2017 Jefferson Award Finalist

2016 CA Gold Ribbon awarded to Richmond TOOLBOX School

2013 Dalai Lama endorsement

2007 Commendation from US Representative Lynn Woolsey

2007 Sonoma County Community Service Project of the Year award -- Board of Supervisors and Volunteer Center of Sonoma County

2000 Jack London Award for Educational Excellence — Sonoma State University

1999 “Program of Excellence” — Sonoma County Office of Education

“What I found in (Toolbox Project) are the foundational tools toward building not only sustainable solutions, but tools for building a more meaningful and positive future.”

- SAM EUSTON, SONOMA COUNTY GAZETTE