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| Wed, Feb 10: | Aging & Nutrition Workshop Learn more... | |||||
| Sat, Feb 13: | Women's Valentine Party...and Dance! More... | |||||
| Sat, Feb 20: | Golden Rainbow Speed Dating Start your engines... | |||||
| Sun, Feb 21: | Hear Local Author Lannie Woulff Join us... | |||||
| Tue, Feb 23: | LA Museum & Tar Pits Bus Trip Book by Feb 15th... | |||||
| Thu, Mar 11: | Get Your GREEN On! Check back for more info... | |||||
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| Golden Rainbow Senior Center Counseling Programs | ||||
| Maximizing the Health of the LGBT Community! | ||||
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| Feeling Blah, Sad, Depressed? Too Isolated? Lost Your Zest? | ||||
| Check out our individual and group counseling programs. Our experienced clinicians use tested strategies that can help you overcome depression, learn new skills and make lasting life changes. | ||||
| Individual Counseling - Group Counseling - Peer Counseling Addictions Counseling - Recovery and Bereavement Support Groups |
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| Our services are affordable and on a sliding scale. For more information or an appointment, call Daniel Parker, Ph.D. at our confidential Counseling Service phone at 1-760-416-7899. | ||||
| Click here to find out more about our Counseling programs. | ||||
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*smarter food and drink choices *cooking nutritiously *food and drinks to avoid *nutrition and medications *sexual vitality *comfort foods *HIV nutrition. |
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| At the conclusion of the program, participants can sign up for an individual 30 minute consultation with Steve the following Wednesday. Lunch included. Please call the Center at 1-760-416-7790 to sign up. | ||||
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Women’s Valentine Party... and Dance! |
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| Put on your dancing shoes and join your girlfriends for fun and frolic on Saturday, February 13th from 7 to 10 pm at the Golden Rainbow Center. $7 members, $10 non-members and please bring canned or packaged food for the GRSC Food Pantry. |
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| Speed Dating: the fun and unique way to meet your next date or a new friend. It takes the guess work out of who is single and available! Saturday, February 20th, 4 to 6 pm |
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| HOSTED BY Q2D ( QUEERQUICKDATES ) SPEED DATING | |||||
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Here’s how it works:
• Gay Men in one room and Lesbians in the other. • For two hours, guests meet each other in five minute intervals. • Twenty people will have had nineteen speed dates in that period. • After each five minute date, participants note their impressions and circle their choices on the Q2D Match Form. • Specially designed software provides the speed daters with their ‘matches’ within twenty-four hours. • $20 for GRSC members and $25 for non-members. |
| Register online at: www.Q2DSpeedDating.com
Enter Discount Code: GRSC
For information call: 310-710-3379 Email: info@Q2DSpeedDating.com |
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| Born a boy, local author Lannie Woulff will sign her debut novel at our afternoon reception | ||||
| Please join us on Sunday, February 21 from 2 to 4 pm to hear local author "Lannie" Woulff share her writing experiences and read selections from her novel, She’s My Dad. In addition Lannie will answer questions from the audience and sign copies of her book. Lannie was born a boy in New York City. She grew up on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas, attended high school in Washington D.C. and in 1973 graduated with a degree in English from Princeton. Twenty-five years later Ms. Woulff commenced the complex process of gender transition. Now happily married to wife Joleene, Lannie enjoys weekly strolls in the Palm Springs sunshine with her distinguished father, the author Herman Wouk. She’s My Dad is her debut novel. Coffee and desserts will be served. |  |
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| Q Trading will have copies of the book for purchase with a special discount given to GRSC members; $29 for the hard cover and $19 for the paperback. Please call the Center at 1-760-416-7790 to register. | |||||
| Cost for transportation for this fun-filled day is $45 for GRSC members, $55 for non-members. Lunch will be on your own. Low, low entrance fees are $8 for the Museum and $4 for the Tar Pits. |  |
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| Space is limited to just 46 persons. Please call 1-760-416-7790 now to make your reservation. Payment and reservations must be received by Mon, Feb 15th! |
| First Friday Breakfasts | ||||
| Come join your friends at the Golden Rainbow from 9 to 10 am on the first Friday of each month for an
extended continental breakfast and an interesting guest speaker. March 5 - Overview of the 'New Perspectives Program' that connects seniors with minor disabilities unable to live alone with those who have space to rent. |
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| More Food More Often With Expanded Rainbow Pantry Hours |
| Our Food Pantry program continues to be a great success.GRSC volunteers distribute fresh meat, produce and dairy, as well as canned and dried goods, from 8 to 10 am every Wednesday, at the Golden Rainbow, 700 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, in Palm Springs. Free food is offered to LGBT Riverside County residents in need who are age 55 or better or disabled. Proof of residency (such as a driver’s license) is needed to register on the first visit. Participants are able to fill one grocery bag each week. |  |
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| Donations Welcome | ||||||
| While we are always grateful for your donated food items (canned and boxed non-perishables only, please), your cash contribution will go even further to feed those in need. We are able to purchase food at pennies on the dollar from the local distribution center. A box of cereal or can of tuna that costs you $2 or more is available to us for less than $1. Please consider making your gift in dollars instead of foodstuffs. We are always pleased to receive donations and the gratitude of our Food Pantry clients is immeasurable. Click on the Donate button below to contribute now. | ||||
| We continue to encourage you and your friends to drop off any unused canned and non-perishable food items in your pantries. You may bring them to the Golden Rainbow Senior Center from 9 am to 4 pm, Monday through Friday. We regret that we cannot accept opened items. In addition, Casswood Insurance Agency and the Desert Business Association (DBA) have teamed up to decorate, place, and service GRSC Food Pantry collection bins around the Greater Palm Springs Area. Bring your food item donations to any of the following locations: | ||||
City of Hope Resale Store, 35688 Cathedral Canyon #107, Cathedral City
Club Whatever, 36737 Cathedral Canyon Drive, Cathedral City
any DBA mixer held monthly at various publicized locations,
Q Trading, 606 E Sunny Dunes Rd., Palm Springs
Score, 301 E Arenas Road, Palm Springs
Streetbar, 244 E Arenas Road, Palm Springs
Toucan's Tiki Lounge, 2100 N Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs
World Gym Palm Springs, 1751 N Sunrise Way, Palm Springs |
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| If you are a business or service organization and are willing to host a collection bin, please call us at 1-760-416-7790 and let us know. | ||||
| Our "perpetual" thanks to the Palm Springs Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, original organizers of the Food Pantry donation program. | ||||
| Mission Statement | ||||
| The Golden Rainbow Senior Center's mission is to provide a safe, supportive, welcoming and active environment that promotes health, wellness, and social programs to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community in the Coachella Valley. The Center's programs and support services - which promote vibrant aging and positive images of LGBT persons - connect and unite men, women, families, and friends who share similar needs and concerns at all stages of life. | ||||
| We are a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. We encourage you to stop by and see our facility! | ||||
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| The Golden Rainbow Senior Center is located at
700 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262 |
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| Across the street from Regal Cinemas. There is ample parking behind our building. | ||||
| Hours: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday, plus evening and weekend programs, as announced. |
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| Questions? Call us at 1-760-416-7790 or email us info@grsc.info | ||||
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