Good News
Celebrating Connection, Community & Collective Giving
The Living Room: Where Women Rise & Communities Thrive
We’re delighted to turn the spotlight to highlight The Living Room, the recipient of our very first grant in 2023. We are grateful for the work they do to support women in our community and are proud they were our very first grant gifted!
An Evening in Oz to Support Local Kids in Foster Care
On Saturday night we were thrilled to sponsor and attend Our Village Closet’s annual fundraiser to raise money to bring hope, joy, and belonging for children in need.
Fall Community & Connections
October has been a busy month for Santa Rosa Women for Good!
Fall 2025 Newsletter
2025 has been a big year for us! We’d like to share some updates of what we have been up to and the impact we have had thus far.
Ruthless Kindness: Spreading Compassion
Based right here in Sonoma County, Ruthless Kindness is doing exactly what their name suggests: showing up with relentless compassion for both people and animals in crisis.
Women in Conversation
This week we had the pleasure of attending the Experience Fair at the Women in Conversation event at Sonoma State’s Green Music Center.
Amplifying Our Impact: SR Women for Good Selected for Grant
We are very excited to announce that we have received a grant through the Close the Gap campaign, a national initiative by Grapevine and the Nextdoor Foundation to support local nonprofits making a big difference in their communities.
Waterfront Celebration of Our Summer Grant
On Wednesday evening, members of Santa Rosa Women for Good came together at our monthly social mixer to celebrate our Summer grant award. We were so excited to present a check for $5000 to the wonderful folks at Ruthless Kindness!
Common Ground: Creating Belonging
We’re excited to shine a spotlight on Common Ground Society, the recipient of our Spring 2025 grant. This incredible organization is creating meaningful, lasting change right here in our community, and we couldn’t be more proud to support their mission.
Wednesday Taco Social
This month our group held our social at Mitote Food Park where we were able to enjoy drinks, wonderful food and excellent company!
Trivia Night
For our June social, some of our members met up at Barrel Brothers Brewing Company in Windsor to chat about our upcoming donation cycle and play trivia. Such a fun evening with a lovely group of women!
Celebrating our Spring 2025 Grant
Last night we were thrilled to celebrate our Spring 2025 grant recipient Common Ground Society at our monthly social and present them with our $5,000 grant. Common Ground Society does incredible work promoting belonging and inclusion while supporting kids, families sand the whole community.
Blowing Bubbles & Breaking Down Barriers
This past weekend some of our members were excited to get to volunteer at Inclusive Compass' 2025 Inclusion Festival in Petaluma!
Supporting NorCal Public Media
Sunday night a group of our members worked the phones for the NorCal Public Media’s Bay Area Travel & Wine Auction, collecting bid donations from callers all over the Bay Area.
Milestone: $50k
We have hit a big milestone: Santa Rosa Women for Good has donated over $50,000 to local non-profit organizations!
Stocking the Shelves at Our Village Closet
We were excited to get to participate in a volunteer day for Our Village Closet over the weekend. Our Village Closet (OVC) is a resource center for youth impacted by foster care in Sonoma County, providing essential supplies and a safe community space where dignity is always prioritized. Youth and their caregivers are able to go to OVC to shop for free for essentials that they need and to find a community of support.
Walking for Good with the Zane Templin Foundation
Santa Rosa Women for Good was proud to walk with the Zane Templin Foundation at the Out of Darkness suicide prevention walk today at Sonoma State. The Zane Templin Foundation was founded by SR Women for Good member Fran Templin in honor of her son Zane. Their organization works tirelessly all year to bring mental health services and suicide prevention to those in need in Sonoma County. We are proud to continue to be able to support their amazing work and for the opportunity for some of our group members to spend a bright Saturday morning together for a good cause.
Wrapping Up 2024
Santa Rosa Women for Good has established an annual tradition of selecting families in need to purchase holiday gifts for and this year we were thrilled to be able to complete the wish lists for two local families. Our ladies got together tonight for a fun holiday social and to wrap gifts together at our final meeting of the year. Cheers to the close of an incredible year of community!
Giving in 2024
This Giving Tuesday we would like to share the organizations that Santa Rosa Women for Good has supported in 2024. All of these non-profits are doing incredible work and we were grateful to be able to support them this year with grants from our giving circle. If you are looking for amazing community driven organizations to gift with a donation today, any of these groups would be excellent to consider.
High Heels for Hope
Santa Rosa Women for Good was proud to sponsor The Zane Templin Foundation’s High Heels For Hope fundraiser this past Saturday. Not only was this event in support of an extremely important cause, but it was a lovely evening showcasing the power of togetherness. The Zane Templin Foundation is doing incredible work in Sonoma County supporting mental health and bringing hope to those affected by suicide and we are grateful to get to support them in their mission. “Replace the I with WE, illness becomes wellness.”