“Go back?” he thought. “No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!” So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
Instead of moving forward with a sword however, the LightHouse is putting its best cane forward and making a move. We’re excited to announce that as of Monday, December 15th, our satellite office LightHouse Marin will be moving to 851 Irwin Street, Suite 206, in San Rafael, only three blocks from our current home, the Whistlestop Active Aging Center. We will still be very accessible from the Marin Transit Hub (east, across Heatherton at 3rd Street). LightHouse visitors and students can sign up with Whistlestop Wheels transportation services to take them from their homes right to our door and there is one hour visitor parking for those driving in.
Our new address: 851 Irwin Street, Suite 206, San Rafael, CA 94901-3343. See below for walking/driving directions.
Our office is expanding and will include space to facilitate our classes and support groups. While we set up our new home, we’ll see students by appointment during December and then be open to the public on January 5, 2015. Our phone number (415-258-8496) and fax (415-258-8501) remain the same. We are also thrilled that our collaboration with Vision Impaired of Marin, who facilitates support groups and social opportunities with other blind and low vision adults, will continue as they make the move with us.
Growth is good for everyone and we congratulate Whistlestop Active Aging Center, our home for the past five years, as they expand into our old space and grow their transportation program, a service our students heartily benefit from. We thank Executive Director of Whistlestop Joe O’Heir and his staff for five years of ‘living together’ and we look forward to future collaboration as close neighbors.
When we first moved to Whistlestop one of our goals was to ensure that our students would develop the skills and confidence to easily participate in classes at Whistlestop, and we’ll continue to do so. The Whistlestop Café is easy walking distance from our new address as are the Whistlestop classes, so LightHouse students can continue to benefit from both agencies: great training and support from the LightHouse and continued participation in the community with Whistlestop.
Come visit LightHouse of Marin in our new space beginning Monday, January 5th – LightHouse Social Worker Jeff Carlson looks forward to greeting you.
By the way, we are looking for a Class B driver to drive our 14-passenger shuttle bus, which we will keep at the Marin office, to special events in and around the Bay Area. If you or someone you know might be interested in this paid position, see our job description or contact Tony Fletcher at 415-694-7319 or afletcher@old.lighthouse-sf.org.
DIRECTIONS TO LIGHTHOUSE MARIN
Again the new address is 851 Irwin Street, Suite 206, San Rafael, CA 94901
Walking Directions/Parking Lot
The new office is one block east of the San Rafael Transit Center, between 2nd and 3rd Streets and between Irwin and Hetherton Streets.
Walking, from the San Rafael Transit Center:
Cross Hetherton at 3rd Street (Hetherton is one-way, heading south)
For Main Entrance, continue one block to Irwin.
Turn right onto Irwin.
Entrance is midblock, on the right, up a few steps.
For Parking Lot (Accessible) Entrance:
Cross Hetherton at 3rd Street (Hetherton is one-way, heading south).
Continue ½ block.
Turn right after the driveway.
Entrance is on the left (no steps), midblock.
Driving Directions
The building is located one block east of the San Rafael Transit Center, between 2nd and 3rd Streets.
Directions from North 101
Take the Central San Rafael exit.
Continue onto Hetherton.
Turn left on 2nd Street.
Turn left on Irwin Street.
Turn left on 3rd Street; halfway down block, turn left into the parking lot.
Directions from South 101
Take the Central San Rafael exit.
Continue onto Irwin Street.
Turn left on 3rd Street; halfway down block, turn left into the parking lot.
Nancy Tabri forged quite a bit of new territory to sign-up for the LightHouse Employment Immersion Program and land her new job at as an Invoicing Clerk at Moe’s Tire and Auto Repair in South San Francisco. “I almost never left my hometown of Foster City and never took BART on my own before I signed up for the Employment Immersion Program,” she says. “But after two years of looking for a job and not finding anything, I decided to sign up and give it a try.” Rosemarie Lang, Nancy’s counselor at the Department of Rehab, steered Nancy towards the Employment Immersion Program, but Nancy had to get there.
