by Caitlin Quinn | Jul 6, 2020 | News, Projects
Conservation Corps North Bay (CCNB), the oldest local nonprofit youth conservation corps in the United States, has secured funding through the State of California Proposition 68 grants program to complete a project on Azalea Hill within the Mt. Tamalpais Watershed....
by Caitlin Quinn | Jun 22, 2020 | Corpsmembers
Jazmin C. has been with CCNB since November 2017, when her cousin, already a corpsmember in Cotati, and our recruiter Vicente encouraged her to join. In the wake of the devastating wildfires, CCNB joined many other organizations to serve the community and begin the...
by Caitlin Quinn | Jun 11, 2020 | Projects
We are contracting through the County of Marin to assist in food distribution with community partners to package and distribute food to residents. Corpsmembers have been onsite at emergency food pantries working with our partners at Canal Alliance and the Marin...
by Caitlin Quinn | Mar 2, 2020 | Projects
It has been just over a year since CCNB started its partnership with the Mattress Recycling Council to collect and recycle used mattresses and box springs. Our goal is to deter the dumping of mattresses—residents will often avoid bringing mattresses to landfill or...
by Caitlin Quinn | Mar 1, 2020 | Corpsmembers
ordan first heard about CCNB from a neighbor in his apartment complex. In March 2019, he joined one of our Natural Resources crews. In his six months on the crew, he tackled all types of projects from building trails to reducing fire fuels. His favorite projects were...
by Caitlin Quinn | Jan 1, 2020 | News
As cities across the North Bay raise the minimum wage, we are proud to announce all wages across CCNB are rising for corpsmembers on January 1st, 2020.Now our starting wage is $14 an hour. That means every single corpsmember is getting a boost to their income, even if...
by Caitlin Quinn | Dec 15, 2019 | News
Pilot program for young people provides work experience, improves job prospects Marin County Parks hopes to groom its next recruiting class of road and trail specialists through an experimental program underway now with the nonprofit Conservation Corps North Bay...
by Caitlin Quinn | Dec 13, 2019 | Projects
CCNB has been working with the Town of Tiburon for over a decade. This longstanding partnership allows us to provide work for corpsmembers in the rainy winter season when outdoor projects are (understandably) harder to come by. Our crews are working across Tiburon...
by Caitlin Quinn | Dec 12, 2019 | Corpsmembers
Jayson is a longtime resident of Petaluma who first heard about CCNB through his work with the Sonoma County Youth Ecology Corps. CCNB is one of several nonprofits empowering youth through this project; Jayson joined a County Parks crew through Bounty Farms, a program...
by Caitlin Quinn | Nov 12, 2019 | News
The Board of Directors of Conservation Corps North Bay (CCNB), the oldest local nonprofit youth conservation corps in the United States, has selected Angel Minor as the organization’s new Chief Executive Officer. Angel joined CCNB in 2017 as Chief Operating Officer...
