The Lazy Bear Fund has always been a grass-roots, nonprofit organization. We give all of our profits to causes like clinics and schools and food banks. We help kids and seniors, people living with HIV, or struggling with addiction.

In lieu of the cancellation of our annual fundraising event, Lazy Bear Week 2020, we ask for any or all interested individuals or groups to consider making a donation to the Lazy Bear Cares campaign.

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The Lazy Bear Cares Campaign 2020
Although we are experiencing hard times right now, there are many people in the world who are experiencing problems much tougher than our own.

We are proud to announce the following activities for 2020:

  • We intend to raise funds for MPact Global Action, a network that promotes gay men’s health and rights in troubled places in the Middle East, Africa, and other countries in the Global South. They provide vital information to already fragile communities living in hostile places. They also provide access to life-saving HIV medications in places where the very possession of those medications is a crime.

  • We plan to make a generous donation to TurnOut, a non-profit whose mission is to maximize the power of volunteerism to strengthen LGBTQ+ communities and prioritize vulnerable members of the Bay Area LGBT+ community. Communities that are at increased risk from COVID-19 and face discrimination from mainstream support services and volunteers.

  • We also plan to make a generous donation to West County Community Services, which works so hard to help people experiencing hard times in our “Lazy Bear” home town of Guerneville. West County Community Services provides family crisis support, grants to help with rent, utilities and similar needs during this critical time.

  • Residents are without jobs because they work in service industries that have been completely shut down during the pandemic. This week we received approval on a grant from Sonoma County that will enable us to provide meals options for 2,000 hungry people in the Russian River area.

We look forward to putting the FUN in to fundraising once more via remote/online activities including a VIRTUAL LAZY BEAR WEEKEND in late July/early August 2020.

Thank you!