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Atheists Volunteer FOOD DISTRIBUTION! Come help and give out food!

Atheists Volunteer FOOD DISTRIBUTION! Come help and give out food!

Fri, Oct 16, 7:00 PM
From Atheists Volunteer - Greater Los Angeles
4.9

[Atheists United](www.atheistsunited.org), California's largest grassroots atheist nonprofit, is fighting the emergency food crisis with our partners [Sunday Assembly Los Angeles](www.sundayassemblyla.com) by hosting a food distribution in Los Angeles outside our offices. We've partnered with the LA Food Bank and give out over 3,000lbs of food each event. **We need volunteers to help us assemble and organize food packages from 12pm - 5pm every third Friday.** From 3:30pm - 5pm volunteers will help hand food out directly to those in need in the neighborhood. From 5pm - 6pm we'll clean up and celebrate everything we accomplished together. Music and snacks will make it well worth your time. If you'd like to be a super volunteer, contact us about showing up at 10am to help with setup! **[If you're able to make a donation to our Food Distribution program please text the code "AUFOOD" to 44-321, or click here](https://secure.givelively.org/donate/atheists-united/support-atheists-united-s-food-distributions). All donations go to helping us feed our community or expand our impact.** **\*\*Food:** Snacks will be provided free for volunteers. We also hope you join us for dinner at a local restaurant after the event. **\*\*Safety:** COVID-19 is extremely dangerous and we prioritize the safety of our volunteers and food recipients. You must be vaccinated to volunteer. If you are not vaccinated you will be asked to leave immediately. **\*\*Parking:** Free parking for volunteers in our parking lot off Rampart Blvd behind the building. **\*\*Dress Code:** Safety requirements include: no open-toe/open-heel shoes or high heels. We recommend casual attire (jeans, t-shirt, light sweater, & tennis shoes). Please dress for the weather and wear sunscreen as needed. Any questions, please contact Marit at marit.ingebretsen@atheistsunited.org or Evan at evan@atheistsunited.org **Few things bring more joy than helping others.** Join us!

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Tennis all levels welcome

Tennis all levels welcome

Mon, Oct 5, 12:00 AM
From Moksha Community
5.0

🎾 MOKSHA TENNIS EXPERIENCE | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 Join us this Sunday for another fun evening of tennis, music, and great company! Never played tennis before? No worries at all! Beginners are more than welcome, and we have rackets available for you. Come to play, meet new people, enjoy the music, have some laughs, and spend a beautiful evening with our MOKSHA Community. No experience needed — just bring yourself and your good energy! 🤍 📍 Hermon Park Tennis Courts, Los Angeles 📅 Sunday, October 4 ⏰ 5 PM – 8 PM Come alone or bring your friends. We can’t wait to see you on the court! Your people. Your game. Your community. 🎾

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Weekly Volunteering with @Myfriendshousela Skid Row

Wed, Oct 14, 6:45 PM
From Black Women Connecting
4.7
1 attendee
FREE! Community Harmony Acupuncture 社區和諧针灸

FREE! Community Harmony Acupuncture 社區和諧针灸

Mon, Oct 19, 12:00 AM
From Compassionate Transformation
4.9

**Community Harmony Acupuncture Clinic 社區和諧针灸** \> Receive Support\. Release Trauma\. \> Sunday\, October 18 \| 5:00\-8:00 PM PST Please reserve your appointment and complete medical forms on Acusimple: tinyurl.com/CTCClinic *Meetup signup notifies us of your interest, but it does not reserve an appointment.* **Community Harmony Acupuncture Clinic** is a recurring gathering, offering trauma-aware, heart-centered care rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine. While **our focus is mental and emotional well-being**, many people also experience relief from physical pain, tension, headaches, digestive imbalance, and stress-related symptoms. In Chinese medicine, healing is about restoring circulation — of energy, blood, breath, and emotion. When things move, we feel lighter. When we feel safe, we release. This *group-style experience* includes **individualized acupuncture, along with sound healing, guided meditation, and aromatherapy** **to support deep nervous system reset** in a peaceful shared space. Our main provider is **Winnie Chan Wang**, joined by additional community practitioners offering healing support. This clinic is **free and donation-based**, with a suggested $20 contribution to help sustain the program and keep care accessible to all. It’s gentle. It’s grounding. It’s surprisingly relaxing. Many first-timers say, “I didn’t know acupuncture could feel like this.” Come try it. Come receive. Come let your nervous system reset. **Appointments are required (limited time slots available).** **Reserve your appointment here:** [tinyurl.com/CTCclinic](tinyurl.com/CTCclinic) **Location:** **📍 2801 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena CA 91107** The entrance is best accessed from Wenger Alley, and there is plenty of free parking on Mataro Street and N Daisy Avenue. Please note that every person will need to complete a sign-in and exit survey. Please take your shoes off and sanitize your hands when you enter the space. Thank you! **如果您有任何问题,欢迎联系我们。** **Have questions? Contact us at:** 📞 626\-538\-5544 OR 📧 \[welovectc@gmail\.com\]\(mailto:welovectc@gmail\.com\) Our Community Harmony Acupuncture Clinics are generously sponsored by [Classical Chinese Literature](https://www.classicalchineseliterature.org/ "https://www.classicalchineseliterature.org/"), a free platform preserving and sharing 500 selected works of classical Chinese poetry and prose through readings, annotations, translations, and historical context. Learn more on their [website](https://www.classicalchineseliterature.org/ "https://www.classicalchineseliterature.org/") and explore the [mobile app](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E5%8F%A4%E8%A9%A9%E6%96%87%E7%B2%BE%E8%AE%80-%E7%B2%BE%E9%81%B8500%E7%AF%87%E8%A9%A9%E8%A9%9E%E6%96%87%E6%9B%B2%E8%B3%A6/id1545075836 "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E5%8F%A4%E8%A9%A9%E6%96%87%E7%B2%BE%E8%AE%80-%E7%B2%BE%E9%81%B8500%E7%AF%87%E8%A9%A9%E8%A9%9E%E6%96%87%E6%9B%B2%E8%B3%A6/id1545075836").

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🥟🍺 Dumplings + Beer = A Pretty Solid Friday Night🍺🥟

🥟🍺 Dumplings + Beer = A Pretty Solid Friday Night🍺🥟

Sat, Oct 3, 2:00 AM
From " ¡ ᗯᗩᑎTEᗪ TO ᗪO TᕼᗩT . . . ᒍᑌᔕT ᑎOT ᗩᒪOᑎE ! ! ! ℠ "
4.5

We’re heading to the **San Gabriel Dumpling & Beer Fest**, where the Historic Mission District gets taken over by dumplings, street food, craft beer, live entertainment, a night market, and thousands of hungry people making questionable decisions about how many dumplings constitute a reasonable dinner. Spoiler: there is no reasonable number. General admission to the festival is **FREE**, so you don't have to drink beer to join us. You purchase food separately from the vendors. If you want access to the 21+ Beer Garden and unlimited beer tastings, you'll need to buy a Beer Garden ticket separately. This year’s lineup includes local food vendors plus a bunch of breweries, so there should be plenty to eat, drink, and wander around pretending we have a strategy. My plan is pretty simple: meet up, explore together, find some great dumplings, maybe discover something weird and delicious, grab a drink if you're drinking, and hang out. Come hungry. Seriously. Don't eat dinner first and then show up saying, “I'll just have one dumpling.” Nobody likes a liar. 😂 🚗 **Getting There:** Parking around the festival can get busy, so I recommend parking far enough then taking an **Uber or Lyft** if you can. That also makes life much easier if you're planning to check out the Beer Garden. 🍺 **Festival Info / Tickets:** [https://dumplingandbeerfest.com/](https://dumplingandbeerfest.com/) **Yelp Reviews:** [https://www.yelp.com/biz/san-gabriel-dumpling-and-beer-fest-san-gabriel](https://www.yelp.com/biz/san-gabriel-dumpling-and-beer-fest-san-gabriel) **RSVP Info:** RSVP here so we know who to look for in the sea of dumplings and humanity. 😂 📍 **Where We’ll Meet:** Let’s meet **in front of the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse main entrance/marquee** before heading into the festival together. It should be a lot easier than trying to play “Where’s Waldo?” with 7,000 people and several thousand dumplings. 😂 If you’re running late, just message the group and we’ll let you know where we wandered off to. **Note:** Your Meetup RSVP does **not** include Beer Garden admission. If you want the Beer Garden, please purchase your own ticket ahead of time. Everyone will be paying their own way for food, drinks, and any festival tickets.

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DBSA San Gabriel Valley Monday In-Person Meetings

DBSA San Gabriel Valley Monday In-Person Meetings

Sat, Oct 10, 2:00 AM
From San Gabriel Valley Depression and Bipolar Support
4.9

7 to 9 pm. **Please be there by 7 pm because the doors to the building lock.** Latecomers can still be let in. Support Groups Can Change Gene Expression Which Triggers Bipolar Disorder and Depression. Although DBSA (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance) support groups are 94% effective in helping bipolar (manic depressive) or clinically depressed members with treatment adherence, another important benefit is the ability to create a social network with others sharing a condition friends or loved ones may not understand because they simply haven’t “been there.” For such individuals living in isolation, the science of epigenetics has conclusively demonstrated that this can be a life-changing or life-saving experience to an extent surprising to many immunologists and psychologists. In The Social Life of Genes: Shaping Your Molecular Composition, David Dobbs writes [italics mine]: “If you actually measure stress, using our best available instruments, it can’t hold a candle to social isolation. Social isolation is the best-established, most robust social or psychological risk factor for disease out there. Nothing can compete.” “You can’t change your genes. But if we’re even half right about all this, you can change the way your genes behave—which is almost the same thing. By adjusting your environment you can adjust your gene activity… “Despite these well-known effects, Cole said he was amazed when he started finding that social connectivity wrought such powerful effects on gene expression.” What this means is that the same genetic traits that cause a bipolar or depressive condition to manifest itself can be countered by a positive and supportive social support environment to the point the same gene expression is reduced in severity and can even become manageable. This is how, and why these groups WORK. A lack of a social support environment, and the accompanying loneliness, has some predictable outcomes… The Lethality of Loneliness We are social animals. We were never meant to be alone. Air pollution increases yours odds of an early death by 5%, obesity by 20%, alcohol by 30%, and living with loneliness by 45%. If you are outside the Los Angeles County area and would like to find a support group near you, click here. For further information, you may email us at info@dbsasgv.org, call or text 626 359-7538, or use the Contact Form.

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