You're invited!

Rubicon Programs will celebrate the grand opening of Giant Road Apartments, new housing in San Pablo for low-income and formerly homeless families, on Monday, July 16, at 4pm. Please join us, our housing development partner East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC), officials from the City of San Pablo, Contra Costa County Board of Supervisor John Gioia, State Assemblywoman Loni Hancock, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, neighbors and friends.

Please RSVP to Candace at 510.236.6128. The Giant Road Apartments are located at 907 Lake St., San Pablo, CA (for mapping software, use: 2832 Giant Road, San Pablo CA).

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On Thursday, June 14 the Wells Fargo eBus visited the Berkeley office and provided their mobile technology lab for Rubicon’s clients. The bus is equipped with 15 computer workstations and high-speed satellite Internet technology. The eBus is dedicated to serving Bay Area communities, partnering with schools and nonprofit organizations, by providing technology training and Internet access to persons with limited technology resources.

Services provided on the eBus, conducted in English and Spanish, include:

• Workforce Development
• Employment Research & Job Applications
• Financial Literacy – Wells Fargo’s Hands On Banking
• First-Time Homebuyer Education
• Small Business Information & Resources
• Introduction to Windows
• Online Research
• Résumé Writing
• Email/Internet Training
• Microsoft Word/Excel

More information about Wells Fargo’s eBus can be found here

Every summer the participants in Rubicon’s Independent Living Services program proudly display their art in the garden outside Rubicon’s headquarters in Richmond, CA. And every summer they talk to visitors about their pieces of art including their inspirations and methods. This year was a huge success with lots of visitors and lots of sales (all money goes directly to the artists).

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We are excited to welcome Tracy Curtis to the Rubicon Programs Board of Directors. Tracy is Wells Fargo’s Community Banking President for the East Bay Market and is responsible for 17 banking stores along the Highway 80 Corridor in western Contra Costa and northern Alameda Counties. Tracy has held many leadership positions within Wells Fargo including Regional Service Manager, District Manager, Market Support Consultant and Store Manager in Contra Costa County.

“I am excited to join Rubicon Programs’ Board of Directors,” said Tracy. “It is clear to me and everyone who knows Rubicon that this is a well established and well run organization that is changing people's lives every day. It has a lasting and positive impact on everyone it serves – people living in poverty and people living with mental illness. I look forward to being a part of this great group of people and the next phase of Rubicon’s growth.”

Welcome aboard!

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