News & Events

Celebrating New Leadership and Continued Growth at CMC
As we bid our heartfelt farewell to former Co-chair Annette Walton, who has retired, Co-chair Alice Gandelman has been elected to the full role of Board Chair. A UCSF training consultant specializing in HIV/AIDS, Alice brings a wealth of experience and passion for CMC’s mission,

CMC Welcomes New Volunteers
On October 21st, CMC had a robust turnout for its 5th and final volunteer training event for the year. A total of 17 new volunteers specializing in a variety of modalities, from lymphatic massage, reiki, nutrition, yoga, acupuncture, and more to human resources and video

Be Informed, Be Empowered!
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but breast cancer doesn’t stop as the seasons change. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women around the world. It is estimated that more than 2.2 million new cases of breast cancer occurred among women worldwide in

Melbra’s Message
Healing and wellness are the foundational focus of what CMC offers. I am continually inspired by the dedication of everyone who has been a part of the CMC community over the past 30 years. But we are not done, and I am happy to report

September 2022 Client Services Update
A new clinic manager and volunteer and community engagement manager joined our team in early 2022, filling positions that had become vacant during the pandemic. Since then, we’ve increased the number of new client intakes and orientations, implemented a texting service to support scheduling client

Welcoming and Training New Volunteers
CMC has held three full-day volunteer training workshops so far this year! Our last one was videotaped to create on-demand modules to on-board future volunteers more quickly. Dedicated volunteers make it possible for Charlotte Maxwell Clinic to provide complementary integrative care at no charge to

A CMC Volunteer in the News!
This summer, Nancy Chang, one of CMC’s longtime volunteers who delivers an average of 20 of her delicious soups monthly for our clients at Charlotte Maxwell Clinic, was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle. Nancy founded her company Purpose and Hope when she saw first-hand

Golden State Warriors Night with CMC!
Charlotte Maxwell Clinic is excited to partner with the seven time NBA champions, our Golden State Warriors, for their first ever Cancer Awareness Night on Thursday, October 27, 2022! The Warriors will host the Miami Heat at San Francisco’s Chase Arena, and we invite you

Happy 90th Birthday, Ms. Charlotte Maxwell!
Born on this day in 1932, Charlotte was a social worker from Buffalo, New York who came to California to attend graduate school in public health at UC Berkeley during the late 1960’s. According to longtime friend Jean Morton, Charlotte was always supportive of women’s

It’s Volunteer Appreciation Month!
You are the heart of our mission and we really appreciate all you do.

CMC Welcomes New Volunteer & Community Engagement Manager
CMC is proud to announce the addition of another new teammate! Introducing Lisa Hartfield, our Volunteer and Community Engagement Manager. Lisa jumped right into her job by reimagining and rebooting our Zoom Wellness Program, as well as instigating our next New Volunteer Training on May

2022 Women’s History Month
Did you know that the inception of National Women’s History Month started right in our own backyard of Sonoma County? According to the National Women’s History Alliance, in 1978, the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women initiated Women’s
StoryCorps Series
During the summer of 2020, CMC had the unique opportunity to partner with StoryCorps, whose mission is “to preserve and share humanity’s stories in order to build connections between people and create a more just and compassionate world.” Via their platform, we were able to record six different stories from our community. What a wonderful honor to have our voices heard, recorded, and housed at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress!
EPISODE 6: Clients in Conversation
"Charlotte Maxwell is just like the respite from the harm."
-Toni
EPISODE 5: A client-volunteer conversation
“You gave me that opportunity. You know, to balance myself.”
-Claudia Castillo
EPISODE 4: CMC staff share their perspectives
“This is a type of medicine that a lot of people can’t access because it’s not affordable and we haven’t figured out, as a society, how to make this broadly accessible. But Charlotte Maxwell has figured that out.”
-India Harville
EPISODE 3: A client-staff conversation
“The volunteers…are wonderful. I appreciate the time that they give us. They treat us with respect…with such gentleness, with such compassion; I just look forward to it.”
-Charlene Davis
EPISODE 2: A client-staff conversation
“When you walk in the door… whatever’s going on in your life, good or bad, it’s just like the weight has been lifted off of you because you know that you’re in good hands.”
-Kathy Mills
EPISODE 1: Founders in conversation
“I mean, not tooting our own horn, but we were so ahead of our time.”
-Sally Savitz
