Tapping into Novato's Natural Leaders
In communities around the world, often in developing countries, natural leaders play a vital role in ensuring the health and vitality of their neighborhoods. These individuals reach out to their neighbors, friends, family, fellow parents at school, and others in order spread the word on local issues, enlist them to help neighbors in need, connect them to local services, organize neighborhood activities, and provide education, often on health issues.
Keeping the Wheels Moving at Whistlestop
It's impossible to drive anywhere in Marin without seeing the familiar white vans operated by Whistlestop. They represent the "wheels" part of the organization's slogan, "Meals, Wheels, and More."
Bettina and Mike Jetter: Just Doing It
When Bettina and Mike Jetter, Corte Madera residents and MCF donors since 2005, think about their charitable giving, one starting place is what they call "tapping into (their) inner global citizen."
Absorbing Carbon on Marin's Rangelands
Drives through West Marin are usually noted for views of the hills, ocean, farmlands, and picturesque towns. Less visible are scientific experiments that could bring West Marin even more notoriety, since that part of the County is becoming the center of efforts to see whether carbon dioxide can naturally be absorbed by ranchlands as a way to reduce its impact on climate change.
Saving for a Better Future
When Liane Sanchez imagines her future, she focuses on her dream — owning her own home. A single mother of two, she has rented an apartment in the Canal neighborhood of San Rafael for the past seven years. She envisions a backyard where her children can play, a garden, separate bedrooms for her son and daughter, and, in general, seeing herself progressing in life, having a more secure future.
A Loan on Lincoln
With help from a $1 million loan from the Foundation's Loan Fund, Buckelew Programs renovated a 12-unit apartment building in downtown San Rafael for its clients.
