Sonoma Gives: Help out and have fun

This year's biggest fundraising events for for Sonoma County nonprofit groups.|

Fundraisers provide the primary funding for many Sonoma County nonprofits. Here's a list of 2015's major events, with dates if determined, name of the event and benefiting agency.

Feb. 2-3 — Redwood Empire Food Bank's annual SouperBowl of Caring, souperbowl.org.

Feb. 6 — Go Red for Women, American Heart Association, Northbaygoredluncheon.heart.org.

Feb. 7 — Sonoma County Farm Bureau Crab Feed, sonomafb.org.

March 12 — La Vida Healthy, Santa Rosa Community Health Centers, srhealthcenters.org.

April 11 — The Art of Dessert, Wells Fargo Center For the Arts education programs, wellsfargocenterarts.org.

April 18 — Healdsburg/Geyserville Dinner & Auction, Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma County, bgccsc.org/healdsburg-auction.

April 18 — Cirque du SAY, Social Advocates for Youth, saysc.org.

April 25 — Dinner Under The Stars, Becoming Independent, becomingindependent.org.

April 25 — Evening with the All-Stars Gala, Hanna Boys Center, hannacenter.org.

April 30 — Real Heroes Breakfast, Red Cross, redcross.org.

May 2 — Meals on Wheels Derby Day, Council on Aging, councilonaging.com.

May 2 (tentative) — Home On The Range gala, PEP Housing, pephousing.org

May 9 — Human Race, benefits many nonprofits, humanracenow.org.

May 16 — Wild Collections, Expeditions for Education; fundraiser for Quarryhill Botanical Garden, quarryhillbg.org.

May 27 — United Way of Wine Country annual celebration at Shone Farm, unitedwaywinecountry.org.

May 21 — Keegan Leadership Series address and awards, Memorial Hospital, stjoesonoma.org.

May — Wine, Women & Cheese, YWCA Sonoma County, ywcasc.org.

June 2-14 — Sonoma Wine Country Games, Council on Aging, councilonaging.com.

June 12-14 — Resorts in Bloom Garden Tour, West County Health Centers, wchealth.org .

June — Music in the Vines at Paradise Ridge Winery, Disability Services and Legal Center, disabilityserviceandlegal.org

June — Nordby Invitational Golf Tournament, Salvation Army, salvationarmysantarosa.org.

July — Love of the Land, Sonoma County Farm Bureau, sonomafb.org.

July — Wine Women and Shoes, Healthcare Foundation of Northern SoCo, healthcarefoundation.net

Aug. 15 — CigarBQ benefits Council on Aging. councilonaging.com

Aug. 15, 24 — Hospice's 24th annual Pro Am Golf Tournaments: Aug. 15 Petaluma, hospicegolfclassic.com; Aug. 24 Sonoma, MemorialHospitalProAm.com.

Aug. 29 — Red and White Ball, Sonoma Valley Education Foundation, svgreatschools.org.

August — Harvest of the Heart, Ceres Community Project, ceresproject.org.

August — Sonoma Wine Country Weekend, Sonoma County Vintners, sonomawine.com.

Sept. 12 — Back to the Future, Chop's Teen Center, chopsonline.com.

September — Be Great Golf Challenge, benefits Windsor Boys & Girls Clubs, bgccsc.org/events

September — Art for Life, Face to Face, f2f.org/art-for-life.

September — Petaluma Winegrowers Gala, Petaluma Museum, petalumamuseum.com.

Oct. 15 — 10,000 Degrees Sonoma, benefits scholarship funds, 10000degrees.org/students/scholarships/sonoma.

Oct. 30 — Casino Night, Petaluma's Carousel Fund, carouselfund.org. October, Calabash, Food for Thought, fftfoodbank.org.

October — Catwalk for a Cure, North Bay Womens Health Center, sutterpacific.org/catwalk.

October — French Garden gala, PDI Surgery center, pdisurgerycenter.org.

October — Night Under the Lights, Schools Plus, schoolsplus.org.

October — Pinot on the River, benefits Boys & Girls Clubs, pinotfestival.com.

Nov. 14 — 4-A-Child Masquerade Ball benefits California Parents Institute, calparents.org.

Nov. 21 — Holiday Faire & Quaker Tea, benefits Friends House, friendshouse.org.

Nov. 29-Dec. 6 — Light Up A Life, Hospice events in Healdsburg, Petaluma, Santa Rosa and Oakmont, hospicelightupalife.org

November — Memorial Hospital Puttin' on the Glitz Gala, memorialhospitalgala.com

TBA -— Have a Heart Benefit & Gala, benefits Volunteer Center of Sonoma County, volunteernow.org.

— Crissi Langwell

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