The Rainbow Community in Leisure World is a community of residents and allies celebrating and sharing the LGBTQIA+ experience. It seeks to create a safe space for connecting with others, sharing stories, and building meaningful relationships in a relaxed setting. New or longtime residents are invited to attend a gathering; there are no membership fees. The group will host picnic on Oct. 4 at noon,

The Golden Rain Foundation has dedicated staff to answer shareholder questions and inquiries. To ask a question, email info@lwsb.com or call 562-431-6586, ext. 2335.

The Seal Beach Animal Care Center (SBACC) is hosting its annual food and wine event, “Pets Ahoy,” on Sept. 28, noon-3 p.m. Join fellow animal-lovers at the Seal Beach Yacht Club for fundraising while enjoying conversation, food, music, prizes and a silent auction. Registration is $75 per person in advance and $85 at the door. To register, go to www.sbacc.org and scroll down to the “Pets

The Rainbow Community in Leisure World is a community of residents and allies celebrating and sharing the LGBTQIA+ experience. It seeks to create a safe space for connecting with others, sharing stories, and building meaningful relationships in a relaxed setting. New or longtime residents are invited to attend a gathering; there are no membership fees. The group will host an end-of-summer picnic

The Leisure World Cares Fund spoke at the Sept. 3 Leisure World Presidents Council meeting. The fund aims to provide a small but sustained and significant subsidy to residents who are on low fixed incomes to be put toward their Mutual homeowner’s fees. Increases in those fees have severely stressed this category of resident and the fund looks to those who are not as impacted by the increases to help