Community Guide 2017

Community Organizations and Services

SGV Stewards Founded: 2009 Box 276 Lagunitas 94938 Contact: Ann Seramin Email: info@sgvstewards.org www.sgvstewards.org

additional affordable housing in the Valley. We welcome your involvement in our organization and your financial support via tax-deductible contributions or a property donation. San Geronimo Valley Community Center Founded: 1969 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. PO Box 195 San Geronimo 94963 Contact: Dave Cort, Executive Director 415-488-8888 ext. 224 dcort@sgvcc.org Since its founding, the Community Center has served the four villages of the San Geronimo Valley—Woodacre, San Geronimo, Forest Knolls and Lagunitas—and Nicasio and the surrounding communities in western Marin County. The Center has become a focal point for programs in the arts, youth programming and human services, as well as communi- ty events and activities. The Center’s Human Services Program is now the home for the Tina Action Project (TAPS). San Geronimo Valley Land Trust Founded: 1997 Contact: David Bernard 415-999-9213 The San Geronimo Valley Land Trust serves the Valley by acquiring parcels of high natural resource or community value to conserve and protect them, in perpetuity. The Land Trust works with Valley property owners who may wish to donate or sell land, or easements over land, and may be able to provide tax benefits to property owners. The Land Trust owns several parcels and is currently focused on preservation of streamside parcels and Blueberry Ridge. San Geronimo Valley Lions Founded: 1958 Contact: Allison Puglisi 415-456-0147 www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/sgvlions Since 1958 the Lions have helped to make our Valley a better place to live and work by participating in community events and contributing to local organizations such as The Emergency Fund, Valley Toys and Joys, IN SPIRIT, LEAP, Drake Senior Scholarships, West Marin Senior Services, the SGV Communi- ty Center and many others. Our projects include annual blood drives, Food Bank donations, Christmas in April, and Recycle for Sight. We raise money by hosting an annual crab feed and auction, and we co-host the Fourth of July Dickson Country Fun Day and Parade. If you are interested in keeping our Valley community vital and strong, please give us a call!

The San Geronimo Valley Stewards work to represent prop- erty owners in restoring our creeks through collaborative vol- unteer efforts. The Stewards are working to talk to the entire SGV to develop a clear picture of the residents’ needs, desires, and abilities for creek restoration; build a diverse community coalition as a resource to support Valley residents’ responsible improvement of their properties; rally around individuals so no one feels bullied, or that they don’t have a voice in the future of their home; bring information and resources to the Valley because we trust our neighbors to make wise decisions if they have resources and good information. VERG - San Geronimo Valley Emergency Readiness Group Founded: 1974 Contact: Jim Fazackerley 415-300-7170 or Brian McCarthy 415-613-6435 https://www.facebook.com/VERG4SGV/ This is the volunteer citizens’ disaster group for the San Geronimo Valley communities of Woodacre, San Geron- imo, Forest Knolls, and Lagunitas. We work to encourage and strengthen disaster preparedness in the community through training, education, and maintaining a supply of radios and equipment. See article page 141. Woodacre Garden Club Founded: 1996 Box 485, Woodacre 94973 pshene@comcast.net or nphanson@comcast.net Mary Brenner 415-488-9536 Visit our Oval Garden on Park Street demonstrating waterwise gardening and plants suitable for Valley habitat. The Garden Club is open to everyone with an interest in gardening. We landscape and maintain the bus shelters and common areas of Woodacre. You are welcome to join in garden tours, seminars, seed and plant exchanges, and social gatherings. Our volunteer activities are supported by neighbor contributions and donated plants and materials. Please contact us if you would like to help keep Woodacre beautiful by donations, by adopting plants to water, or by joining us for a few hours on monthly work days at our pocket parks.

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