Novato, Calif., July 28, 2009 — Hundreds of low-income families in Marin County will save money for education, housing, and starting new businesses under a Marin Community Foundation (MCF) initiative to help them become more financially stable.
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Once a crutch for the most needy, food pantries have responded to the deepening recession by opening their doors to what Rosemary Gilmartin, who runs the Interfaith Food Pantry here, described as “the next layer of people” — a rapidly expanding roster of child-care workers, nurse’s aides, real estate agents and secretaries facing a financial crisis for the first time.
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