The BEETS interns (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) hosted special guests from Green Streets last week. Started by one of the residents of a local housing project, Green...
Year: 2014
Koshland Park and Garden Shine after Workday
On Saturday, March 15, 2014 CommunityGrows had a great spring workday in Koshland Park and Garden. Our terrific Recreation and Park Gardener, Freddie Ealom, was on board to direct volunteers in...
Professional Development for Raphael Weill Pre-Kindergarten Teachers
On an overcast Saturday March 1, 2014, CommunityGrows offered their first Professional Development to the pre-kindergarten teachers of Raphael Weill School. This school is right next door to the...
BEETS Promote at Summer Opportunities Fair
Jairo Villalta and Kyle Taylor-Patterson, two of our CommunityGrows Spring BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens), attended a fair at the Bay School in the Presidio for...
BEETS make Salsa
On Tuesday, February 25th the BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) had a great discussion about sodas and sugar. We guessed how much sugar was in various sodas and were...
Workday Saturday March 15th in Koshland Park and Garden
Come enjoy the spring weather this weekend. We are having a Workday in Koshland Park and Garden this Saturday, March 15 from 11-2 PM. Koshland Park is located on the corner of Page and Buchanan...
Third Graders with Microscopes!
On Friday afternoon February 21, 2014, Room 410 at John Muir Elementary School, was abuzz with Mr. Stoddard's third grade class. They were in the CommunityGrows Science Center learning about the...
All about Trash!
On Saturday, February 15, 2014 our CommunityGrows Spring BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) cohort when off to explore trash at Recology. Recology is an integrated...
Say “Cheese” Please!
On Monday, February 10, 2014 the Seed-to-Mouth afterschool cooking class at Hayward Rec Center on Laguna Street in San Francisco made Ricotta Cheese. The youth began by de-stemming oregano and...
Spring 2014 BEETS begins with trip to Baker Beach!
On January 28, 2014 our Spring BEETS Cohort began. This spring, the BEETS Program (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) has seven new teens and five returning from previous...