Friendship Celebration 2023 – Where Sushi Meets Borsch Outdoors
Please join us at our Sebastopol Word Friend Friendship Celebration – Where Sushi Meets Borsch Outdoors on April 23 from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 500 Robinson Road, Sebastopol. After a three-year break, we are excited to bring...
Stand with Ukraine – Yoga for Peace
The war in Ukraine continues and we must not forget those who have shown such courageous spirit in the face of such horrendous conditions. What better way to connect than with a yoga class dedicated to the indomitable strength shown by our brothers and sisters in...
Please Help Build Invincibility Centers in Chyhyryn
Photo by Kostyantyn Chernichkin The New Year is upon us now. Let’s all hope that 2023 brings peace everywhere, especially to Ukraine. The response to our initial fund-raising appeal to equip Invincibility Centers in Chyhyryn has been extremely generous, but the...
Uchen Family Arrives from Ukraine
Sebastopol World Friends’ guiding principle is “World Peace, One Friend at a Time”. This is a story of that principle at work in real life. Sebastopol World Friends board member, Valeria Churma, and her husband Jeff have just recently welcomed a Ukrainian family into...
Our Friends in Chyhyryn and Cherkasy – Safe but Still Impacted
Patty Levenberg and Val Churma from Sebastopol at the opening of Dnipro River port facility near Chyhyryn in 2011 We have had some news from our friends in Chyhyryn and the nearby Cherkasy (Santa Rosa’s Sister City). From Chyhyryn (visited Sebastopol in 2014): Thank...
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