Programs
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Marina Schools Programs: Don Livermore Scholarship for Marina High School – In 2011, two $1,000 scholarships were awarded to two seniors planning on attending college. |
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Captain Gordon R. Nakagawa Scholarship for Learning for Life Charter School Learning for Life Charter School is proud to announce this $1,000 scholarship to seniors who are graduating with a high school diploma in 2012 and who are enrolling in a college or university. |
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Marina Schools Assembly Program - In 2011, the Foundation is granting $500 to each school in Marina to be used for School Assemblies. |
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PBIS Program at Marina High School - In 2010, the Foundation provided a matching grant to Marina High School for their Positive Behavior Intervention Support (PBIS) Program. |
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The City of Marina Sculpture Garden Project: The Marina Public Art Ad Hoc Subcommittee was established by the Recreation and Cultural Services Commission to relocate eight sculptures formerly located at The Sculpture Habitat at the Marina Municipal Airport, and to re-establish a public arts venue named “The City of Marina Sculpture Garden” (TCOMSG). The lower park area of Vince DiMaggio Park has been accepted by the City of Marina as the permanent location for “TCOMSG”. |
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Marina International Festival of the Winds: The celebration of the wind continues for its 13th year over Mother’s Day Weekend, for one day only, Saturday May 12th, 2012, with free admission and lots of wind-related activities and fun for the whole family. See: www.marinafestival.com for more information. |
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Marina Skate Team:
As
the Junior Olympic Gold Medal State Champions
and the California State Champions for the 2010 California Amateur Skate
League National Skate Federation State Championships, the
City of Marina/On The
Beach/Drawn Skate Team
advanced to the National
Championships on August 6, 2011 in San Diego and won gold. The
team |
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Marina Friday Night Live Program The Marina Friday Night Live program was locally developed by the Recreation and Cultural Services Department to meet a specific need in our teen community. The Program, now in its second year, is dedicated to teaching and promoting leadership skills as well as healthy life styles as part of youth development. |
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Senior Programs: Seniors on the Go! Senior Van Project - The City of Marina Recreation and Cultural Services Department provides much needed senior programs for the Marina community including renting an ADA (Americans with Disability Act) van to take seniors to various venues both locally and regionally. It is the desire of The Marina Foundation to raise and donate funds to purchase an ADA compliant van to help seniors maintain an active schedule of local and regional shopping, and educational and recreational activities that will continue to help make the program a success. |
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The Marina Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration: The ceremony is an annual family evening of caroling around Marina’s living Christmas Tree, with musical entertainment, fresh cookies, hot apple cider, and a special appearance from Santa! |
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Marina Community Non-Profit Summit:
“Common Threads and Synergies” is the topic of the second Marina
Non-Profit Summit, hosted by The Marina Foundation on February 29th,
2012 from 5-7p.m. at the Marina Library Community Room. The purpose
of the workshop is to review the programs and projects currently in
place by the Foundation and local non-profits, and to seek input on
the types of programs and activities the community would like to see
implemented now and in the future. All Marina non-profit
organizations are encouraged to send a representative to this
summit. |
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