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As reported from the Marin Independent Journal, author Isabel Allende, a Marin resident, was therecipient of the America’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Obama, atceremony in Washington D.C., paid homage to Allende using her quote “Write to register history.

Write what should not be forgotten.” in his speech. Other notable people who received the awardthat day include Stevie Wonder, Tom Brokaw, and Meryl Streep.

Allende emigrated to Marin in the late 1980’s after being exiled by the authoritarian government ofher native Chile.

Isabel Allende writing within the magicalrealism style is often considered to bethe world’s most widely-read Spanishauthor. Some of her most notable worksinclude La casa de los espíritus and Laciudad de las bestias. She gainedAmerican citizen in 1993. The Presidentconsiders this to be one of his favoriteevents, and notes that the award is forAmericans who have contributed toUnited States security, culturalendeavors, or world peace.

Allende Receives Award

Add textAs reported in the Marin Independent Journal, the homeless service organization,

Homeward Bound of Marin ramped up to make a plethora of pumpkin pies for theupcoming Thanksgiving holidays. More than twenty people volunteered lastSaturday afternoon to help the organization reach its goals. Nine-year oldSebastian Goins who volunteered noted that they were “making pies for thehomeless people” because “they need food.” Although the volunteers were onlyexpected to produce forty pies in total, their zeal for helping those in needprovided the motivational boost to make thirty additional pies. In fact, HomewardBound organizers had to return to the grocery store in order to procure thenecessary ingredients to make the extra pumpkin pies. Adults and families inneed from the Fourth Street Center in San Rafael and the Warner Creek SeniorHousing in Novato will be the benefactors of the volunteers’ prodigious efforts.

Homeward Bound Charity Drive