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The Living Room Life Center Opening
The Living Room Life Center Opening March 15, 2022 The Living Room Center, Inc. is pleased to announce the opening of its new day center specifically designed for women and children experiencing, or at-risk of experiencing, homelessness. The grand opening for services...
Popular thrift pop-up may become permanent in Santa Rosa
The Living Room, a Santa Rosa nonprofit that supports women and children in need, raised $10,713.50 over three days during its first Thrift and Thrive pop-up sale, held Jan. 23-25 at New Vintage Church in Santa Rosa. The event, which offered donated clothing, shoes,...
Local Nonprofit Designs Spaces for People in Need
There is absolutely tons of science behind (the importance of) living in a space that is soothing and comfortable,” says interior designer Natasha Stocker. This concept could apply to the residential and commercial design work done by Stocker’s Santa Rosa-based firm,...
The Living Room unveils new housing for homeless women
The Living Room, a nonprofit serving homeless women and their children in Sonoma County, on Friday unveiled a new home in Santa Rosa that will offer a temporary, supportive housing as soon as next month to one mother and her child. Cindy Pasko, Living Room executive...
The Living Room lifts spirits of Sonoma County’s homeless
There are moments when Celeste Austin feels compelled to bring some levity to her workplace, like when she showed up as her very own fictional character, Penny-Pinching Peppermint Patty. It was Halloween, and she was in full costume, outrageously attired in a special...
‘Hope and Belonging’ art exhibit in Healdsburg benefits women and children in crisis
Art Gives — a new initiative that connects artists and collectors with charities — made its debut with the “Hope and Belonging” exhibit, which ran Dec. 6–19 at Gallery 300 in Healdsburg, featuring eight artists and earning hundreds of dollars from sales of artwork....
Spring Lake Middle School students answer call to help homeless
Over 100 emails were sent to state Sen. Mike McGuire’s office from Spring Lake Middle School eighth graders with a question: How can we help community members experiencing homelessness? The letters, sent in November as part of a class project, inspired McGuire,...
Fundraising concert for the Living Room held at the Phoenix Theater
Four local music acts came together at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma on Friday to play a benefit concert for the Living Room, a nonprofit organization that provides services for homeless women and children. The all-ages show was organized by a 13-year-old Santa Rosa...
Interfaith coalition calls for public fast in solidarity with Sonoma County’s homeless population
The people fasted when the rain didn’t fall. The people fasted when an army invasion came. The people fasted when pestilence ravaged their community. This was the ancient practice of Jewish communities that Rabbi Irwin Keller had read about. So, after witnessing the...