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ECO-CENTER – Grab and Do’s at the Eco-Center – 2013 – 2016
Grab and Do’s is designed for Eco-Center visitors! Here we show several ways we can reuse manmade surplus and renewable resources to create useful items, gifts, works of art, and beautiful wrapping. Thanks to our restaurant partners on Valencia and Mission Streets...
ECO-CENTER – Grab and Do’s at the Eco-Center – 2013 – 2016
Grab and Do's is designed for Eco-Center visitors! Here we show several ways we can reuse manmade surplus and renewable resources to create useful items, gifts, works of art, and beautiful wrapping. Thanks to our restaurant partners on Valencia and Mission Streets...
IN-KIND – Looking Glass – 2011 – 2014
Over 153 million people worldwide suffer from vision problems, limiting their potential to read, learn, and work. Matter of Trust is proud to partner with Dr. Rosa Ten and her medical missions. We collect used eyeglasses for those in need, such as the people she...
ECO-CENTER – Music Matters – 2013 – 2016
Combining music education, environmental awareness, and creativity, Music Matters gives students the tools and instruction to build their own playable instruments out of reuse materials. Since instruments can be very expensive and music classes have been victim to...
IN-KIND – Music Team SF – 2011–2014
Matter of Trust has partnered with Music Team SF in San Francisco, California. This organization is also seeking gently used instruments of all kinds for the children in their after-school inner city youth orchestra program. Music Team SF is founded on the El Sistema...
IN-KIND – Orchards International – 2004
Matter of Trust is the fiscal sponsor for Orchards International Projects, run by Doug Franco (James Franco's Father). Doug coordinates with many logistics partners to get goods such as rice and clothing to children in Kabul. Thanks to Doug and his team, we also...
IN-KIND DISASTER RELIEF – Parkas for Pakistan – 2010
Matter of Trust partnered with the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse (EBDCR) to help victims of the October 2010 flooding in Pakistan. Through our program Excess Access and the community collected parkas and sleeping bags to send to those affected. Linda Levitsky (in...
IN-KIND DISASTER RELIEF – Katrina Relief with VeggieVan.org – 2005
Matter of Trust is the fiscal sponsor for Veggie Van.org, whose founder, Josh Tickell, is from Louisiana. After the hurricane struck, thanks to the coordinating efforts of Josh and many volunteers, biodiesel providers got fuel to supply boats and diesel trucks when...
IN-KIND DISASTER RELIEF – Katrina Benefit for MS and LA – 2005
Matter of Trust was the fiscal sponsor for Anne Galjour's benefit performance for the play "Hurricane," which draws inspiration from the peculiarities of daily life in Louisiana's Cajun community. Shawn Rosenmoss coordinated the grassroots fundraiser and transported...
IN-KIND – Music in Schools Today (MUST) – 1999–2000
This program is a joint fundraising project between Music in Schools Today (MuST) and Matter of Trust, using our Excess Access online matching program to match gently used instruments with kids and schools that need them. The fundraising event succeeded in collecting...