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DRAWBRIDGE LAUNCHES REGIONAL ARTIST PROGRAM

    For more than 30 years, DrawBridge has provided free weekly expressive arts programs for children experiencing housing insecurity across the Bay Area. The new DrawBridge Community Artist Program,…



GIVING MARIN NAMES 2022 GRANT WINNERS

Congratulations 2022 Giving Marin Grant recipients! Autistry Studios Call of the Sea Friends of China Camp Global Book Exchange Grace Signs KWMR Make it Home Marin SAR Marin Shakespeare Company…


ST. ISABELLA STUDENTS AID FOSTER INFANTS

  Drive collects nearly a year’s worth of diapers, wipes       The students at St. Isabella School in San Rafael recently hosted their annual diaper drive for the Marin Foster Care…


JFCS SUPPORTS UKRAINIAN MENTAL HEALTH

   Ukraine First Lady Olena Zelenska has made expanding mental health support for Ukrainians her priority. Children and adults are suffering from heightened anxiety, post-traumatic stress, fear, insomnia, depression and…


BY THE BAY HEALTH CEO TO RETIRE

   By the Bay Health Chief Executive Officer Kitty Whitaker has announced plans to retire in the spring of 2023. Whitaker, a Corte Madera resident, joined the nonprofit organization in…


VIVALON SPREADS LOVE ON VALENTINE’S DAY

   More than 450 homebound older adults in Marin County rely on home-delivered meals from Vivalon through its Meals on Wheels and Nourish programs. This Valentine’s Day, Vivalon wanted to…


GRANT EXPANDS HOMEWARD BOUND TRAINING

Culinary training and support services to enter the workforce will grow at Homeward Bound of Marin with help from $750,000 in state grant funding.    The award from California’s “Breaking Barriers…


MAKE IT HOME TRANSFORMS BOYS HOME

Since 1853, St. Vincent’s School for Boys has dedicated itself exclusively to the care of traumatized boys. That work continues in 2023 as Catholic Charities’ SVSB transitions to a shelter…


BREAD & ROSES SEEKS PROGRAM HOSTS

 Since its founding in 1974, Bread & Roses Presents has brought hope, healing and joy through the miracles of live music to isolated audiences in the Bay Area. Tens of…