EMPOWERING YOUTH
The first of a series of free Youth Poster Contest workshops was held at San Rafael High School on Feb. 5. The guest instructor was Brian Narelle, a political cartoonist,…
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FRIENDS OF CHINA CAMP
Friends of China Camp, a group of volunteers who have been operating the park since July of 2012 when the park was threatened with closure due to lack of state…
NO ONE EATS ALONE DAY
More than a million students in all 50 states, at 2,300 schools, including 15 schools in Marin, celebrated National No One Eats Alone Day on Feb. 15. The program was…
LOCAL NONPROFITS SUPPORT COMMUNITY
ExtraFood and Homeward Bound of Marin served Marin’s Coast Guard families who were without federal income for more than a month and had not yet received back pay as of…
WEEDING, DIGGING, PLANTING
Sanzuma is dedicated to increasing access to healthy food sources through programs that focus on reconnecting communities with their environment and supporting Marin County’s Title 1 schools. On Feb. 2,…
MARIN CHARITABLE DISTRIBUTES $174,000
Marin Charitable, an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization established in 1961, held a ceremony at Unity in Marin in Novato on Jan. 24 to distribute a total of $174,000 to 53 local groups that support…
LEARNING, WORKING, CREATING
The spring semester of the Autistry Comprehensive Adult Program has begun. Students take academic and physical fitness classes at College of Marin. Pictured (above, left to right) are Autistry students…
SUPPORTING ART AND ANIMALS
Incavo Wine Bar owner Blake Jordan (left) and event director Bosil Kim hosted the annual Connected Arts Benefit at the Marin Masonic Lodge auditorium in San Rafael on Dec. 15. The event…
CVNL HEART OF MARIN AWARDS
The 26th annual Heart of Marin Awards luncheon took place on Jan. 10 at the Marin Center Exhibit Hall in San Rafael. Non-profit leaders, organizations and volunteers were honored along…
MARIN NONPROFITS IN ACTION
The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito advances global ocean conservation through marine mammal rescue and rehabilitation, scientific research and education. . Volunteers at the Marine Mammal Center (above) release a…