Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley is a youth development organization serving Sonoma Valley youth since 1962. Our mission is to provide positive opportunities for youth to learn and succeed.

There are three Boys & Girls Club sites in Sonoma: Maxwell Farms Clubhouse and Sassarini and Flowery Elementary schools. With a membership exceeding 1900, Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley serves over 400 youth in the Sonoma Valley daily.
The Club is open weekdays, 50 weeks per year during the critical after school hours of 2:00-9:00 pm (7-9pm for teens only) and offers extended hours during non-school days and holidays. No child is ever turned away because of inability to pay. The Club provides a safe place where Sonoma's youth can interact with caring adults who help them to develop a positive sense of belonging, usefulness, influence and competence.

Although the Club is affiliated with a national youth organization, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, we do not receive any funding from them. We are funded entirely by individual donors, local businesses as well as public and
private grants.

The Boys & Girls Club offers age-appropriate, outcome-based youth development programs in five core program areas. Our tested and proven nationally recognized programs address today's most pressing youth issues, teaching
young people the skills they need to succeed in life.

The five core program areas are:
Character & Leadership - Helping youth become responsible caring citizens and acquire skills for participating in the democratic process is the main thrust of these programs. They also develop leadership skills and provide
opportunities for planning, decision-making, contributing to Club and community, and celebrating our national heritage.
Education & Career - These programs help youth create aspirations for the future, providing opportunities for career exploration and educational enhancement.
Health & Life Skills - These initiatives help youth achieve and maintain healthy, active lifestyles.
The Arts - These initiatives help young people enhance self-expression and creativity, develop multicultural appreciation, provide exposure to and develop skills in crafts and visual, performing and literaery arts.
Sports, Fitness & Recreation - These club programs help develop fitness, a positive use of leisure time, reduction of stress, appreciation for the environment, and social and interpersonal skills.

CommonBond Foundation was established in 1995 by Bill Hammett and his wife Sara, to foster appreciation and mutual respect among neighboring cultures in Sonoma Valley. A non-profit organization, CommonBond pursues this mission through educational and community-building programs in both Spanish and in English.
Educational programs include summer language immersion camps, after school second language enrichment, bilingual academic tutoring for elementary  students, and adult language classes. CommonBond sponsors  the successful adult literacy program, Plaza Comunitaria.

Community projects range from the public bilingual radio station KSVY 91.3 Sonoma  to leadership in the Sonoma Nonprofit Collaborative, a consortium of community-based organizations which sponsor forums for all community members to come together to discuss, learn about and address the topics that affect Sonoma's youth. CommonBond also serves as the outreach arm of Sonoma Valley Youth Soccer, ensuring equal opportunity to participate for all the Valley's youth. 

By providing these community-wide opportunities for second language development, communication and social interaction, and networking, CommonBond strives to promote greater intercultural understanding and respect. It is through these efforts that CommonBond bridges Sonoma's cultures.

Twin Valley Aquatics (TVA) provides a complete competitive Swimming, Water Polo & Masters Swimming experience, offering professional, quality coaching for swimmers and water polo players of all ages and abilities.
We:

- Promote a lifestyle of health and wellness.

-Provide a challenging, productive and fun environment.

- Encourage and help each member reach their full potential as both athletes and people. All coaches, as members of the American Swim Coaches Association, have access to the most comprehensive training and certification program for youth coaches of any sport in the United States.

The NCGA Foundation provides deserving youth the opportunity to develop life skills and values through golf. Additionally, the Foundation supports the growth of the game while providing youth the opportunities and motivation to become productive citizens and lifelong golfers.
In order to serve our mission, the NCGA Foundation provides the following programs:

Youth on Course - This program strives to give deserving youth in Northern California access to golf courses with green fees of $5 or less and range balls for only $1. Participants must either attend a certified youth program with a curriculum focused on life skills and values, or participate in an online seminar which has a similar web-based curriculum. Once they become certified Youth on Course members, juniors receive a sticker making them eligible to receive the discounted green fee and range ball rates. There are currently more than 100 participating golf courses throughout Northern California.  The NCGA Foundation subsidizes the golf courses for most, if not all of the lost revenue. 

Grants - Over the last 10 years the NCGA Foundation has awarded more than $1 million in grants including more than $235,000 in 2008. Youth organizations use the distributed funds for items such as instruction, golf course and range access, equipment, transportation and volunteer training. All funded programs must demonstrate a focus on life skills and values education. 

Free clinics program - The Foundation partners with youth development organizations such as Boys and Girls Clubs and chapters of The First Tee to bring free golf and life skills instruction to juniors throughout the region. Each clinic includes individualized instruction from one of several onsite PGA professionals and/or NCGA Foundation volunteers. These clinics have become a vehicle for teaching life skills and core values while building self-esteem and providing enjoyable experiences for participants.  

The Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation was founded in 1982 as a not-for-profit, public benefit corporation, chartered to
raise money for Sonoma Valley Hospital.  Over the last twenty six years, the Foundation has raised over $5 million for
vital programs, new medical equipment, and more.  We are currently working in support of the Sonoma Valley Hospital
Community Care Fund for the Emergency Room, the Carolyn J. Stone Center for Women's Health & Wellness, and many Hospital
needs, including life-saving equipment and technology upgrades.

The Sonoma Valley Hospital Community Care Fund was established to help underwrite local Emergency Room services for the
uninsured and the underinsured, by supporting the Emergency Room of today and, in addition, investing in an endowment
fund to ensure the continuing vitality of our ER well into the future. The Carolyn J. Stone Center for Women's Health and
Wellness is dedicated to providing outstanding women's health treatment, education and support programs.
 
To keep Sonoma Valley Hospital strong and vital for the future, philanthropy and community support is essential. 
Please help make a difference today, by making your donation to the Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation.  You can reach
the Foundation at (707) 935-5070, or email Foundation Coordinator Mary Caletges at caletgesm@svh.com.