Rubicon E-news, July 2005

News and stories from Rubicon Programs

July 2005

1) Matching grant met thanks to you!
2) Rubicon’s Makini Hassan Selected as a Marano Fellow
3) Participant Profile: Thomasina Tagaloa
4) Rubicon’s Enterprises Benefit from MBA Students this Summer
5) What does Rubicon do?

1) Matching grant met thanks to you!

We are proud to report that the $125,000 was raised to meet the generous matching grant from the S.H. Cowell Foundation! The purpose of this match was to establish a working capital reserve for Rubicon to secure the long term sustainability of our organization. This success is in part due to a $35,000 anonymous donation – Rubicon’s largest donation from an individual. The Cowell challenge was a tremendous opportunity for Rubicon and for it we are very grateful.

Thank you, donors, for making this happen!

The following companies have contributed to Rubicon since the last e-news:
Gibson & Associates
Import Tile Company
Kaiser Permanente
Le Beau's Nob Hill Market
Lucasfilm Ltd.
Microsoft
Richmond Farmers Market
United Way of the Bay Area

The following individuals have contributed to Rubicon since the last e-news:
Anonymous (2)
Carol Beth
Miriam Covington
Charles and Ann Crompton
Miriam De Sanchez
Natalie and Greg Delmore
Phyllis and Jack Dolhinow
Nettie Farber
Burke and Katherine Ferrari
Ken Fischer
Brendan Fogarty
Constance Fraser
Joshua Genser
Steve and Nancy Habetz
John Hillman
Anna and Tim Humann
Barbara Johnson
Miriam Joscelyn
Thomas La Tour
Maryann Leshin
David and Judith Liebeskin
Gerald and Corrine Lynch
Lynn Mathenia
Michael Woldemar & Associates
Curt R. and Gerry Pindler
Jennifer Rose
Janice A. Sase
Joyce Saydah
Robert Solotar
William A. van Dyk
Bonnie M. Vasquez
Joseph and Francine Welstand
Stanley & Rose Willner
Beverly Zell

Join us!

2) Rubicon’s Makini Hassan Selected as a Marano Fellow

Rubicon’s Director of Workforce Services Makini Hassan was selected by the Aspen Institute's Workforce Strategies Initiative, the National Network of Sector Partners, and Public/Private Ventures to join the first group of Marano Fellows of the Sector Skills Academy. With major support from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Sector Skills Academy will provide the Fellows and their respective organizations with an opportunity for experiential learning to advance future and current work to create improved economic opportunities for low-income workers.

The Fellows come from organizations representing a variety of institutional types including: community-and faith-based organizations, business associations, labor-management partnerships, workforce development boards, community college and community development corporations.

To learn more about the fellowship click here

3) Participant Profile: Thomasina Tagaloa

ImageThomasina Tagaloa is thriving at Kaiser Permanente. She has a good income, a stable job, and work she loves.

“I am so thankful to Rubicon,” she says.

Before coming to Rubicon, Thomasina and her family struggled to get by with the meager wages she was able to earn from seasonal work.

Graduating from a Rubicon job training program has given Thomasina more than a career. It’s given her a new life.

Rubicon trains hundreds of people like Thomasina for good careers.

Click here to learn more about what Rubicon does.

4) Rubicon’s Enterprises Benefit from MBA Students this Summer

Rubicon Bakery and Rubicon Landscape Services are benefiting from the skills, fresh perspectives, and energy of two fantastic Farber Interns. Jess Geevarghese, an MBA-MSW candidate at Washington University in Saint Louis, and Raul Slovik, an MBA candidate at Yale School of Management, are spending the summer at Rubicon as Farber Interns, a program of REDF (www.redf.org).

We’ve put them to work on projects that will significantly impact our enterprises. Jess is working with the Landscape Sales Manager to reach more customers throughout the Bay Area through targeted marketing. And Raul is working with the Bakery Production Manager to create a “how-to” manual for the dozens of handmade cakes, tarts, and other gourmet desserts which will enable us to improve our operations.

We’re thankful to REDF for the Farber Internship program and to Jess and Raul for their energy, commitment, and hard work!

Learn more about our businesses

5) About Rubicon
We help people who are low-income, homeless, and living with mental disabilities live independent lives by providing jobs, housing, legal services, career development 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 31 years old, has served over 35,000 men and women, has created thousands of jobs, and provided hundreds of homes.

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