by Caitlin Quinn | Sep 21, 2020 | Projects
One of CCNB’s longest-standing partnerships is with the Marin County Flood Control District. In fact, a significant driver of our initial growth was our response to the infamous heavy flooding in San Anselmo in 1982[AP1]. In the time since then, the partnership has...
by Caitlin Quinn | Sep 18, 2020 | Corpsmembers
Erin is one of our most decorated corpsmembers at CCNB. Erin consistently takes advantage of opportunities to develop her skills, earn her high school diploma, and discover her career goals. Because of this, she has been part of our family for almost four years while...
by Caitlin Quinn | Aug 28, 2020 | News
Conservation Corps North Bay (CCNB) has completed the first phase of a capital improvement plan designed to improve the energy efficiency of its job training and education facilities and upgrade common areas frequently used by corpsmembers and staff. CCNB’s buildings...
by Caitlin Quinn | Aug 20, 2020 | News
On Tuesday, August 18th, CCNB and Zero Waste Sonoma were jointly awarded the 2020 Outstanding Electronic Recycling Award from the California Resource Recovery Association at their annual conference. This ongoing partnership has already kept well over a million pounds...
by Caitlin Quinn | Jul 14, 2020 | News
The Board of Directors of Conservation Corps North Bay (“CCNB”) could not be prouder of our corpsmembers during the COVID 19 crisis. Our enthusiastic and committed corpsmembers have remained deployed and working (with safety protocols in place) in our community...
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
Jordan 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...
