Redwood Empire Food Bank

"Nothing else matters when you are hungry."

We are fortunate to live in a time of food abundance, but yet hurger is still prevalent issue in our communities. Solvay is passionate about helping to alleviate hunger. 

A portion of her paycheck goes directly to the Second Harvest Foodbank in San Jose every month.

Given the situation in her home town in Santa Rosa going into Christmas, nothing would mean more to her than to be able to contribute to the Redwood Empire Foodbank.

Their resources will be under severe pressure this holiday period due to damamge the fires have done.

Lets pull together for Solvay's 40th birithday and make it one that she will remember for the rest of her life.

The goal is $2000. If we hit it by 12/9/17, I will pledge to match it. So every $1 dollor you give will count as $2. 

And more than ever, every $ counts!!

Love from all the O'Learys

Several months ago, we planned a wine tasting trip through Sonoma and Mendocino.  We have decided to turn this into a trip to bring money and provisions to the thousands of people displaced by the horrible wildfires in the wine country. 

One of the best and most direct resources for folks in that area is the Redwood Empire Food Bank (REFB).  We are collecting non-perishable foods to deliver to the food bank, as well as collecting funds via this gofundme, which we promise will not be turned into the seed money for my long-gestating concept for self-driving orthopedic shoes.

Please consider donating the following by Thursday, October 19th:

• Cash. Loads and loads of it.  This is really the best way to support those impacted, and we will donate 100% of this gofundme directly to REFB.
• Ready-to-eat, non-perishable foods. These foods should be easy to open and easy to eat - many shelters do not have kitchens for heating and preparing food. No glass containers.

Local folks can drop food off at our house and we will be loading up Thursday to take up Friday morning.