Founding Board member Hank Royal was honored with a Lifetime Achievement award from the Richmond Branch of the NAACP at its 26th Annual "Freedom Life Membership Banquet," on Saturday, February 10, 2007, at the Richmond Memorial Convention Center.

Hank received this award on the occasion of his retirement as Senior Congressional Case Worker and Liaison in Congressman George Miller’s West Contra Costa County office, a role he carried out for more than 30 years. Hank is also a longtime community activist, with his service to Rubicon being only part of his contribution to the wellbeing of low-income people living in West Contra Costa County.

Congratulations, Hank!

Rubicon Landscape’s General Manager, John Tammen, was profiled in Stanford Business, the publication of Stanford’s School of Business. John, who earned an MBA from Stanford, discusses his move from the for-profit sector to Rubicon.

Click here to read the article.

Another successful Rubicon event! Dozens of East Bay employers gathered at our Berkeley office on Friday, February 9th to learn about how Rubicon can help them recruit and retain employees. Photographed here is Delfina Geiken who talks to another guest.

Prizes were won! Rubicon Bakery desserts were enjoyed!

Missed the event?

Call Lila Blanchard at 510-809-1306 to learn what she and her colleagues can do for your business.

Benefit magazine, a new magazine dedicated to philanthropy, profiled Rubicon in its March/April issue. One of our Bakery employees, Katrina Cobb, is featured in the main photograph.

You can read it online!

Rubicon has secured almost $2 million in new resources and will be leading two major new initiatives that will help people move out of
poverty and homelessness in the Bay Area.

The first is the Contra Costa County Adult Mental Health Service Act (MHSA) Full Service Partnership grant for $1.4 million. We will serve
150 persons with mental illness who are homeless and at serious risk of homelessness and who are not currently being served through the mental health system. We will be partnering with Familias Unidas, Asian Pacific Psychological Services, Mental Health
Consumer Concerns, and Anka BHS (formerly Phoenix Programs) on this initiative .

The second is a two year grant with the CA Employment Development Department (EDD) for $500,000. The focus of this funding initiative is minimum wage workers who have been consistently employed in a minimum wage job for three years. The award to Rubicon has the distinction of being the only one in its category to be funded throughout the state. We are partnering with Alameda County Social Services Agency and Berkeley City College on this initiative.

Click here for more about our programs