AOF Activities & Events
Once again Sac-area humanists and freethinkers join hands to mark the year's turn. This is our annual, traditional, wowiekawozie joint celebration of the Winter Solstice and the HumanLight secular holiday. At a time when you may feel surrounded and suffocated by religious sentiment, HumanLight is an opportunity to celebrate reason, common values, and friendship. Festivities will include music, camaradie, reverie, gobs of food, a raffle of valuable prizes (the raffle pays for the hall), and a charity food drive. Your party organizers are Wendy Hoffspiegel and Tom Ikelman.
As usual it is free and open to all, friends welcome (religious believers too). Simply bring something for the potluck, maybe something for the charity food drive, and be ready to be entertained. We will do the rest.
The Dinner. Bring something tasty to share, well-presented, with your own favorite beverage. The hall kitchen has a microwave, sink and refrigerator, but no oven or stove. We will provided plates, bowls, utensils, napkins and cups, and a few extra drinks (left over from prior events). No, you won't have to wash the dishes. It'd be nice if you did.
Entertainment. The Mockingbirds will perform some very special secular songs. A skeptical song, written by Eddie Scott, will be sung by Eddie and son. Professional dancers, Roger and Pam, will show-off some slick dance moves.
The Raffle. Repeat, this pays for the hall! Prizes so far include two (2) tickets to the 2012 Oregon Shakespeare Festival (valued at $100), a gift card to Hoppy Brewing Company restaurant, and a miscellany of other knicknacks. Do you have something that you'd like to donate to the raffle? Please contact the event organizers.
People & Pet Charity Food Drive. We will collect food for the River City Food Bank and the Sacramento Pet Food Bank (aka Titanic's Pantry) -- both secular charities, not associated with any church. So if you will, please bring a canned or packaged food item for either or both. Also accepted: toys, leashes, collars, cat litter, bedding, and other pet supplies for our furry friends in need. And cash/check donation jars will be there. We will deliver your donations, and you will be a secular saint.
Most of all we hope to share in your talents, your wit, your electric spark of intellect. If you have a favorite poem, a reading, a skit, a joke, a monologue, piece of music -- if you juggle, play an instrument, sing, perform, do tricks -- then first, this is important, let the coordinators know via the email address below. If they like your idea, practice it, bring it, be ready to awe us. (But um, no fire-spinning, please.)
Party enthusiasts may come to the hall a bit early to get things ready or help decorate. Otherwise noon is best. For a map to the site, click here.
[We're kidders - it is a non-smoking facility]