1 00:00:01,151 --> 00:00:03,651 (light music) 2 00:00:06,711 --> 00:00:09,391 - North Bay Children's Center is a leader 3 00:00:09,391 --> 00:00:13,164 in early care and education and focusing on programs 4 00:00:13,164 --> 00:00:15,197 that support our current workforce, 5 00:00:15,197 --> 00:00:16,413 which is our working parents, 6 00:00:16,413 --> 00:00:17,839 while preparing our future workforce 7 00:00:17,839 --> 00:00:19,911 to be academically successful. 8 00:00:19,911 --> 00:00:22,755 Bank of Marin really understands our business model 9 00:00:22,755 --> 00:00:26,249 and how the other clients they have, their customers, 10 00:00:26,249 --> 00:00:29,049 they all are able to be successful 11 00:00:29,049 --> 00:00:33,954 because of the workforce that has affordable childcare. 12 00:00:33,954 --> 00:00:35,133 The Bank gets that. 13 00:00:35,133 --> 00:00:37,971 They understand how we're part of the fabric 14 00:00:37,971 --> 00:00:40,322 of a successful community. 15 00:00:40,322 --> 00:00:42,679 We are known in the community as experts 16 00:00:42,679 --> 00:00:44,794 in the child development field, 17 00:00:44,794 --> 00:00:47,887 but without experts in the finance arena, 18 00:00:47,887 --> 00:00:50,278 we could not be doing what we're doing. 19 00:00:50,278 --> 00:00:52,673 Bank of Marin has those experts at the table. 20 00:00:52,673 --> 00:00:55,517 - Homeward Bound is a community-based nonprofit. 21 00:00:55,517 --> 00:00:59,406 We've been in Marin County since 1974. 22 00:00:59,406 --> 00:01:02,738 We operate five shelters and 11 housing programs. 23 00:01:02,738 --> 00:01:05,375 We also operate a culinary training program 24 00:01:05,375 --> 00:01:07,402 that Bank of Marin has helped us sustain, 25 00:01:07,402 --> 00:01:09,794 and we've seen that people who have really struggled 26 00:01:09,794 --> 00:01:11,713 to hold down a regular job or have big gaps 27 00:01:11,713 --> 00:01:15,198 in their work history, they're able to not only 28 00:01:15,198 --> 00:01:17,348 get a job, but get a career. 29 00:01:17,348 --> 00:01:19,462 The qualities that I really see in Bank of Marin 30 00:01:19,462 --> 00:01:22,508 as a whole, and particularly with the staff I work with, 31 00:01:22,508 --> 00:01:25,590 is that they really feel like a community-based bank. 32 00:01:25,590 --> 00:01:28,090 (light music)