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Tickets on sale now!  A Garden Party at the McDonald Mansion – A Fundraiser for The Living Room, Sunday, June 10, 2012, 2:00pm to 4:30pm.

The Living Room is hosting an old-fashioned Garden Party and the public is invited!   Spend the afternoon in the beautiful gardens of the historic McDonald Mansion enjoying champagne, wine, hors d’oeuvres and The American Philharmonic String Quartet.

Wear your favorite garden party hat, or check out the hat-making classes at Portobello Hats (707.528.HATS) and create your own!  The event will be held in a spectacular garden setting at the most beautiful time of year.   A special silent auction and raffle will be offered

Tickets are $100 – Purchase tickets through BROWN PAPER TICKETS at:  1.800.838.3006 – Ext 1, or online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/235780.

The McDonald Mansion is located at 1015 McDonald Avenue, Santa Rosa.  100% of the proceeds from ticket sales go directly to The Living Room, thanks to our underwriters:  Codding Foundation, Exchange Bank, Dr. David Noorthoek, North Coast Tile & Stone, Warner Custom Homes, and Webley Foundation.

May 5, 2012

THANK YOU to everyone who joined us on Saturday, May 5th for The Human Race!  We are grateful to the teams who walked and collected pledges, and to the sponsors who generously made donations by mail or online at our Human Race website:  www.humanracenow.org/goto/thelivingroom.

THANK YOU to our Restaurant Sponsor Roberto’s Trattoria Lupo for sponsoring us on April 29th!  Many of our volunteers and supporters enjoyed fine dining at Roberto’s, and the proceeds for the evening were donated to The Living Room through the Human Race.

Donations can still be made, and walker pledge money should be turned in to The Living Room by no later than May 23.  To date, we have raised $10,456.66 from this event – final tally on May 23rd.  Until then, you can still help us reach our goal of $15,000 by donating online at our TLR Human Race website!

Mission:

The Mission of The Living Room is to ease adversity and promote stability, dignity and self-reliance for women and children who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness, in Sonoma County.

The Third Annual Stroller Drive to help mothers of The Living Room is over and was a terrific success! A HUGE thanks to Community First for partnering with us for this event. Strollers are the single most critical and consistent need of the women and children who are helped at The Living Room. Call 579-0138 for more information.

Thank you to all of our supporters for joining us at the screening of A Christmas Story at the 6th Street Playhouse. Great fun was had by all! And much needed funds were raised for The Living Room programs.

The Living Room would like to express our deep gratitude to all of our friends and supporters who came out to Field Stone Winery on Sunday, September 18th. It was a delightful day in the Alexander Valley with delicious food, fine wines and pleasant company. Special thanks to Sylvia Strong and Patsy Daniels as co-chairs of the event, and Caroline Banuelos as key staff support. Also to our underwriters, our winery donors, and food donors. We are very grateful for your generosity. On behalf of the women and children of The Living Room, we thank you.

The Living Room extends heartfelt appreciation to the Bank of America Charitable Foundation and North Coast Bank for each supporting our mission through $10,000 grants which support program services for women and children who are homeless or precariously housed in Sonoma County.



Heavenly Treasures is a thrift store in Santa Rosa providing low cost and free clothing and household items with 90% of their profits donated to social services and justice work. Heavenly Treasurers also directly supports The Living Room with clothing vouchers and new items such as umbrellas, hats and gloves. In 2010, Heavenly Treasurers gave an amazing amount of clothes to program participants – the equivalent of a shirt, pair of pants, shoes and coat to 1,911 women! ~~”We are happy and proud to serve the women of The Living Room and look forward to working closely with TLR in 2011!” ~~ Signe Sugiyama, Manager Heavenly Treasures