San Geronimo Valley Historical Society by Owen Clapp
Photo 2: The largest of the Loma Alta train trestles leading up and over Whites Hill - circa 1900.
Announcements:
Dear Valley,
We’re honored to have been entrusted with the preservation of a wonderful man’s special Marin history photo collection. Chuck Ford passed away in May of this year after a life filled with mentoring students and both taking photos (he spent over two decades as a professional photographer before becoming a teacher) and gathering historic photos of the county. His vast Marin history photo collection spans the late 1800s into the mid 1900s. We hope to honor Chuck with an exhibition of his collection within the next year.
Thank you, Chuck.
Owen
Time Capsule
Photo 1: This rarely seen view shows pre-Woodacre and the greater San Geronimo Valley as it looked in 1911.
Photos courtesy Chuck Ford Collection
Loaning Images for Digitization
If you know of anyone with historic Valley photos who might like to tempo- rarily loan the photos for them to be scanned into our archive, please send an email to sgvhistoricalsociety@gmail.com.
Photos courtesy Chuck Ford Collection
Why We Give From Wheels to Wins by Albert Desilver
This issue, I am pleased to feature a testimony from Roberta Floden who recently donated her car. “It was one of those synchronistic moments. I had inherited a ‘98 Honda Civic whose gas gauge didn’t work, whose battery coughed and burped when you turned the key to start it, and whose body needed a do-over. Badly. Then, a while back, scrolling down the Thursday San Geronimo Valley Community Center Events calendar, I noted the Center was now accept- ing automobiles for donations. Lightning flashed before my eyes. Well, I was already the owner of an incredible 2000 Honda Civic that never let me down. I really didn’t need, and had no place, for the ‘98 version. And SGVCC would get the donation, an organization that had provided me with many years of art, music, events, food, friendship, and that wonderful feeling of safety -- they had my back.
How Your Old Car Can Drive Our Community Forward
I am thrilled to update you and celebrate the San Geronimo Valley’s Car Donation Program. We re-ignited the program back in September of 2024 and since then we have had a car donation EVERY single month on aver- age, bringing in almost $7,400 dollars of much-needed funding in this era of uncertainty. Your car donation support goes to shoring up our vital pro- graming ensuring that it will be healthy and strong for years to come. The best part is that donating your old car, motorcycle, scooter or boat is super-easy to do (the donation platform we use to facilitate the process is called Careasy.org and is also a nonprofit) Your vehicles don’t even have to be in working order.
I proceeded to call the phone number: 855-550-GIVE (855- 550-4483) They accepted my offer, gave me the date they would pick up, arrived on time, and about a month later I was notified that the old, reliable salt-of-the-earth car had found its perfect home. I had no idea it was worth a million dollars!” – Roberta Floden
STEP 1 Go to https://sgvcc.careasy.org/home STEP 2 Fill out the online Vehicle Donation Form STEP 3 Call 855-550-GIVE (855-550-4483)
The representative from Car Easy will schedule a time to tow your vehicle at no cost to you, and you will get a donation receipt, and also will have taken a generous and supportive step toward helping not only the Center, but the community at large!
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