tip dinner with the works, Rock and Roll Dancing by F.O.G ( Randy Snowden’s band, who is Director of Napa County Health and Human Services). Tickets, which include dinner and dancing are $20.00 pp for members of the Coalition and $50.00 pp for supporters. Opportunity Drawing and other surprises. Contact: Suzanne Shiff, Executive Director, NVCNPA. 707-738-7958
by suzanne shiff
Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 7:15-8:45 a.m.
This annual event honors ordinary people displaying extraordinary compassion. A powerful video and a delicious breakfast highlight the morning. The event benefits the local disaster relief fund and other essential Red Cross services. Sponsors and table captains receive various benefits; contact Robert Henning, 707-577-7627 to support this trusted charity at the year’s most satisfying morning event.
by Ellen Maremont Silver
Third Annual Fundraising Concert featuring world-class opera singers, professional musicians and students of the Napa Valley Youth Symphony and Sinfonia. Sponsor tickets include pre-event reception with Wine and Food. Concert 7:30 pm. Contact: Kim Teevan kteevan@pacbell.net 415-731-5539
by Kim Teevan
Come help us light the redwood trees in Old Courthouse Square, a traditional going back over 25 years in downtown Santa Rosa. Santa Rosa Children’s Chorus helps us celebrate the season with old time carols. Adding to the festivities are children’s activities, a storyteller, Santa Claus, hot chocolate, eggnog, cookies and the lighting of the candles to remember those we love, all free to the public starting at 5 pm on Friday, November 27th in Courthouse Square.
by Lucy Barnett
First Saturday Cleanup
Join Chop’s and the Community Clean Water Institute on the first Saturday of each month to learn how to test stream flow while doing helpful creek clean-up. You will gain rewarding work experience and after the work is done, lunch will be provided back at Chop’s! For more information contact Diana Curtin at 707-284-2467 x12 or at dianac@chopsonline.com
November 7 – December 5, 2009 every Saturday.
10:00am-3:00pm
by Dax Talbert
Santa’s Shoebox Wrapping Parties
Join our Monday night wrapping parties at Chop’s to ensure every child who needs a shoebox full of supplies gets one! Santa’s Shoe Boxes is a project focused on the needs of homeless and foster care children in Sonoma County. Last year over 2300 shoe boxes were filled with gifts wrapped and donated to local children! For more information contact Diana Curtin at 707-284-2467 x12 or at dianac@chopsonline.com
November 2, 2009 – December 14, 2009 every Monday.
5:00pm-7:00pm
by Dax Talbert
Become a Barista
Want to be a barista? Join us for a series of four workshops featuring employable skills for a coffee shop. Workshops will include how to get a barista job, great customer service skills, steaming, frothing, preparing hot/cold drinks and latte art. For more information contact Melissa Stewart at 707-284-2467 x17.
November 10, 2009 – November 19, 2009
4:00m-6:00pm
Tuesdays & Thursdays
December 1, 2009 – December 10, 2009
4:00m-6:00pm
Tuesdays & Thursdays
by Dax Talbert
Chop’s Culinary Programs
Chop’s teaching kitchen provides the space and equipment to provide culinary instruction starting with getting used being in the kitchen, to basic meal preparation, cooking and serving, to providing employable skills. Contact Melissa Stewart at 707-284-2467 x17 or at melissac@chopsonline.com
Thanksgiving Readiness-Potatoes
Friday November 6, 2009
4:00-6:00pm
$20
Thanksgiving Readiness-Veggies
Friday November 13, 2009
4:00-6:00pm
$20
Thanksgiving Readiness-Pumpkin Pie
Friday November 20, 2009
4:00-6:00pm
$20
Holiday Favorites-Fudge & Cookies
Friday December 4, 2009
4:00-6:00pm
$20
Holiday Favorites-Gingerbread
Friday December 11, 2009
4:00-6:00pm
$20
Holiday Favorites-Gifts from the
Friday December 18, 2009
4:00-6:00pm
$20
by Dax Talbert
Rock Guitar Lessons
Learn the fundamentals of rock guitar playing while working on the songs of your choice. Guitar instructor Brodie Cumming will help you get started playing real songs from the first lesson meeting. Topics will range from basic technique and musicianship to playing in a band and writing original music. Electric and acoustic guitars will be provided as supply allows. Contact Diana Curtin at 707-284-2467 x12 for more information.
November 3 – November 17, 2009
4:00-5:00pm
Every Tuesday
by Dax Talbert
Chop’s Jam Band
Join us for open jam sessions and create original music instantly! Add some percussion to a Latin jam, freestyle to a hip-hop jam, strum along to a blues rock jam, or experiment with a new style, anything goes. Instruments, microphones, and amplification will be provided. For more information contact Diana Curtin at 707-284-2467 x12 or at dianac@chopsonline.com
November 5 – December 17, 2009
4:00-6:00pm
Every Thursday
by Dax Talbert
Hip Hop Dance (Beginning & Advance Sessions)
Watch out now! For those of you who would like to take your dance ability and step it up a notch, this is your chance. This hip hop dance class will provide you with hip hop dance technique along with some break dancing too. A dynamic combination will be learned and performed. Let’s bust it! Contact Diana Curtin for more information at 707-284-2467 x12 or at dianac@chopsonline.com
November 9 – December 28, 2009
4:00-5:30pm
Every Monday
by Dax Talbert
Teen Improv
Join us for these free improvisational comedy workshops for teens! Actor and Director Jeffrey Weissman will lead theater games and teach the basics of improvisational comedy. At the end, participants will put on a fun performance for family and friends at Chop’s. Space is limited so sign up today!! Contact Diana Curtin at 707-284-2467 x12 or at dianac@chopsonline.com
November 5 -November 19, 2009
4:00-6:00pm
Every Thursday
by Dax Talbert
Rockwall
Test your ability to climb Chop’s rock wall in our state of the art gym! Bring your friends to Chop’s and join our certified belayer every Monday on our fantastic multi-level rock wall. Contact Diana Curtin for more information at 707-284-2467 x12 or at dianac@chopsonline.com
November 2 – December 28, 2009
4:00-5:00pm
Every Monday
by Dax Talbert
Dog Care & Agility Training
The Bergin University of Canine Studies (BUCS) is bringing their dogs to Chop’s! Join us for some hands-on experience working with dogs. Instruction on caring for, grooming, and handling the dogs will happen at Chop’s with special field trips to BUCS for agility training. Transportation to and from BUCS will be provided. For more information please contact Diana Curtin at 707-284-2467 x12 or at dianac@chopsonline.com
November 3 – December 3, 2009
3:15-4:15pm
Every Tuesday & Thursday
by Dax Talbert
LAN Party
Bring your own computer or use one of ours for a fun gaming party. Pizza and soda will be provided and prizes will be awarded for the winners of the tournaments. Counterstrike and Starcraft are some of the games that will be played. For more information please contact Diana Curtin at 707-284-2467 x12 or at dianac@chopsonline.com
November 13, 2009
6:00-11:00pm
December 11, 2009
6:00-11:00pm
by Dax Talbert
Napa Humane’s 7th Annual “Cause for the Paws” benefit will be held on Sunday, July 25th, 2010, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. at The Grove at Silverado Resort, located at 1600 Atlas Peak Road in Napa, California. “Cause for the Paws” will feature outstanding food and wine from the Napa Valley, live music, along with a live and silent auction offering outstanding opportunities to obtain some incredible items, including exclusive Wine Country experiences, getaways, hard-to-get Napa Valley wines and more. In addition, the Napa Humane Mobile Adoption Unit will be on hand for the opportunity to meet adorable adoptable animals.
by Jennifer Smith
Don’t miss the annual lighting of the holiday tree in Downtown Healdsburg’s Plaza on Sunday November 29 at 5 pm. Family friendly festivities include carols from Good Sheppard Choir, the Healdsburg/Windsor Children’s Community Choir, card decorating, quilt raffle, hot chocolate and cookies from Soroptimists and eggnog from Clover Stornetta. Remember the important things in life, meet neighbors and friends. A 25 year tradition for Sutter VNA & Hospice
by Lucy Barnett
A fun community event celebrating the holiday season in Sebastopol. Family friendly festivities include Santa Claus, entertainment, refreshments, holiday card making, cookie decorating, eggnogg from Clover Stornetta. Candle lighting ceremony will remember those we have lost or those far away this holiday season. Free to the public
by Lucy Barnett