Better Makers: Grammy Winner Esperanza Spalding Performs During Gala for The People’s Music School

In an hourlong virtual gala, The People’s Music School raised money to support free music education for nearly 1,600 children from underserved communities and also celebrated the school’s successful shift to virtual instruction during the Covid-19 pandemic. The March 19 event raised $550,000 and served as a celebration for supporters, artists and community leaders to honor […]

Artists from Cedars of Marin and The Branson School Team Up to Create Heroes and Heroines Art Exhibit

This Spring, artists from Cedars, a Marin County-based non-profit dedicated to supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, teamed up with high school art students at The Branson School in Ross to create an exciting new art exhibit, Heroes and Heroines. Through paintings and drawings, each artist depicted their own personal hero, with subjects ranging […]

Better Makers: The Arc San Francisco Raises More Than $180,000 to Ensure Adults with Disabilities Live Richer Lives

On March 11, the 19th Annual Arc Breakfast virtually broughttogether supporters, community members and business leaders across the Bay Area to help raise funds for The Arc San Francisco, a non-profit with a mission to transform the lives of adults with developmental disabilities by advancing lifelong learning, personal achievement and independence.  The celebratory virtual event […]

National Kidney Foundation’s 32nd Annual Author’s Luncheon Raises $330,000 To Support Kidney Patients

As the largest literary event of its kind in the San Francisco Bay Area, the National Kidney Foundation’s annual author’s luncheon is a treat for anyone passionate about literature. This year’s luncheon was especially poignant, given the pandemic’s widespread impact on kidney patients and transplant recipients who have faced an even greater threat of severe infection […]