Hello Community,
I hope you are having had a great July Month. In August, we have two great events for you. First, on August 10th, we have a Pool Party hosted by the VGN and the Benicia LGBTQIA Network at Christina and Donna’s house in Benicia. Then, on August 23rd, we have a Fabulous Summer Party Potluck Hosted by Ric Duran at his home in the Heritage Neighborhood. Please see full newsletter for more details.We now have our year fully booked for potlucks, but still, we want to host a games night or three. The Vallejo Gay Network is a community building endeavour and we want to have events that bring us together for fun, entertainment and socializing. To accomplish this, we need our member’s help to accomplish this. We need hotsts for the rest of 2025 and into 2026 for these events, if you want to host, please contact me:
I hope you are having had a great July Month. In August, we have two great events for you. First, on August 10th, we have a Pool Party hosted by the VGN and the Benicia LGBTQIA Network at Christina and Donna’s house in Benicia. Then, on August 23rd, we have a Fabulous Summer Party Potluck Hosted by Ric Duran at his home in the Heritage Neighborhood. Please see full newsletter for more details.We now have our year fully booked for potlucks, but still, we want to host a games night or three. The Vallejo Gay Network is a community building endeavour and we want to have events that bring us together for fun, entertainment and socializing. To accomplish this, we need our member’s help to accomplish this. We need hotsts for the rest of 2025 and into 2026 for these events, if you want to host, please contact me:
- Potlucks: Our signature monthly event that is hosted in our member’s home. We need hosts for 2026.
- Game Nights: This is a great night-time event, perfect for Fridays. This is a great time of socializing with the added bonus of playing a variety games. We need our members to host.
- Kite Flying: These events are were designed to be an outting on the Vallejo Waterfront and to get outside. We need a coordinator to help organize these. If you’re interested, please send a note.
- Restaurant Take Overs: This is a new Idea, sponsored by the idea from the Benicia LGBTQIA Network to support our local restaurants with our dollars. This would be a weeknight event where we would all just show up at a Vallejo Restaurant.
And to close, please remember that in these dark times, we need to remember that we should all strive to be someone’s point of light. Please consider that everyone is dealing with the issues of the day differently, and that the simple act of giving grace is something that costs us nothing. That said, we have seen that this administration, this congress and this supreme court are not here for our community, for our aged community, immigrant communities and for those that are less fortunate than us. Let’s strive to be here for one another.
Here’s to better days ahead,
Thomas Bilbo