Thank you for your interest in Muttville! If you have found yourself at this page than you are either: • Someone that happened upon us on Meetup and is interested in working with us to help senior dogs find forever homes. Super! We are always looking for caring, enthusiastic, dedicated senior dogs lovers to join our team, and there are many different ways in which you can volunteer with Muttville - all of them are fun, rewarding and are a great help to the mutts. If this is you, then we ask th …

WHERE Are you stuck In Your Life?????? Clients usually do a constellation for a major block or issue that seems immune to all their efforts to change it.So, to explain a constellation just a little, all people carry with them an energetic field or blueprint of their biological families--this field has been called by some a family soul, or family conscience. That field has an enormous unconscious effect on each family members life and all the people they interact with. Long standing problems wi …

Welcome! PACER, the Post Adoption Center for Education and Research, is a nonprofit, volunteer-run organization established in 1978. It serves the adoption community in the greater San Francisco Bay and Sacramento areas by offering monthly support groups, peer counseling, workshops and seminars, and referrals to related services. PACER’S MISSION... is to foster understanding of adoption as a lifelong process and intergenerational journey, and to serve members of the adoption triad (adoptees, …

A culturally-diverse coalition, Active Single Parents group is composed of representatives of single parents that went through a separation/divorce, parents of adoptive children, parents of children coming from different families, single parents that found partners in other single parents groups, etc. For our group is critical to consider varied opinions or beliefs within a certain culture. Two people do not have the same opinions because they are both native Americans or from the same culture. …

Are you a foster/adoptive parent in Contra Costa County, California? Thinking about becoming one? Welcome to our Meetup Group where we get together in-person to offer support and friendship to one another and our families. Benefits of this Group: -Regular Events/Get-Togethers in Contra Costa County, CA -Small Group where we truly get to know one another -Our foster/adopted kids get to meet other kids in their shoes and get to make friends, knowing they aren't alone and are normal, too! -Our par …

We are a support group that meets monthly in Pleasant Hill. This group is sponsored by Sweet Beginnings Adoptions, an East Bay Adoption Facilitator but is run by birth moms themselves. Group is open to anyone who has experienced a relinquishment - voluntarily or not, anyone who is involved in an active adoption plan or anyone who is thinking about the option. The purpose of this group is for women to be able to speak openly about their losses, to share with women who have been there and about to …

As a woman trying to conceive or going through the adoption process, you have probably felt any or all of these: impatient, frustrated, stressed, "am I doing this right?", scarcity and lack, afraid, worried, doubtful, alone, jealous, scattered, unsure of yourself. The purpose of this group is to cultivate inner stillness, peace and calm surrounding you and the choices you make on your fertility journey. By doing this, we teem the soil and create rich, fertile ground in ourselves so that we can g …

East Bay Adoption is a group that meets monthly. We are a group of pre-adoptive and adoptive parents who want to get together for support. Each meeting is facilitated by a professional involved with adoption and starts out with an informative topic that leads to discussion.

This group is to get older mothers together for support and companionship and to discuss issues that arise from being a mother and an older mother. Right now it is mostly adoptive mothers who adopted in their 40's and 50's. All mothers are welcome.

Are you part of a transracial family by adoption? Are you interested in learning more about being part of a transracial family? Then this group is for you. Let's get together for some playdates, family-friendly activities, and some much needed support. After adopting our son in 2011, I've been struggling to find families who can relate to the joys and challenges of being part of a transracial family.

This is a group for anyone who has, wants, is thinking about adopting, or used to have a cat. If you HAVE a cat, perhaps you'd like to discuss veterinary care with other feline parents. If you are thinking about adopting a cat, you might want to talk to others about where they got their four-legged friend. If you used to have a cat, aren't ready for a new one, but still want to enjoy the company, a meetup with cat families might be ideal. This also goes for anyone who wants a cat, though circums …

This is a new Wing Tsun/Escrima meetup group in Sonoma County – Class in Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa! Also check us out at bmmasc.com Wing Tsun, 詠春, is a Southern Chinese martial art originated over 300 years ago during the Qing dynasty. Wing Tusn is a "soft" style that does not counter force with force but instead recycles energy and employs a sophisticated method of response using trained reflexes. Chi-Sao ("sticky hands") training is used to develop and hone these reflexes to specific …

Foster Hub is dedicated to community building, transformation and empowering former foster youth. ​ We believe in the importance of supportive social networks, as they can serve as potential safety nets, sources of information, guidance and strength. ​ ​We strive to connect former foster youth with each other to ease their transition after aging out of the foster care system. While our backgrounds and stories are varied, we believe that former foster youth deserve the opportunity to have meanin …

This group meets to discuss what makes your family strong. The whole family is welcome to come and learn skills to communicate better with one another and how to solve problems together as a family. Parents will deal with making rules and consequences and knowing what to expect from youth at this age. The youth and children will learn to resist peer pressure, handle frustration, and how to appreciate parents/caregivers, Families with children ages 6-16 come and enjoy a free dinner, with childcar …