Jumpy House, Car Show and Good Food Mark Marin City Labor Day Celebration
By Godfrey Lee
Many people came out and enjoyed the Marin City Labor Day celebration, which was held on Monday, Sept. 2 on the grass of 100 Drake Ave. The celebration featured a a jumpy house for kids, food, music, and a car show.
Antoinette and Lulu, who also organized the celebration event, gave out backpacks and school supplies. The Books and Blends table, manned by Krystal Rose and Vincenzo Bezerra, gave away donated books.
Annette Henry, Shannon and Lamesha Bynum manned the Marin County Cooperative Team (MCCT). They were collecting names for the Marin City email newsletter and was announcing the launch of the “Vision Project” — a holistic mentorship program for Marin City Transitional Age Youth, ages16 to 25.
The Vision Project, according to the flyer, involves mentorship from a non-parental adult who plays an important role in promoting healthy development for youth within a strengths-based, advocacy framework.
Mentees and mentors are provided a monthly stipend for active participation.
“Mentees have their own mentor who they meet with weekly one-on-one for at least 2 hours,” according to their FaceBook Page. “With their mentor’s support, mentees set goals within their Individual Development Plans (IDPs) to foster success within life skills, employment, education, mental health, healthcare, housing and other critical support/needs.”
MCCT also announced their drug overdose treatment training every Tuesday from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Starbucks patio in the Gateway Shopping Center, 110 Donahue St. The training will help you learn the signs of a fentanyl overdose, train to reverse an overdose with Narcan®, and to get free Narcan® so you’re always prepared.
The food was good. Among the many food booths were: Ain Ashby who served her Torani-flavored lemonade, Lester and Diema who served their turkey legs that was large enough for leftovers, and Melba Banks, of Pieman Sweets, displaying her pies.
Tiffany Richards was displaying her purses for sale.
Close to two dozen classic cars were being displayed in the parking lot, three of them being the Oldsmobile Cutlass. One was a yellow, 1972 model owned by Darrell Roary. Dennett Colescot of San Rafael also displayed his car, a 1966 Dodge Charger.
