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RESOURCE FAIR FOSTERS CONNECTION, OPPORTUNITY

   Mt. Tamalpais College, which provides higher education to students who are incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, hosted its first resource fair inside San Quentin on June 18.         Conceived…


PROGRAMMING SUPPORTS MARIN HOMELESS YOUTH

  Marin County Cooperation Team, through funding from Tipping Point Community, a nonprofit in the Bay Area that finds, funds and strengthens poverty-fighting solutions, has started programming to support transitional…


CANAL ALLIANCE RECEIVES NATIONAL ACCOLADE

As part of the 2023 UnidosUS Annual Conference — The Power of US, Canal Alliance was named the 2023 UnidosUS Califor.   Regional Affiliate of the Year. UnidosUS President and CEO…


SOCK DONATION BENEFITS RITTER CLIENTS

 Ritter Center, a federally qualified health center, announced that Bombas donated 7,500 pairs of  their specially designed donation socks to the San Rafael-based nonprofit. These socks will be utilized in…


MOBILE SHOWER PROGRAM ADDS FAIRFAX LIBRARY LOT

 Marin Mobile Care, Marin County’s only provider that operates mobile showers and restrooms serving multiple communities by providing basic hygiene at encampments, churches, medical facilities and other places in need,…


CERES PROJECT WELCOMES PEER INTERNS

   Twelve high school students are working in the Ceres Community Project gardens and kitchens over the summer while learning about nutrition. By the end of the summer, they’ll develop…


CULINARY ACADEMY RECEIVES PÉPIN GRANT

   Fresh Starts Culinary Academy has been recognized for the third time with a grant from the Jacques Pépin Foundation. The Jacques Pépin Foundation supports free culinary and life skills…


MARIN SHAKESPEARE PRESENTS ‘TWELFTH NIGHT’

    2022 Giving Marin grant recipient Marin Shakespeare Company will continue its 2023 Summer Season with Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night.” The production runs Aug. 5 to Sept. 3 at Forest…


QUILT GUILD SUPPORTS GRIEF CAMP FOR KIDS

Partnership gives handmade pillowcases to children mourning loss    For more than 10 years, the Mt. Tam Quilt Guild and By the Bay Health (formerly Hospice By the Bay) have partnered…


$50K GRANT SUPPORTS AGING INITIATIVES

 St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin County was the recipient of a $50,000 grant from Navigage Foundation, a nonprofit that supports community-based organizations, senior housing communities and institutions of…