 |  | RUBICON PROGRAMS INC. SINCE 1973. October 2007
2500 Bissell Ave, Richmond, CA 94804
www.rubiconprograms.org
510 235 1516
In this issue:
1. Rubicon has a blog!
2. New MHSA services at Rubicon
3. Successful Rubicon Job Fair!
4. Chevron's Week of Caring a Success
5. Rubicon Artists at the de Young
6. Benita Harris Accepted into Leadership Program
7. Thank you!
8. How can you support Rubicon?
9. Rubicon seeks Board members
10. What does Rubicon do?
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1. Rubicon has a blog!  Periodically
we attend interesting events or conferences, travel to far-off lands,
learn interesting things, and meet fascinating people. This blog is our
way of sharing these experiences with you. Our first blogging adventure
is from Rimini, Italy where three Rubicon staffers are attending a
large food/social change conference.
Check it out! |
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2. New MHSA services at Rubicon We have started seeing consumers in our Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) program, Bridges to Home.
Together
with our agency partners, Rubicon will serve 150 West County adults
with serious mental illness, who are homeless or at serious risk of
homelessness, and who are either underserved or not connected to
treatment, over the next two years. Supported housing is central to
this progressive recovery-based program. This exciting new program has
a significant outreach component, aimed at reaching those who for
cultural, language, or other reasons have not been getting help. Once
someone is enrolled in the Bridges To Home program, the care is focused
around personal service coordination which may include educational and
vocational supports, wellness recovery peer programs, substance abuse
treatment, and financial counseling,. The team will link consumers with
other services and resources to support community integration.
More information about MHSA throughout the state can be found at:
http://www.dmh.ca.gov/mhsa/default.asp
MHSA information specific to Contra Costa County can be found at:
http://www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/
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3. Successful Rubicon Job Fair!  Well
over 300 people gathered in the courtyard at 2500 Bissell Ave in
Richmond on Friday, September 14 to complete job applications and meet
some of the 30+ employers present.
The applicants, all
pre-screened by Rubicon’s Workforce Services and other partnering
organizations, brought their resumes and left with phone numbers and
plans to follow up. Wells Fargo’s eBus was there with its
internet-connected computers and tutorials on budgeting, savings plans,
and more.
Rubicon holds job fairs several times a year and so
if you are an employer who is interested in participating in the
spring, call us at 510 412 1718.
Learn more about our Workforce Services |
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4. Chevron's Week of Caring a Success! Over
30 Chevron volunteers donned painter caps, rolled up their sleeves, and
dedicated themselves to a half-day each at Rubicon sites in three
different cities, over the week of 9/10. They sorted donated clothes
and computers at Rubicon Berkeley, they made repairs to the roof at
Rubicon's headquarters in Richmond, and they painted exterior walls at
Rubicon's El Cerrito Idaho Apartments.
We are very grateful to Chevron volunteers for all of their help. Their enthusiasm and good cheer was infectious! |
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5. Rubicon Artists at the de Young  Artists
from Rubicon’s Independent Living Skills (ILS) Program will show
their work at the de Young museum on Saturday, October 6 as part of the
Access Advisor’s Open House and Disability Arts Festival. The event
will be held in the Koret Auditorium and followed by a Meet the
Artists. ILS provides essential life skills counseling for people
living with disabilities.
Join us to see some beautiful art!
For more information, click here |
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6. Benita Harris Accepted into Leadership Program Rubicon’s
Director of Case Management, Benita Harris, has been selected to
participate in LISC’s Community Development Leadership Institute.
The
3rd annual CDLI will be an intensive 9- month learning opportunity for
a select group of senior staff at non-profit housing and community
development organizations. LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation)
provides nonprofit community developers with the skills, information,
and financial support they need to be effective agents of change.
To learn more, click here |
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7. Thank you! A BIG thanks goes to the following funders! We could not deliver the results we do without your support. Thank you!
Safeway
Surdna Foundation
United Way of the Bay Area
Tipping Point Community
REDF
Home Depot
Peets Coffee and Tea
Starbucks
Noah’s Bagels
Whole Foods
Casino San Pablo
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8. How can you support Rubicon? Donate to Rubicon today!
Thanks
to the generous support from our donors, Rubicon Programs is able to
continue to provide high quality direct services to those most in need
in Bay Area communities. As a nonprofit organization, we rely on
donations from our community supporters – including you – for a
significant portion of our annual operating budget.
Every gift
adds to Rubicon’s ability to sustain our year-around programs and
services – it’s easy and convenient to make a gift to Rubicon using
one of the following gift vehicles:
• Individual and Corporate Cash Gifts
• Stock Gifts
• IRA Retirement Account Gifts
• Employee Contribution Programs and Matching Gifts
• Tribute Gifts
• Planned Estate Gifts
• Sponsor or Purchase Tickets to Rubicon Events
• In Kind and Professional Contributions
• Gift Sponsorships, Recommendations and Referrals
Gifts may be made via mail, telephone and Rubicon’s website. Make checks payable to Rubicon Programs Inc. and send them to:
Rubicon Programs Inc.
Development Office
2500 Bissell Avenue
Richmond, CA 94804
Donations
are happily accepted by phone. Call our Development office at (510)
231-3965. Donate online by visiting our website:
www.RubiconPrograms.org Thank you for your generous support!
Another
way to support Rubicon is to turn your guilty pleasures of shopping
into charitable acts! Shop online at www.FreePledge.com and support
Rubicon at no cost! FreePledge enables you to shop online from
prominent retailers, to pay the normal prices, and to have a percentage
of your purchases donated to Rubicon at no cost. A win-win! There are
over 175 prominent online retailers like Amazon, Target, and eBay
available to you today.
Click here! |
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9. Rubicon seeks Board members Are
you interested in helping people to move out of poverty and to improve
the quality of their lives? Do you want to contribute your time to a
leading organization with nealy 35 years of experience?
Rubicon
Programs is seeking volunteer Board members! Specifically we are
looking for individuals whose business has a significant presence in
Contra Costa County, business leaders, venture capitalists, PR and
marketing professionals, and workforce services leaders. The Board
meets monthly – in person or by phone – and is expected to
fundraise for the organization. We are looking for expertise and energy
to help us implement our three year strategic plan.
For more information and an application form, contact Jane Fischberg at 510 231 3987 or janef@rubiconprograms.org.
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10. What does Rubicon do?
Our mission is to create and deliver integrated solutions to profound social problems.
Our
purpose is to make a positive and lasting impact on people living in
poverty and on people living with disabilities, especially psychiatric
disabilities.
We empower people to move out of poverty and improve their quality of life.
We
provide the following services: workforce services, affordable housing,
legal services, mental health counseling, and money management
services. We run two social purpose businesses, Rubicon Bakery and
Rubicon Landscape Services, and from which 100% of net proceeds support
our programs.
Rubicon Programs Inc is 34 years old, has served
tens of thousands of men and women, has created thousands of jobs, and
has provided hundreds of homes.
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