This year's Nancy Martin Outstanding Nonprofit of the Year Award is given to:

LITA (Love is The Answer)

Come join LITA as we celebrate our 50th year of connecting volunteers to Marin's isolated and lonely older adults. We are always looking for folks who want to change someone's life by sharing an hour a week. LITA was built on the belief that love and companionship are essential to well-being. For fifty years we've brought warmth, connection, a sense of community, and sometimes a dog or a guitar to Marin's older adults, ensuring that they feel seen, heard and valued. Come visit us in Booth #159 to learn about Volunteer Opportunities, or to complete a Client application for someone that you think would like a visitor. Clients can live in congregate living, Assisted Living, skilled nursing facilities, or in their own home. All of LITA's services are free. Our programs include one-to-one visitors, Pet Connection, Bridging Thru Music, and Bridging Generations. Hope you stop by!

For more information, visit our website at litamarin.org or call 415-472-5482.

About the Nancy Martin Award

Each year, members of the Marin Senior Fair Steering Committee select a nonprofit for the Nancy Martin Outstanding Nonprofit Award for “outstanding services to Marin seniors.”

The award winner receives a cash award of $500 and a free booth at Marin Senior Fair. The recipient is honored in an on-stage award ceremony at the Marin Senior Fair and featured in an article in the Fair Program.

About Nancy Martin

Nancy Martin was a long-time supporter of the Marin Senior Fair and a member of the all-volunteer Senior Fair Steering Committee for many years. Nancy was the Marketing Director of The Tamalpais, a retirement community in Greenbrae, for 24 years. Her work touched the lives of many and she was particularly loved by the residents of The Tamalpais. After her sudden death in 2013, members of the Senior Fair Steering Committee wished to commemorate her commitment to the older adult community in Marin by naming the Fair's Nonprofit of the Year Award in her honor.

Previous Recipients of the Nancy Martin Award

2024	Legal Aid of Marin
2023	Community Action Marin
2019	Margaret Todd Senior Center
2018	Alzheimer’s Association - North Bay
2017	Hospice By the Bay
2016	Jewish Family and Children’s Services/Seniors at Home
2015	San Rafael Goldenaires
2014	Marin Villages
2013	LITA
2012	Senior Access