Welcome to the official web site of the San Marin Improvement Association! 

Consisting of hundreds of households, the SMIA is the largest voluntary resident's association in

Northern Marin County.

Our mailing address is SMIA, PMB 329, 936B Seventh Street, Novato, CA 94945-3000.

Please feel free to contact us by email: smiamail@gmail.com

Halloween Parade Recap

Thanks to all who came out to our annual Halloween Parade. We
had lots of families, children and dogs dressed up in creative
outfits that “wowed” the judges! A big thank you to Dennis
Hagerty, our talented MC; the students of the San Marin
High School Leadership Class & California Scholastic
Federation Club for helping before, during and after the
parade; the local Novato Firefighters and Novato Police
who led the parade; Councilmember Carol Dillon-Knutson
who handed out ribbons; and all the SMIA volunteers who
make this old fashion parade happen every year! See the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbiMsbWta_E

Santa is Coming ~ Saturday December 19th – 9am

Ho Ho Ho… Guess who is coming to San Marin once again on his
famous horse & carriage…. Santa!! Oh, and don’t forget his loyal
elf who hands out candy canes and helps children on and off the
carriage. Santa & elf will be trotting by carriage through our
neighborhood on Saturday, December 19th from 9am-
12.30pm. Children who wave to Santa from the sidewalk will
be able to sit on his lap and express their wishes and maybe even
get a candy cane! If you are unable to find Santa in the
neighborhood, then head on over to the Meridian Rolling
Hills Club at 11.30 where Santa will end his journey. The
Club will provide cookies and cocoa for all the patient children.
In addition, the fabulous San Marin Choir will keep everyone
entertained with their wonderful caroling. Santa must head back
to the North Pole at 12.30pm. Don’t miss out on the holiday
spirit!
Santa will begin his journey from Novato Blvd. down San Miguel
Way, turn onto Feliz Dr., then left on San Luis. He will then take
a left on San Carlos and head west to Clemente Ct., where he will
make his rounds. He will then head back onto San Carlos, and
eventually turn right on San Ramon Dr. He will then head
towards Rolling Hills Club.
See you on the 19th! (Heavy rain cancels.)

Luminaries are Here! 10 Luminaries for $8.00

Scout Troop 42 will be delivering Luminaries on December 12th
for us to light up the sidewalks outside our homes on Christmas
Eve. This wonderful annual tradition is unique to Novato and is
particularly special to our San Marin community. Troop 42
began to provide Luminaries in San Marin 45 years ago to fund
Troop programs and traditions. Troop 42 performs many
community service projects including improving our local hiking
trails, bridge repair, tree planting, construction of benches and
woodsheds, graffiti removal, and cleaning debris from our
creeks, etc. Please join with your neighbors in supporting the
Scouts by purchasing flats of Luminaries for $8.00. There are
ten Luminaries in each flat. Order forms have been delivered
already. If you didn't receive one, or have misplaced yours, you
can call 415-892-5718 or email: luminarias@novato-troop42.org.
The downloadable order form is at www.novato-troop42.org.

Help your Neighborhood

It takes a lot of volunteer time to run SMIA. All of the board members are unpaid volunteers.

The same core people have been doing most of the work for the last ten years or so. We would really like some help.

Everything from running this site to the mailings to the Easter Egg Hunt, BBQ and other events rely completely on volunteers. If you would like to get involved, let us know. Do you have accounting skills? Like to do non-profit tax returns? Like attending meetings? Email us and we will find some way to put you to work. Email us at smiamail@gmail.com and tell us you are interested in becoming a volunteer.

Thanks in advance! tell a friend!

Osheroff Information

You are invited to join our newly created online community where you can receive up-to-date information about the Osheroff family and Aaron’s recovery, sign up to help with all sorts of hands-on support projects, see announcements about upcoming events (fundraising efforts, tributes, memorial services, etc.), share your well-wishes with the family, and much, much more. I know we’re all itching to DO something…here’s our chance!

http://www.lotsahelpinghands.com/c/614832/

Click, fill out the right-hand side of the form (Request to Join the Community), and we’ll get you going!

Tai Chi at Miwok Park

Click HERE for more details

Open Space Hikes

We are working on another guided tour of Mt. Burdell. In the meantime, please check the list of already scheduled hikes throughout Marin County on the Marin County Open Space District webpage at www.marinopenspace.org

What your Dues Support:

If you have not sent in your dues ($15), then you have received your last newsletter. We hope that you will continue the community spirit and send in your dues. And thank you to the hundreds who have already sent in their dues, and to those of you who sent us more than $15 - we truly appreciate it!
The dues are spent on building community relationships amongst neighbors through social events such as:

San Marin Neighborhood Social
Easter Egg Hunt & Community Picnic
San Marin Neighborhood Social
Community Garage Sales
Halloween Parade
Santa by Sleigh

DUES Dues Dues! ...Please send $15 with your name and address to:

The San Marin Improvement Association,

PMB 329, 936B Seventh Street, Novato, CA 94945-3000

(Be sure the PMB is on your envelope, or it will be returned)...Thanks in advance for your dues!

Advertising with the SMIA

The SMIA mails our bi-monthly newsletter to hundreds of households in the San Marin area. If you would like to harness the power of this exposure for your business, we charge $50 for each business-card size advertisement placed. Please click here to read the guidelines for advertisements. If you decide you would like to advertise with us, please email us at smiamail@gmail.com and we will let you know when the deadline for that particular month is. Thank you.

SMIA Yahoo Group Page Created

A new yahoo group page has been created for San Marin residents. This page is intended to be used as a resource for residents to be able to communicate with each other on issues that affect San Marin and its residents. We will be sending out email reminders of SMIA meetings, and SMIA events! Also, anyone in the group can email the host with topics and if appropriate, they will be emailed to the entire group. Sign up today!

If you would prefer to only receive emails from other members and the group moderator and not be able to post messages, enter your email address here to be added to the email list:

This site last updated on November 17, 2009

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