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Mrs. Jefferson’s Kindergarden at Rosa Parks
Who could ask for a better day? Today, May 20, 2013 the Kinder-gardener’s in Ms. Jefferson’s class got a treat! Out to the garden in the morning to start the week at Rosa Parks! After a lesson in harvesting and identifying plants, everyone got to pick vegetables to take home to their families. Snap peas, [...]
Join Us this Saturday-May 11, 2013—Yale Day of Service in Koshland Park
Join us this Saturday, May 11th for a Koshland Park and Garden Workday from 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. We will be joined by a great group of Alumni from Yale University and our volunteers from Starbucks and the neighborhood. There will be weeding, planting, mulching, sweeping, pruning, picking up trash and making the park [...]
UC Berkeley Partners with CommunityGrows
The UC Berkeley IABC (International Association of Business Communicators), selected CommunityGrows as their group project this spring to assist us with our Communications Plan. A group of six women, all students at UC Berkeley, spent weeks researching the best ways for CommunityGrows to strengthen our outreach, both in social media, corporate partnerships, and talent management. [...]
Cobb Elementary After-school Garden Classes!
Thanks to our partners at the YMCA, we were able to add William L. Cobb Elementary School’s after-school program to our garden program. Adrian Almquist has been working there most Wednesday afternoons getting the site ready and mentoring a few young gardeners. Take a look:
Job Panel for the BEETS
On Tuesday, December 4, 2012 seven professionals came to talk with the fall cohort of BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens). They included Danise Sugita from Public Allies; Michele Palmer from Friends of the Urban Forest; Jeremy Siemers and Ashley from Starbucks; Brian Reyes—an environmental consultant/planner with the City; Ashley, from a neighborhood [...]
BEETS Spruce Up the AIDS Memorial Grove
Our CommunityGrows Fall 2012 BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) volunteered on Saturday, October 20th, 2012 from 8:00 AM to 1:30 PM at the AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park. The National AIDS Memorial Grove is a dedicated space in the national landscape where millions of Americans touched directly or indirectly by [...]
Rosa Parks BBQ Fun!
Saturday, September 22, 2012 was a fun back-to-school BBQ for families and friends of Rosa Parks Elementary School. Our BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) helped out by leading the games: hula hoops, clothespin drops, bean-bag tosses, and jump rope. There was great food and lots of community to help start the new [...]
Fall 2012 BEETS Cohort Begins
On September 13, 2012 a new group of teen joined the BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens). During an orientation at the Hayes Valley Youth Center everyone put their thought down about the guiding principles of the BEETS, including respect, kindness, safety, responsibility and fun! After committing to these by signing their names [...]
BEETS Summer 2012 Graduation
On August 9, 2012 our twelve BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) completed their summer internship with CommunityGrows. They invited their families and friends as well as service provider to an award ceremony and luncheon at Koshland Park in San Francisco. These youth had an amazing summer with garden workdays at Koshland Garden, [...]
Seed, Water, Grow
On a pleasant afternoon in June, Nora Brereton took some of the Rosa Parks students into their upper garden to plant seeds, water and have fun. Everyone was thrilled to get involved. Water buckets for everyone. Sharing, planting and watching things grow. Kale, chard, potatoes, onions and mustard flowers — so many plants to learn [...]
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