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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…


MARIN BALLET ESTABLISHES DANCE EDUCATION CHAPTER

   Marin Ballet announced its membership in the National Dance Education Organization and sponsorship of a Secondary Chapter in the National Honor Society for Dance Arts. Membership in NDEO will…


LITTLE WISHES EXPANDS REACH ACROSS US

  Little Wishes, a 2019 Giving Marin grant recipient, continues to  expand its program to children’s hospitals across the country. The nonprofit grants wishes to children who endure frequent hospitalizations or…


COMMUNITY CLINICS CELEBRATES HEALTH CHAMPIONS

Marin Community Clinics hosted its annual Summer Solstice Celebration on June 21 at Inn Marin and Suites. Elected officials, community health ambassadors and hundreds of supporters of health care in…


DESIGNERS MAKE IT A HOME

Furniture bank provides gently used goods to foster kids, formerly homeless families      Founded by interior designer Carolyn Flannery, 2022 Giving Marin grant recipient Make It Home is a nonprofit furniture…