Looking for a fun evening out that benefits a great cause? Check out the Turning Wine into Water event benefiting Haiti relief efforts. The event will feature a live performance from local favorite Dgiin, gypsy flamenco with a twist.
What: Turning Wine into Water, benefiting Haiti relief efforts
When: Friday, February 26, 2010
Where: Sleeping Lady, [...]
It is that time of year again when the Marin Food Bank does its annual food drive. Sadly, Marin food pantries have seen increases as high as 70% in the number of people who need food over the same month last year. Recent surveys show more than 16% of Marin’s children live in poverty and [...]
It is that time of year again- The Junior League of San Francisco Home Tour! I look forward to this event all year long. I might be slighly biased- I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to chair the event in 2006 (The Give My Regards to Broadway Tour) but if you [...]
My blog is a little quiet this week as I have been very busy prepping for The Junior League of San Francisco’s 83 Annual Fashion Show. I will be strutting my stuff on the catwalk at the Fairmont Hotel on Saturday for the big event. Yes, I am modeling!
The JLSF Fashion Show is the [...]
Despite our affluent community, homelessness is still a problem in Marin County. Project Homeless Connect is an initiative that was created by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, in collaboration with the Department of Health, the Department of Human Services, other government agencies, the private sector and community non-profits and individuals. The program helps the homeless [...]
It is hard to imagine that families in Marin are going hungry, but they are. We have begun hearing that the Marin Food Bank now has more than double the number of families needing their support this year. I have been told that in June of this year, the Marin Food Bank was providing [...]
Today is Blog Action Day, where bloggers around the country focus on a single cause. This year, bloggers around the country are writing about poverty in an effort to raise global awareness about this very important issue.
Poverty is a huge issue in the bay area with huge disparities between the affluent and the poor. Did [...]
If you have children, you have probably heard about St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. For the second year, I am honored to sit on the event committee for Miracles on the Bay, a benefit for St. Jude. When I tell people I am involved with St. Jude, I often get looks of [...]
The real estate blogging community is banding together to help raise funds for Tornado victims.
This week, thousands of people lost their homes and over 57 lost their lives. The destruction is devastating and over five states have a long road ahead in rebuilding after these massive destruction.
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When I tell people I volunteer with the Junior League, they either think the Junior League is a kids baseball team or have this impression of a snobby group of society women who wear pearls and drink tea. Books like The Devil in the Junior League haven’t done much to help (although quite funny!)
Earlier [...]