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SOS presents Compassionate Service Awards
April 28, 2022
Sonoma Overnight Support’s Compassionate Service and Good Samaritan Awards express SOS’s gratitude to some of the wonderful businesses…
Impact100 distributes $335k
May 11, 2022
Members of Impact100 Sonoma gathered at Vintage House April 30 to celebrate the awarding of grants to 14 local nonprofits.
Spring Supper raises $50k for the homeless
April 14, 2022
Serving 175 gourmet meals drive-by style at Springs Hall, Sonoma Overnight Support raised $50,000 with its Spring Supper Fundraiser.
Sonoma Overnight Support gives out 50,000th meal this year
December 8, 2021
On Wednesday, Sonoma Overnight Support (SOS) celebrated at Springs Community Hall giving away its 50,000th meal in 2021 to food-insecure Sonoma Valley residents, the most meals in a single year since the organization was formed.
Homeless parking program extended through June in Sonoma
March 17, 2022
The Sonoma City Council this week extended the First Street West safe-parking program for people living in vehicles – and also hired outside help to confront the broader issue of homelessness in Sonoma.
Church of Latter Day Saints visits Sonoma Overnight Support
March 28, 2022
Representatives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints visited Sonoma Overnight Support this last week to check out their operations in person as one of their partners, according to SOS Director Kathy King.
Honoring the ‘Star’ volunteers of the Valley
October 14, 2022
During a packed outdoor event at Hanna Boys Center on Oct. 10, the Sonoma Valley Fund recognized dozens of volunteers for their contributions to local charities.
9 nonprofits honored for pandemic relief in Sonoma Valley
October 25, 2022
Sonoma Valley Catalyst Fund has honored nine organizations for courageous leadership on the frontlines of the pandemic.
Sonoma Overnight Support stages drive-thru success
October 23, 2021
Sonoma Overnight Support reports a successful Halloween Drive-Thru dinner, held for the second year at Springs Hall,
‘That’s how it feels to be homeless’
Feb 6, 2021
Nancy, age 62, is a client of Sonoma Overnight Support, which oversees overnight parking for the homeless in the city-owned parking lot on First Street West.
Counting homeless in Sonoma Valley
Feb 28, 2021
From the beginning, there were challenges when volunteers for Point-In-Time wandered into a board room at the Sonoma Police Station at 5 a.m. Friday morning to be debriefed on the annual census of Sonoma Valley’s homeless population.
Couple donates huge catered meal to Sonoma homeless kitchen
March 3rd, 2021
Shouldn’t everyone get to enjoy a trendy gourmet meal — complete with Chitos and chocolate dipping sauce, no less — every once in a while?
A record-breaking month of feeding the homeless
April 6, 2021
I want to heed the words of Oprah Winfrey — “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.”
12 Sonoma Valley nonprofits receive Catalyst Fund grants
August 26, 2021
The Sonoma Valley Catalyst Fund this week announced the recipients of 12 Recovery Grants, which will fund local nonprofits to the tune of $229,045.
Sonoma Valley’s Homeless facing a future without overnight shelter
March 15, 2020
Kathy King is frustrated. The executive director of Sonoma Overnight Support…
New Procedures for Handling Sonoma’s Homeless
March 15, 2020
SOS realizes that we have a high-risk and complicated situation during the coronavirus pandemic…
Better Location for the Haven?: Letter to the Editor
March 9, 2020
I suggest the following common-sense criteria…
February 27, 2020
As home prices and rents in Sonoma VAlley climb upward…
November 19, 2019
The Sonoma City Council officially green-lighted a program…
October 24, 2019
Call it: Homeless parking 2.0. That’s how Sonoma City Councilmember…
February 27, 2020
Who says no one ever promised us a rose garden? Sonoma Valley…
November 7, 2019
Kathy King, executive director of Sonoma Overnight Support…