Current Partners

Current Partners -- Our Co-Educators
in this Collaborative Endeavor, A sampling...

• Canal Alliance

Canal Community Alliance and Canal Ministry have merged to create Canal Alliance.  They offer services to the people of The Canal area in an effort to deal with the poverty and the influx of many new arrivals who need help with basic necessities. The after school program provides mentors and tutors for the participants as well as a safe place to have fun.

Role models and tutors are needed for the after school program.There is also a need for ESL tutors and for administrative support. Volunteers who can speak a second language are always needed. Populations Served:     Low-income members of The Canal neighborhood in San Rafael. Services Provided: Assistance with housing, employment, education, legal issues and other necessities.  

 Address:                        91 Larkspur Street, San Rafael CA  94901-4820. 
                                          (approximately 5 minutes from Dominican)
 Volunteer Contact:      Catherine Takeuchi
 Phone:                            (415) 456-1443, (415) 454-2640
 E-mail:                            CatherineT@canalalliance.org
 Web Site:                       www.canalalliance.org
 Student Leader:           Alma Martinez  E-mail: alma.martinez@students.dominican.edu

• Homeward Bound

Homeward Bound provides necessary and invaluable resources to the homeless of Marin in the effort to help people reestablish their own homes and lives.  It has facilities established for emergency housing and transitional housing for singles and families with children.  There is also an organic garden at its facility in Novato.

Students are needed as companions, mentors, baby-sitters, tutors, event organizers and with administrative and fund raising work. Students have an opportunity to make a positive impact on a population that is often overlooked.

Populations Served:     Families and single adults who are homeless.
Services Provided:       Emergency and transitional housing, meals, job training, counseling and referrals.
Address:                         199 Greenfield, 2nd Floor, San Rafael CA  94901-2622.
Volunteer Contact:       Birgit Byers
Phone:                             415/457-7038
Email:                               bbyers@hbofm.org
Web Site:                        www.hbofm.org

• Marin AIDS Project

Students are needed as one on one companions, for group support, care-taking, presentations, translation, rides, tutoring, needle exchange and administrative help, such as reception, data base management, graphics, events and computer salvage and donation.

Populations Served:     Marin residents living with AIDS.
Services Provided:        Assistance and referrals for AIDS patients,                                            including companionship, computer
                                           assistance, transportation, meals,

                                           outreach, education and needle exchange.

Address:                          1660 2nd Street, San Rafael CA  94901
                                           (G and 2nd) Approximately 5 minutes from Dominican.
Volunteer Contact:        Andy Fyne
Phone:                              415-457-2487 ext. 110, FAX:  415-457-5687
E-mail:                              andy@marinaidsproject.org
Web Site:                         www.marinaidsproject.org

• Image For Success

Image For Success was founded in 1999 to meet the needs of women in Marin County’s welfare-to-work program.  Clients, who are working on building their self-esteem through improved interviewing skills and business-appropriate wardrobes, come to Image For Success  from over 45 social service agencies in Marin.

Students are needed as personal shoppers and training facilitators. Open to special project implementation.

Population Served:            Individuals and Companies
Services Provided:            Coaching in professional development, individual marketing plans, and verbal and non-verbal
Communication skills:      Resume writing services.
Address:                              4460 Redwood Highway Suite 1 San Rafael, CA 94903
Volunteer Contact:            Paula Nichols, Program Asst.,
Phone:                                  (415) 472-5855
E-mail:         
Web Site:                              www.imageforsuccess.org 

• St. Vincent de Paul Dining Room

An interfaith-based organization who provides services and food to the poor.  The Dining Rooml was created in 1981 as a  free kitchen whose purpose is to serve the hungry with dignity and a welcoming demeanor. Each year their kitchen serves more than 80,000 hot meals, providing the only meal of the day for many of their diners.  Many of their diners are working poor, living below the poverty line.  Others are seniors and people with disabilities struggling to make ends meet

Population Served:            Individuals and Companies
Services Provided:            Provide hot meals and other services to the poor of Marin County
Communication skills:     
Address:                              820 B Street, San Rafael, CA  94901
Volunteer Contact:            Cris Jones, Director of Volunteers
Phone:                                  (415) 454-3303 ext 18
E-mail:                                  crisj@vinnies.org
Web Site:                             www.vinnies.org

• Community Health & Prevention - Wellness Campus
  

Population Served:            Individuals and Companies
Services Provided:           
Communication skills:     
Address:                              820 B Street, San Rafael, CA  94901
Volunteer Contact:            Sparkie Spaeth, Chief of CH&P, & Cio Hernandez
Phone:                                  (415) 473-4145 and (510) 734-7027 respectively
E-mail:                                  sspaeth@co.marin.ca.us & rhernandez@co.marin.ca.us
Web Site:                             www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/HH/main/hs/CHPS/Prevention.cfm

• MarinLink

Populations Served:      Individuals and Companies
Services Provided:        
Address:                           2620 Northgate Mall, San Rafael, CA  94903
Executive Director:        Mary O'Mara, Executive Director  
Phone:                               (415) 472-0211      
E-mail:                               mary_omara@comcast.net
Web Site:                          www.marinlink.org

• i-Reuse

iReuse provides a web-based presence connecting people and businesses who have reusable items with people looking for a particular item(s).  A community minded business, people who post items on the site can designate the proceeds to the charity of their choice - that will include 501c (3) charities, schools and churches included!

Population Served:            Individuals and Companies
Services Provided:            Provides ways to reuse, recycle, and donate used goods
Communication skills:     
Address:                              2620 Northgate Mall, San Rafael, CA  94903
Volunteer Contact:            Jim Christianson, Operations Manager
Phone:                                  (415) 454-3303 ext 18
E-mail:                                  jim@ireuse.com
Web Site:                             www.ireuse.com

• YMCA's Youth Court
  

Marin County Youth Court is run by the Marin YMCA and is part of a nationwide Restorative Justice movement. It is a diversion program for first time juvenile misdemeanor offenders, offering them an opportunity to be tried by their peers in a sentencing hearing. If the defendant then completes his/her sentence within six months, there will be no juvenile record and the defendant may have the opportunity to stay on as a volunteer with Youth Court.

Students serve as youth attorneys, jurors and bailiffs for the hearings. Adult intern/volunteers are needed to provide guidance and training to the youth volunteers and defendants. Other administrative projects are also ongoing and benefit from intern/volunteer support. Good fit for Psychology and Political Science majors.

Populations Served:       High Risk Youth
Services Provided:         Assistance in complex legal system
Address:                           MAWS Building,  734 A Street    
Executive Director:        Don Carney       
Phone:                               (415) 459-9622       
Student Leader:              Tamara Nance E-mail:   tjnance@comcast.net
Training Dates:                August 30, and ongoing.  Need to be available Wednesday evenings, 6 - 8 pm

• YMCA’s County Community School

The County Community School/Phoenix Academy Programs provide specialized services in a supportive environment in which our students have the opportunity to develop their potential.  Established in 1982, as part of the Marin County Office of Education Alternative Education Programs, the County Community School serves approximately 160 students with problems related to truancy, insubordination or law violation. The primary goal of the program is to help students establish appropriate school behavior and regular attendance, improve academic skills, make-up lost high school credit, and develop a positive self-image and appropriate social skills. We help you meet these goals and objectives in many ways.

Population Served:        High-Risk Youth from 12 - 18 years of age.
Services Provided:        Mentoring, advising, instructing, helping Marin County At-Risk Youth
Address:                          160 B North San Pedro Road,  San Rafael, CA 94903   
Volunteer Contact:        Teresa Ashby
Phone:                              (415) 491-4003 
E-mail:                              ccs@marin.k12.ca.us     
Web Site:                         http://mcoeweb.marin.k12.ca.us/ae/countycomm.htm

• Women Helping All People (WHAP)

Women Helping All People was formed in 1990 as a family resource center.  It currently consists of a K-8 school, an after school program, a summer program, a computer lab, GED and ESL classes and a shop for household and clothing items that are free to those in need.  Any volunteers are greatly appreciated for the support they give the children and adults, including mentoring.  WHAP provides a warm and welcoming environment where much is accomplished to benefit those it serves. Volunteers are needed as assistants and tutors for the school, the after school program and the summer program.  Tutors are needed for the computer lab and the ESL, GED program.

Populations Served:       Children and adults.
Services Provided:         After school program including tutoring, small private K-8 school, computer lab and GED, ESLT
Training for adults:         There is also a 6 week summer program and 
                                             a shop for donations of clothing and household goods.
Address:                            79 Cole Drive, Marin City CA  94963 (Approximately 15 minutes from Dominican.)
Volunteer Contact:          Royce McLemore, Executive Director
Phone:                               (415) 332-1703, FAX: (415) 332-1703
E-mail:                                whap@marin.org
Web Site:                           www.mcwhap.org

• Cedars of Marin

In 1919, The Cedars of Marin began as a school for children with special needs and has since evolved into a nationally recognized residential and day programming community for adults with developmental disabilities. A full continuum of care is provided in an environment where personal choice is encouraged and all achievements are celebrated. The Cedars’ exceptional staff is dedicated to fostering independence, defending dignity, and realizing each person’s full potential.

Populations Served:       Adults with developmental disabilities
Services Provided:        
Address:                            P.O. Box 947, Ross, CA  94957
Phone:                                (415) 454-5310, FAX:  (415) 454-0573
E-mail:                                info@thecedarsofmarin.org
Web Site:                           www.thecedarsofmarin.org

• Marin Museum of the American Indian

Populations Served:      
Services Provided:        
Address:                            2200 Novato Blvd @ Miwok Park, Novato, CA  94948
Volunter Contact:            Colleen Hicks, Executive Director
Phone:                                (415) 897-4064
E-mail:                                office@marinindian.com
Web Site:                           www.marinindian.com

• Listening for a Change
  

Their mission is to promote understanding and acceptance of human diversity through education, oral history, and the arts.  They work to eliminate prejudice and intolerance in order to promote true acceptance of others. This is achieved by working with communities to develop oral histories and art projects based upon the personal stories of community members who have lost human or civil rights.

Populations Served:      
Services Provided:        
Address:                            1300 N Dutton Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA  95401
Volunter Contact:            Phyllis Rosenfield, Executive Director
Phone:                                (707) 578-5420
E-mail:                                prosenfi@listeningforachange.org
Web Site:                           www.listeningforachange.org

• Spectrum
  

Founded in 1982, Spectrum’s mission is to strengthen, mobilize, and serve lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning people, and promote acceptance, understanding, and full inclusion in Marin County and the North Bay.

Populations Served:      
Services Provided:        
Address:                            1000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., No 10, San Anselmo, CA  94960
Volunter Contact:            Cristin Brewer
Phone:                                (415) 457-1115 ext 209
E-mail:                                cbrew@spectrummarin.org
Web Site:                           www.spectrummarin.org

• Center for Volunteer & Non-Profit Leadership of Marin
  

The Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership provides resources and services aimed at creating a stronger nonprofit sector and a more engaged community.

Populations Served:      
Services Provided:        
Address:                            555 Northgate Drive, San Rafael, CA  94903
Volunter Contact:            Darlene Fiscus
Phone:                                (415) 448-0340
E-mail:                                dfiscus@cvnl.org
Web Site:                           www.cvnl.org

• Marin County School Volunteers
  

Marin County School Volunteers' mission is to help children realize their potential in school with the assistance of community volunteer tutors.  The program offers opportunities for students to receive the help they need to become academically successful, and community members the chance to engage in meaningful volunteer activities.

Populations Served:      
Services Provided:        
Address:                            1111 Las Gallinas Avenue, San Rafael, CA  94903
Volunter Contact:            Jan Sugar
Phone:                                (415) 499-5896
E-mail:                                mcsvmcoe@marin.k12.ca.us
Web Site:                           www.marincountyschoolvolunteers.org

• Marin Abused Women Service's
  

Founded in 1977, MAWS' leads the effort to make our county free of violence, abuse and intimidation of women and girls.  Services and supports program include emergency hot-lines, housing facilities, support groups, and a men's program to teach men to stop their violence and abuse. In addition, MAWS implements several model prevention programs for diverse communities to utilize which increase awareness of domestic violence and abuse and levels of response by the public and private sector.

Populations Served:      
Services Provided:        
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Volunter Contact:           
Phone:                               
E-mail:                               
Web Site:                           www.maws.org

Last updated: Sep 13, 2007.