Team Face to Face in the AIDS LifeCycle
Face to Face folks are big supporters of the AIDS LifeCycle which benefits the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center. Many of us participate in the annual 545-mile bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles that happens the first week of June. Now that we have each reached our goal of $60,000 for those agencies, we’re hoping you will support us by making a donation to Face to Face.
Our Board President, Taya Levine – a past rider – now volunteers each year with the medical team. She also provides sign language interpretation at each night’s gathering of the 2,500 riders. Two other Board Members are also LifeCycle alumni. Rick Dean, our Executive Director, will be doing the ride for his second year. One of our Case Managers, Robert Kavanagh, has done the ride several times and has trained and supported many of the newer riders. Additionally, twelve of our volunteers and clients will be riding for the first time this year and we couldn’t be more proud of their accomplishment.
Your donation in support of Team Face to Face will help us with our goal of ending AIDS in Sonoma County. In addition to our many supportive services for people living with HIV, we are also committed to prevention efforts, and to our most powerful tool: free, anonymous/confidential, drop-in HIV testing with 20-minute results. Every $20 of your donation will provide a test and a risk-reduction counseling session.
Help us save lives and “end AIDS in Sonoma County – 20 minutes at a time.”
We hope you’ll consider supporting Face to Face by clicking on the donate button below. A gift of any amount will help so much!
Beerfest Tickets on Sale!
Tickets to the 22nd Annual Beerfest – The Good One are now on sale!
Buy your tickets here! for June 1, 2013
The Beerfest is an annual festive microbrew and food tasting extravaganza with more than 50 of Northern California’s best microbreweries and lots of wonderful Sonoma County gourmet food purveyors. One ticket price gets you in the door and includes all the beer and food at the event, as well as a souvenir Beerfest glass.
Don’t forget about the raffle with tons of great prizes from our breweries and food vendors, you can win great swagger from the breweries like hats and shirts, gift certificates, tours and tastings and cases of beer!
Take this opportunity to get to know your local breweries and find some hidden treasures by joining us June 1, 2013 from 1-5 PM at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts. Pre-sale tickets are on sale now get them now and save!
Buy your Beerfest Tickets Here!
Tickets to the 21st Annual Beerfest are now on sale!
Saturday June 2, 2012 is the 21st Annual Beerfest featuring over 40 different microbreweries and a vast assortment of gourmet food purveyors, making the event the premier North Bay beer and food event. From 1pm to 5pm you will be served unlimited food and beer in your own commemorative Beerfest glass. There will be a raffle taking place where you can win prizes from the breweries like sweatshirts, brewery gift certificates, tours and tastings, and cases of beer! Come meet and chat with many of the California Microbrewery Brewers, and pick their brains as you sample their brews. Buy your discounted pre-sale tickets now at the link above.
Cheers, and see you June 2nd!!
Rick Dean, Face to Face Executive Director, receives Jefferson Award
Vivian Thomas, Rick Dean, Supervisor Mike McGuire
Congratulations to Face to Face’s Executive Director Rick Dean, 2012 Jefferson Award honoree! This prestigious award was established originally 1972 by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, U.S. Senator Robert Taft, Jr., and Sam Beard, a staffer to Bobby Kennedy to recognize, inspire and activate volunteerism and public service in communities, workplaces and schools across America.
Rick Dean, whose leadership, as Executive Director of Face to Face over the last 25 years, has brought together and nurtured local, state, and national resources to fight the HIV epidemic and support those living with HIV/AIDS. Mr. Dean has also developed relationships with individuals, groups, coalitions, and officials to garner additional efforts. He has dedicated himself to HIV/AIDS services and has worked tirelessly to ensure that the HIV-positive community has resources to live and die with dignity and humanity.
View the video of Rick Dean receiving the award below:
Rick Dean wins the Jefferson Award from facetoface on Vimeo.
2012 Breweries and Food Vendors…we are adding to the list each day!
Here are your 2012 confirmed Breweries and Food Vendors, be sure to look for them at the event June 2nd!
21st Amendment | Ace Cider Co. | Ale Industries | Allagash Brewing | Amazon Coconut Water | Anderson Valley Brewing Co. | Andy’s Produce Markets | Bar B Que Smokehouse Bistro | Bear Republic Brewing Co. | Big River Coffee Co. | Big Sky Brewing | BisonOrganic Beers | Black Diamond Brewing | Black Star Beer | Blue Frog Grog & Grill Bodega & Yerba Santa Goat Cheese | Body Armor Functional Beverages | Carlsberg Crispin Cider Co. | Dempsey’s Restaurant & Brewery | Deschutes Brewing Co. | Devil’s Canyon Brewing Co. | Drake’s Brewing Co. | Eagle Distributing | E.J. Phair Brewing Co. Eel River Brewing Co. | Firestone Walker | Full Sail Brewing | Gordon Biersch Brewing | Grand Teton Brewing | Green Planet Water | Grimbergen | Guayaki Yerba Mate | High Water Brewing Co. | Hint Water | Hopmonk Tavern | Kettle Foods | Knee Deep Brewing Co. | Kronenbourg | Lagunitas Brewing Co. | Lost Coast Brewery | Mad River Brewing Co. | Marin Brewing Co. | Mary’s Pizza Shack #7 | Maui Brewing Co. | Molsberry Markets | Moonlight Brewing | Morris Distributing | Moylan’s Brewery | Napa Smith Brewery | Nestle Waters | North Coast Brewing Co. | Olde Sonoma Public House | Oskar Blues Brewing Pizza Orgasmica & Brewing | Purity Organic | Rocker Oysterfeller’s | Rubio’s Fresh Mexican Grill | Russian River Brewing | Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. | Sott Distributing & Snyder’s of Hanover | Speakeasy Ales & Lagers | St. Killian Importing Co. | Stone Brewing | Stumptown Brewery | Sudwerk Brewing Co. | Tetley’s | The BBQ Spot | Third Street Aleworks | Tim’s Cascade Potato Chips | Trader Joe’s Petaluma | Ukiah Brewing Co.| Uncommon Brewers | Victory Brewing … and more!
Keep checking back for an updated list.
If you or your business wants to participate in Beerfest, just email us at lhouse@f2f.org. Thanks!
The 21st Annual Beerfest – June 2, 2012
Come celebrate Beerfest’s 21st Birthday! Join over 40 of Northern California’s best microbreweries along with a variety of Sonoma County gourmet food purveyors, for the 21st annual food and beer extravaganza!
Beerfest 2012 will take place on Saturday, June 2, 2012 at The Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa from 1:00pm to 5:00pm, pouring stops at 4:30pm.
All proceeds go to benefiting Face to Face | Sonoma County AIDS Network; improving the lives of those affected by HIV/AIDS and eliminating new infections in Sonoma County.
Tickets are on sale! Buy yours now!
Thank you to all of last year’s Brewery and Food participants, we hope to see you again this for 2012!
21st Amendment Brewery | Ace Cider Company | Aidells Sausage Company | Alpine Distributing | Anchor Brewing | Anderson Valley Brewing |Andy’s Produce Markets | Bear Republic Brewing | Big River Coffee Company | Black Diamond Brewing | Blue Frog Grog & Grill | Bodega & Yerba Santa Goat Cheese | Dempsey’s Sonoma Brewing | Drake’s Brewing | Firestone Walker | Fox Barrel Cider | FRS Energy Drink | Gordon Biersch Brewing | Hint Water | Hopmonk Tavern | Kettle Foods | Bar B Que Smokehouse Bistro | Lost Coast Brewery | Mad River Brewing | Marin Brewing | Mary’s Pizza Shack #7 | Molsberry Markets | Moonlight Brewing | Mount St. Helena Brewery | Moylan’s Brewery | Napa Smith Brewery | North Coast Brewing | Pacific Markets | Olde Sonoma Public House | Pizza Politana | Pure Life Water | Red Nectar Ales | Rocker Oysterfeller’s | Russian River Brewing | Rubio’s Fresh Mexican Grill | Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub | Sierra Nevada Brewing | Sonoma Springs Brewing Co | Sott Distributing & Snyders of Hanover | Speakeasy Ales & Lagers | Stumptown Brewery | Sudwerk| Third Street Aleworks | Tim’s Cascade Potato Chips | Trader Joe’s | Ukiah Brewing | Uncommon Brewers | Widmer Hefeweizen…and more!
Congratulations Brewery and Food People’s Choice Winners 2011!
2011 People’s Choice Best Brewery Winner:
2011 People’s Choice Best Foodery Winner:
(It’s a tie!)
Thank you to ALL our amazing Food and Beverage vendors, and congratulations on another fabulous event!
SEA Thai Bistro Hosts Dungeness Crab Feast for Face to Face
It’s crab season, and what better way to enjoy the great crab bounty that Sonoma County has to offer than to feast this year at SEA Thai Bistro and support the community as you dine. This year, SEA Thai Bistro in Montgomery Village in Santa Rosa will be hosting a Dungeness Crab Feast on March 7, 2012. For both lunch and dinner, the Micheline star recommended restaurant will feature a four course meal of all things crab along with a glass of wine for $55. Chef Tony Ounpamornchai has created a fabulous menu (below) for your enjoyment, and 30% of the proceeds will go to benefiting Face to Face Sonoma County AIDS Network, and The Sonoma Humane Society.
Chef Tony and SEA Thai have been such gracious supporters of Face to Face in the past, hosting dine and donate events, and donating their incredible culinary creations for our guests at our annual events. We are so fortunate to have such generous community members and want to extend our deepest thanks to Tony and the whole crew at SEA Thai. Tickets are on sale prior to March 7th at SEA Thai Bistro 2323 Sonoma Ave. in Montgomery village. Call for reservations: 707-528-8333. Thanks, and see you there!
Thank you for another fabulous Art for Life!
We would like to extend our deepest thanks to the many generous sponsors, artists, guests, volunteers, food sponsors and wineries that came together to make the 24th annual Art for Life an incredible success!
Photos courtesy of PhotoDRO
Art for Life at Sacks on the Square
The 24th annual Art for Life is quickly approaching and we have a sneak peak of some of the fabulous art that will be auctioned off at this year’s event. Sacks on the Square, Face to Face and Memorial Hospice’s second hand thrift shop in downtown Santa Rosa’s Railroad square, is currently hosting a beautiful window display with a dozen of this year’s works of art. From platters to painting, bowls to vases, this year’s auction has it all.
The legendary auction features work by more than 200 amazing local artists, and displays the culinary and wine making talents of the region for your enjoyment. The event will take place at the Mary Agatha Furth Center in Windsor from September 16-17th, with a free one-day preview exhibition on September 16th from 12:00-3:00pm, and a private auction on Saturday, September 17th ($75 per person) from 2:00-6:00 pm.
Thanks to the wonderful sponsors, 100% of the money raised during the event will be used to ensure that every man, woman, and child living with HIV/AIDS in Sonoma County has access to life-changing services
We would show you a picture of this amazing window display, but we can’t give it all away! Head down to Sacks to check it out yourself, and do a little shopping while you’re there. Great vintage finds, no sales tax ever, and now an amazing display of local artistic talent. What are you waiting for!
Sacks on the Square
116 Fourth St.
Santa Rosa’s Railroad Square
Face to Face | Sonoma County AIDS Network 