On the heels of Mothers’ Day, National Charity League’s Southern Marin Chapter (NCL) will host an afternoon party at the Corinthian Yacht Club to honor its latest graduating class of teenage girls — and their mothers — who collectively have contributed 3,026 hours of community service to Marin charities over the past six years.
The event will be held May 15 and feature a graduating class of 17 Marin students who have been volunteering for NCL since the 7th grade. Volunteers support a varied array of local nonprofits for the Marin chapter of the national organization, among them Extra Food, Ceres Project, Adopt a Family of Marin, Special Olympics, SF-Marin Food Bank and The Cedars.
“We’re extremely proud of the NCL Class of 2022. Not only did these young women develop strong leadership skills, but they also flexed their grit and resilience during the pandemic,” note Tracy Coombe and Stacey Crawford, chapter copresidents. “Via service to Marin County, this class has built a strong foundation for future success while creating a bond with their community.”
The Yacht Club party, entitled “Senior Celebration,” will include awards and speeches by the teen volunteers; dinner at Sam’s Anchor Cafe in Tiburon for mothers and daughters will cap off the day’s festivities.
National Charity League membership is available for mothers and their daughters from grades 7 through 12. Prospective members should apply in their daughter’s 6th-grade year of public or private school. Membership drives are typically open from October to January.
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Maria De La O is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School and is an award-winning writer and editor, having contributed to publications including the Village Voice, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Curve and the Washington Post. She has been an editor-in-chief and managing editor for numerous magazines, including The Industry Standard, Alternative Medicine, and Jane + Jane, and she is a founding editor of the family travel magazine ROAM. She also recently produced an award-winning feature documentary film, The Promised Band, about women who try to form a pop band in Israel and the West Bank. Her second feature documentary film is currently in preproduction. Maria also ghostwrote two nonfiction books, Your Soulmate Awaits! and The Lost Art of Dating, both published in 2021. She lives in San Francisco and New York with her partner and uber-cool daughter, Vivienne. She supports all manner of media nonprofits and volunteers for Dear Community, an initiative to revive San Francisco Chinatown and support AAPI elders.
