Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC) announces July conference

OLOC Presents: 

A Regional Gathering of Old Lesbians

July 28-31, 2011 in Tacoma, WA

The theme is Community • Visibility • Action.

Keynote Speaker: Lillian Faderman

Award-Winning Author and Lesbian Historian

Entertainer: Lucie Blue Tremblay

French-Canadian Singer Songwriter
for registration information and more details,

www.psoloc.org or email us at pnwgathering@psoloc.org

Welcoming Old Lesbians from all over, but especially designed for women from the 

Pacific Northwest.

253-777-3425 (messages)

www.psoloc.org

The 2011 Regional OLOC Gathering will take place at the LaQuinta Inn & Suites in Tacoma, WA, July 28 - 31. It is structured similarly to a national OLOC gathering.  The event will begin Thursday evening with a welcome and a special program.  Friday morning kicks off with a keynote speech by award-winning author and lesbian historian Lillian Faderman (www.lillianfaderman.net).

Friday and Saturday will be filled with panel discussions, group discussions, presentations and workshops. Friday evening there will be local entertainers and a dance. Saturday evening there will be a banquet and concert.  Lucie Blue Tremblay will be our entertainer for the evening www.luciebluetremblay.com. The event will continue with a program on Sunday morning and conclude by 1 pm. Come prepared to have a good time, learn, share, reconnect with old friends and make new ones.

Our headquarters will be the LaQuinta Inn & Suites in Tacoma. They have offered us a $99/night plus tax room rate for 1-4 in a room with 2 doubles or a king bed (king rooms also have a sleeper sofa). A continental breakfast is included. To get this rate you MUST CALL to make the reservation. The rates are available several days before and after the event as well.

Small refrigerators and microwaves are standard in king rooms and by special request for doubles. Call 253-383-0146 direct and press 6, front desk. (A word of advice: Don’t press #4 for reservations!) Tell them you are with the OLOC Regional Gathering. Or, call 866-527-1498 day-time (EST) only and reference this number: 0685GRLIFQ. If you ask for a handicap room and they say they’re all booked, clarify that all the handicap rooms are being held for our group.

A modest amount of funds has been raised for the purpose of assisting lesbians who could otherwise not attend the 2011 Regional Gathering. Priority will be given to women from within the region (which is defined as Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and British Columbia) but women from outside that area may be able to get funds to cover registration fees. If you would like to apply, please access the forms at www.psoloc.org.  OLOC will take assistance applications until May 1. Applicants will be notified of the outcome by May 20. These early deadlines will enable you to finalize your plans as early as possible.

Thanks to OLOC for this information.

Mammography Appointments Available for LBT community on Saturday, December 11th

Join Us

Mobile Mammography, Breast exams and Pap tests

Saturday, December 11th, 9-3pm

The Wild Rose

1115 East Pike St Seattle, WA 98122

December has arrived and we are pleased to offer our third LBT focused screening of the year at the Wildrose on Saturday, December 11th with the coach from Swedish Breast Center.  Call  or email for information or an appointment and please let your loved ones know of our services and encourage them to attend.

Think of this as the greatest gift you can give to yourself!

    * Community-based mobile screening.
    * No-cost mammograms, pap tests and breast exams for income eligible individuals 40 and over, who are un- or underinsured.
    * Individuals with insurance are welcome.

We thank Martha and Shelley from the Wildrose, for their generosity and for opening their doors for us.
We look forward to seeing you on December 11th.

Ingrid Berkhout

YWCA
lbthealth@ywcaworks.org

206.436.8671

Join Ingrid at the Perfect 10 Date Auction benefiting LBT Health

10-10-10 Perfect 10 Date Auction Funds to benefit LBT Health at YWCA

We would like to invite you to you attend the upcoming second Perfect 10 Date Auction benefiting LBT Health of the YWCA this Sunday.  As many of you know, Ingrid works smartly and tirelessly to fill a gap originally left by the closing of Verbena to bring much needed mammograms, breast exams and pap tests to women in need.   Please come out and support her efforts and support women in our community that need these services.

The event is an auction where you can bid on 'date' packages and enjoy entertainment presented by the featured auctionee's.  Let me explain as I know this has been a little confusing to people.  You bid on the items and win them, not the person that gathered the auction items, sorry :~).

So, for example the lovely Fuschia Foxx, will preform and Fuchsia's date package will be a VIP package to Girl4Girl Seattle and dinner for two at Sur. You can bid on her 'date' package but you do not get to have a date with her...sorry folks!  She just was darling enough to garner the package and will preform for us too!  Still following me?

A just confirmed item to be bid on is an Atlantis Events Mexico Cruise for two!  Now, that is worth either bidding on or coming to see the excitement of who will win it!

Perfect 10 Date Auction
SUNDAY, October 10th
6 pm - 9 pm
$5 advance, $10 at the door
Neighbors Night Club
Auction benefiting LBT Health of the YWCA.
This event is co-hosted by The Sisters.
Not single, no problem! We will be auctioning off an Atlantis Cruise for
two!
Perfect 10 welcomes Gay men, Lesbians, Bisexuals, and Transgender
individuals.
Event tickets are available online at
www.perfect10speeddating.webs.com for $5 plus small handling fee.

Some of the Date Packages to Bid On
Atlantis Events Mexico Cruise

Trip:                    LA to Mexico Cruise
Date:                  October 17 – 24, 2010
Category:           I, Oceanview Stateroom
Guests:              Up to Two (2)
Retail Value of entire package:  $2,398.00 USD

The complete package consists of the all-gay vacation listed above and described in full on our website at www.atlantisevents.com. Airfare to and from the destination, ground transfers, onboard expenses, taxes, port fees ($210), and gratuities ($74) are not included, and are the responsibility of the traveler(s). This package is non-transferable and valid only for the vacation listed above. This certificate has no cash value and represents a donation made to the organization listed above.

Another Date package will be a private tour at the Northwest African American Museum  and dinner for two at Marjorie's.

Another Date package will be a tour of Theo's chocolate followed by dessert at Dilettante's.

Dinner and two tickets to a Seattle Sounders game.

Date package will be brunch for two at Rosebud on Capitol Hill.

Dinner for two at Lucid.

Dinner and drinks at Purr followed by Torch Bearers, the latest production for Women Seeking Theatre on Capitol Hill.

Thanks to Perfect 10 for the information.

Join us for Perfect 10 Date Auction on Sunday October 10th

Join LBT Health at the Second Annual Perfect 10 Date Auction as it is back and bigger than ever. Like Perfect 10 Speed Dating events, both Gay men, Lesbians, Bisexuals, and Transgender individuals are welcomed to attend and participate!  This will be a night filled with the opportunity to bid on fun date packages (you can take anyone as the packages are what we bid on - not the actual people), support US and enjoy the company of wonderful people.

There is still room for one more lady auctionee. Even if you are in a relationship, come out to support LBT Health, watch the amazing performances, and have a great time.

One hundred percent of the proceeds will go to Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Health of the YWCA. LBT Health links a diverse community of people with limited incomes with no cost mammograms, additional health services and education, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.

The event will take place Sunday, October 10th and start at 6pm.  Tickets are $5 online, and $10 at the door at Neighbors on Capitol Hill .  Your hosts for the event will be Sue Quigley and Dennis Jimerson with performances by Fuchsia Foxxx and EmpeROAR Fabulous.

Laughter Yoga Classes

For those of you that were able to attend the LBT Rainbow Health Fair we enjoyed a wonderful 'laughter circle'.  Even in the short time we practiced laughing, many of us felt we benefited from practicing laughing and experiencing the joy that laughter brings in any form.  Laughing just makes one feel good!

The Phinney Neighborhood Center offers a laughter yoga class on the 2nd Tuesday's taught by Teresa Verde based on the model that laughter has health benefits.  The Laughter Yoga class provides:

    an explanation of the tremendous health benefits, how laughter and humor are highly effective coping mechanisms, the role of laughter in the workplace and even how smiling is beneficial; followed by a joyous laughter session consisting of gentle stretching, yoga-type deep breathing and playful laughter exercises.

Like all Yoga's, Laughter Yoga practices a combination of gentle stretching, yoga-type breathing, chanting and only differs by including laughter exercises. Yoga is a body/mind/spirit connection that leaves you feeling better after the class.  You need to bring to class a willingness to laugh for no reason and water. Check out the article on One Thousand Laughs in The New Yorker August 30th issue.  www.onethousandlaughs.com

Phinney Laughter Club $5 class fee

2nd Tuesday of the month at 7 pm

Phinney Neighborhood Center

6532 Phinney Ave North, Seattle.

No pre-registration required.

Just drop in when you feel the need for more laughter in your life.

'Our sessions last approximately 50 minutes, beginning with a brief introduction and followed by gentle stretching, yoga type deep breathing and a series of playful laughter exercises'.

For more information contact Teresa at 206-784-9776 or onethousandlaughs@yahoo.comThanks to Phinney Neighborhood Center and One Thousand Laughs for this information.

Wishing you good health, 

 

Ms T

Mammography Coach at Wildrose Bar on December 11th

We are excited to be having our second LBT focused screening at the Wildrose on December 11th.  Last year we had so much fun as it was the same day as the Santa Claus Pub Crawl.  There were hundreds of happy Santa Clauses dressed in a range of outfits wandering on the streets of Capitol Hill.  It added to a very festive day and this year we should experience the same fun as it looks like the Santa Claus Pub Crawl is scheduled the second Saturday's in December.

We served 16 clients last year and we would love to serve more this year!  We offered a small survey to find the topics people were interested in and found they were: health insurance, affordable housing, employment programs, educational opportunities, LBT health and nutrition.  We will repeat the survey this year adding some additional questions that will help us to serve you better.  It will be interesting to see the difference a year makes.

We thank Martha and Shelley from the Wildrose, for their generosity and for opening their doors for us.  It is the community members like Martha and Shelley that support our program so we can support our community.  We look forward to seeing you on December 11th.

December 11th

9am - 3 pm

1115 East Pike St

Mobile Mammography, Breast Exams and Pap Tests

  * No-cost mammograms, pap tests and breast exams for eligible individuals 40 and over
    * Community-based mobile screenings. To make your appointment now, contact  lbthealth@ywcaworks.org or Ingrid Berkhout.

Ingrid Berkhout
Women’s Health Outreach Program Manager
iberkhou@ywcaworks.org
206.436.8671

To good health,

Ms T

Extended Cancer Retreat for Sexual Minority Women

Take a look at this wonderful opportunity for a weekend get-a-way at Harmony Hill which overlooks Hood Canal with awe inspiring views of the Olympic Mountains.  They have been doing these retreats for years and there is no time like the present to take care of yourself.  If you know of someone that could benefit from this weekend, pass this on.  Ms T.

EXTENDED CANCER RETREAT FOR SEXUAL MINORITY WOMEN

Chris Adams, Ronnie Hacken and Denise Carrico
December 10-12, 2010

This retreat provides an opportunity for women to come together to support each other's cancer journey and experience the sisterhood that only an all-woman retreat can offer. Open to sexual minority women only; companions meeting the criteria are welcome.

This retreat is part of the Cancer Program at Harmony Hill and is offered to participants at no cost. Includes two nights stay, meals and all workshops.

To register or for more information,  info@harmonyhill.org or call 360.898.2363, Harmony Hill.