On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, June 12 to 14, the Redwood Empire Food Bank and the Network for a Healthy California—Children’s Power Play! Campaign are teaming up to launch a fun-filled and informative kickoff for REFB’s ConAgra Foods Foundation Hunger-Free Summer Program which provides free meals, all summer long, to low-income children throughout Sonoma County. The three kickoff events will be held in Petaluma, Santa Rosa and Rohnert Park (see schedule below) and include: Redwood Empire Food Bank will be… Read More »

Mother Nature provided some beautiful weather for the Santa Rosa Earth Day festival yesterday in downtown’s Courthouse Square. The festival featured live entertainment, kid’s activities, food vendors and many information booths about green products, volunteer opportunities, local environmental organizations and more. It was a warm day Rethink Your Drink booth, staffed by the Center for Well Being, was particularly popular with its array of flavored waters available free to the public as well as free water bottles provided by the City of Santa… Read More »

The public is invited to vote for their favorite sculpture made entirely from cans of food this Saturday at Coddingtown Mall. Teams from CalSERVES, Sonoma County Day School, and ZFA Structural Engineers and Wright Construction created the sculptures as part of a fun Canstruction competition highlighting the need for year-round food donations and the ongoing issue of hunger in Sonoma County. The Canstruction competition is hosted by the Network for a Healthy California—Northcoast Region, sponsored by Whole Foods, and it… Read More »

The City of Santa Rosa is hosting its 4th Annual Earth Day Festival and partnering with local organizations to clean up city parks and creeks.  Activities will begin at 8am with a park and creek clean up at Prince Memorial Greenway and Juilliard Park. The Earth Day celebration will continue noon to 4pm at Courthouse Square in downtown Santa Rosa. The Festival will include local food vendors, live entertainment, eco-art  activities for kids, local environmental organizations, green products, volunteer opportunities,… Read More »

Kids and their families played math games and nibbled on healthy snacks Thursday night as part of R. L. Stevens Elementary School’s “Matematicas y Munchies” event. The school is known for events that not only promote interest in academics but which include a nutritional component as well. After all, good nutrition is inexorably linked to learning and school performance, said Principal Lori Pola Hoard. The snacks were created by student chefs taking part in a CalSERVES afterschool program. “Kids are… Read More »

The 1,100-acre Taylor Mountain Regional Park and Open Space Preserve, overlooking Santa Rosa, is set to open to the public tomorrow. The county park features four miles of trails for hikers and three-miles for equestrians and cyclists. Another 17 miles of trails are still to be built. An interim entrance on Kawana Terrace will be open daily from 8 a.m. to sunset. Parking is free for Regional Park members and $7 for non-members. Visitors should note that existing trails “Today’s… Read More »

Students and parents of R.L. Stevens Elementary School read books while nibbling on healthy snacks tonight as part of the “Books and Bocadillos: A literary and Culinary Event.” Sponsored by the Network for a Healthy California–Northcoast Region and CalSERVES, the event was one of several local celebrations taking place in honor of the second annual Food Day (which was yesterday, October 24). Spearheaded by the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington D.C., Food Day is a nationwide… Read More »