The Giving Marin Community Partnership supports local nonprofits with free marketing opportunities throughout the year. At the end of 2019, Giving Marin, through an application process, chose six nonprofits to receive $10,000 each. The grant awards ceremony was held at Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical in Novato on Jan. 15. Pictured above (top row, left to right) are Giving Marin Partner companies and representatives Matt Martin, Redwood Credit Union, Stephanie Plante, CPI Developers, David Ebright, Kaiser Permanente, Gwen Mayer, Ghilotti Bros. Inc., Jonathan Eldridge, College of Marin, Chaunte Chastang, Nugget Markets, Betsy Ricketts, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Diana Kennedy, Toyota Marin, Rob Devincenzi and Lori Pearce, Marin IJ, (not pictured, Fairview Capital) and (front row, left to right) grant recipients Little Wishes President Laura Euphrat, Conservation Corps North Bay CEO Angel Minor, Next Generation Scholars Executive Director Janeen Mendoza Cruz, Marin CASA Program Director Laurie Good, Homeward Bound of Marin Executive Director Mary Kay Sweeney and Halleck Creek Ranch Executive Director Molly Scannell.
The Giving Marin grant ceremony welcomed winners and their guests, elected officials and the Giving Marin Community Partners who underwrite marketing for local nonprofits in the IJ newspaper, marinij.com and across the Giving Marin social media platforms. Pictured above (top, left to right) are Marin CASA’s Debra Delaney and Conservation Corps North Bay’s Anastasia Pryor, (middle, left to right) Homeward Bound of Marin’s LaSaunda Tate and Mary Kay Sweeney and Novato City Councilmember Amy Peele, (bottom, left to right) Redwood Credit Union’s Matt Martin, state Assemblymember Marc Levine and Novato City Councilmember Eric Lucan.
Local officials celebrated the accomplishments of the grant recipients. State Assemblymember Marc Levine spoke about the importance of the business community supporting local nonprofit organizations. Pictured above (top row, left to right) are Novato City Councilmember Pat Eklund, Levine, Carole Mills from state Sen. Mike McGuire’s office, Supervisor Judy Arnold, San Rafael City Councilmember Kate Colin, Novato City Councilmember Amy Peele, Novato Mayor Denise Athas, Novato City Councilmembers Susan Wernick and Eric Lucan, and (front row, left to right) grant recipients Little Wishes President Laura Euphrat, Conservation Corps North Bay CEO Angel Minor, Next Generation Scholars Executive Director Janeen Mendoza Cruz, Marin CASA Program Director Laurie Good, Homeward Bound of Marin Executive Director Mary Kay Sweeney and Halleck Creek Ranch Executive Director Molly Scannell.
Marin IJ President and Publisher Rob Devincenzi, Next Generation Scholars Executive Director Janeen Mendoza Cruz, Conservation Corps North Bay CEO Angel Minor, Little Wishes President Laura Euphrat, Halleck Creek Ranch Executive Director Molly Scannell, Marin CASA Program Director Laurie Good, Homeward Bound of Marin Executive Director Mary Kay Sweeney, Giving Marin Coordinator Liz Saint John. -Photos by Stuart Lirette
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