The Pop Luck Club

Join Pop Luck and Family Services for "Ooooogy Green" at Celebration Theatre - Sat., May 30th

The Pop Luck Club is excited to announce our next family outing - to West Hollywood's Celebration Theatre to see the show "Ooooogy Green & Other Fables". This outing is being held in conjunction with The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Family Services Program.

Have you ever worried about being different?
Have you ever met someone different than you?
Have you ever seen a story?

Ooooogy Green is scared to be different, but through the stories he hears, the adventures he has and the friends he meets, he learns that it’s the differences in all of us that make the world exciting! In fables new and old, puppets, actors, sound and music bring Ooooogy’s tale of self acceptance to the Celebration Theatre stage.

Stick around after the show for a special meet-n-greet with the puppets and cast!

Saturday, May 30
Show starts at 10:30 a.m.

Celebration Theatre, 7051 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90038

To purchase tickets, call or email Celebration Theatre’s box office and use offer code "FAMILY" to receive the Pop Luck Club and Family Services Program discount ($8 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under). Phone:323-957-1884, email: reservations@celebrationtheatre.com.

For more information about this event, please email us at plcinfo@popluckclub.org.

Saturday, May 2nd - Pop Luck Club Community Service Event

The Pop Luck Club is inviting all of our members, past and present, to participate in an upcoming community service opportunity as part of the annual "Big Sunday" event (www.bigsunday.org). We're doing it on Saturday, May 2nd instead of Sunday the 3rd, since Sunday is our Pop Luck meeting in collaboration with COLAGE.

This year we'll be helping to clean up and beautify an LAUSD public school. This event will be held from 9AM - 3PM on May 2nd. It's appropriate for families with kids of all ages, and especially for those with older kids.

Pop Luck's objectives for participating in this event are many:

• To have fun!
• To raise the visibility of Pop Luck among the greater-L.A. & O.C. community
• To give our kids an opportunity to participate in community service
• To offer an event that appeals to families with older kids
• To help PLC families meet each other

Email us at plcinfo@popluckclub.org for more details and the location of the community service event that we're participating in and to let us know that you'll be able to make it. We'll communicate our final numbers to the Big Sunday organization, and we hope to have a great turnout of Pop Luck Club dads and kids!

Pop Swap at May 3rd West Hollywood Meeting!

Our semi-annual Pop Swap is always a hit - bring your lightly-used baby gear, toys, and kids' clothes, and take home someone else's that could be of use to you! At this Pop Swap, The Pop Luck Club will keep some of the toys that are brought for younger kids so we can bring them to monthly meetings for the younger kids to play.

"Impact of Prop 8" Parenting Discussion at April 5th Meeting

Although dads talk about many parenting topics at all of our meetings, we'll be having our first organized parenting discussion at our April West Hollywood meeting, on the topic of "The Impact of Prop 8 on our kids". After our Egg Hunt, we'll have craft activities available for the kids so the dads can spend some undisturbed time together talking about this serious topic. The Pop Luck Board is organizing this in response to requests in our Members' survey and forum, where we heard from many dads that they'd like to have organized activities at some meetings in addition to the social aspects of most of our meetings. For additional information, contact plcinfo@popluckclub.org.

Creating a Family Mini Conference - April 25, 2009

The L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center’s Family Services Program will be offering “Creating a Family”, a mini-conference for prospective parents, on Saturday, April 25th, from 8:30AM – 11:45AM. The conference will include seminars to help learn the ins-and-outs of adoption and foster care, surrogacy, and donor insemination. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn about a variety of family building options, and to help decide which one is right for you.

For location and details, click here to view the conference flyer. To RSVP, please call Amanda at 323-860-7320 or send e-mail to familyservices@lagaycenter.org

Kids' "Spring Egg 'Hunt'" at April WeHo Meeting

Bring the kids and your Easter baskets to Pop Luck's April 5th West Hollywood meeting for a fun Srping Egg "Hunt". We keep it safe and fun for all the kids, and we make sure that everyone gets plenty of treasure eggs, with chances to win some small prizes!

Mad Scientist Show at February 1 Meeting

Bring  your kids and enjoy a great show by the Mad Scientist at Pop Luck's Feb. 1st West Hollywood Meeting. The show's great for kids of all ages! It starts promptly at 12:30PM!

PLC's 10th Anniversary & Holiday Party - Sun., Dec. 7th in West Hollywood

Please join The Pop Luck Club as we celebrate the Holiday Season and 10 years of our club's support and service to the community. Catered lunch. Awards. Raffle. And a visit from Santa!

The festivities begin at noon on Sunday, December 7th. We hope you and your family will join us, whether you're a Pop Luck regular or even if you haven't been to a Pop Luck Club event in years!

Friends are welcome, too, including moms and their kids. Please RSVP to plcinfo@popluckclub.org to let us know how many are coming so we can plan accordingly.

Separately, please watch for an invitation to our Members' Forum on Dec. 7th at 11AM, immediately before the Anniversary/Holiday party.

For more information, email plcinfo@popluckclub.org.

Pop Luck Submits Amicus Curiae letter to CA Supreme Court in support of Prop 8 challenges

The Pop Luck Club has submitted an "Amicus Curiae" ("Friend of the Court") letter to the CA Supreme Court in support of the challenges to Prop 8. The letter was written by Pop Luck Club member David Snow, father of an 18 month old son. The letter states, in part, that "Committed relationships serve as a foundation for many PLC families, and it is of the utmost importance to the PLC membership that marriage remains an option for same-sex couples...PLC strongly supports the position and arguments set forth by petitioners in the three pending cases...PLC writes to urge the Court to exercise its original jurisdiction to consider and decide this matter because of the paramount importance to the public."

Dec. 7, 2008 - Members' Forum, PLC 10th Anniversary & Holiday Party

Save the date - Sunday, Dec. 7th, 2008, West Hollywood! Join us from 11AM - 12PM for our first Members' Forum, which will be followed by our combined 10th Anniversary Party/Holiday Party. The Members' Forum will give members an opportunity to provide feedback and input for The Pop Luck Club as we update our vision and programming, particularly in light of the passage of Prop 8. After the Members' Forum will be The Pop Luck Club's 10th Anniversary Party, with food provided and special guests - PLC's founders will be there, and Santa Claus will join us for his annual holiday visit! To RSVP, or for more information, please email plcinfo@popluckclub.org.