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SUPPORT COMES IN FROM DIVERSE GENERATIONS! MAVIS CAIN - Ambassador to Los Niños celebrates 84 years Mavis Cain is again on the go, this time moving to northern California to be closer to her children. Mavis Mahan was born in San Francisco in 1922 to parents of Irish descent. She met Ace Cain on a ski trip. They married and moved to southern California in 1951. The Cains raised seven children. They involved themselves in many issues in their community, nationally and abroad. They supported the settlement of Vietnamese families in California, they assisted with the start up of a Habitat for Humanity chapter in their community, and they reached out for many years as board members of Los Niños. Beginning in 1978, Mavis and Ace responded to the plight of neighbors along the Mexican border living in conditions of poverty by getting involved. They have supported Los Niños over the years to develop programs of nutrition and ecology, education, and micro credit. For twenty years, Mavis participated in a fundraiser walk for Los Niños from Santa Barbara (later from Ventura) to Tijuana. Board chairperson, William Bramley, commented that Mavis and Ace serve as an excellent example to younger people about how effective they can be in the nonprofit sector, especially when you can give time, treasure, and talent in your later years of life to those less fortunate. Los Niños is eternally grateful to Mavis for her numerous contributions over the past three decades, especially the extraordinary time she has invested in the organization's mission of advancing the interests of children and families in Mexico. |
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