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...
by Caitlin Quinn | Aug 13, 2019 | Projects
Fire Fuel Reduction with Homeowners’ Associations Our crews have been working with two local homeowners’ associations (HOA’s) to create defensible space around homes and reduce fire fuel. At the Oak Forest HOA properties in Oakmont, crews created 30 feet of...
by Caitlin Quinn | Aug 12, 2019 | Corpsmembers
Angel first heard about CCNB when he was working with Youth Connections in Santa Rosa but was motivated to join when he was detained in Los Guilicos Juvenile Hall. When he was incarcerated for his son’s fourth birthday and his own birthday, he knew he had to make a...
by Ellie Chamberlain | Jun 5, 2019 | Corpsmembers
Christian came to CCNB after hearing about the internship opportunities we offer with various county agencies, which are intended to be a pathway to county employment. Since becoming a corpsmember Christian worked on our Career Pathways Program / Internship crew with...
by Ellie Chamberlain | Apr 10, 2019 | Projects
Starting in late March eight CCNB corpsmembers worked in partnership with the City of Santa Rosa to complete a variety of projects on the Santa Rosa Creek. Restoring the native creek habitat is central to our work in Santa Rosa, and over the course of two intense...
by Ellie Chamberlain | Apr 7, 2019 | Corpsmembers
Jonae was at a crossroads. She had given high school a fair chance but found that it wasn’t for her, and as more time went on, it was becoming harder for her to stay motivated to explore what she might want to do – to find her purpose. Then a friend told her about...