On Saturday, March 16th, we had a great workday in Koshland Garden. CommunityGrows staff Adrian Almquist, Nora Brereton, Ezekiel McCarter and Barbara Wenger were joined by our fantastic Starbucks...
Year: 2013
BEETS Expand Horizons at Skyline College
On Saturday, March 16th four female BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) joined Lisa Drogin, BEETS Coordinator, for a day at Skyline College in San Bruno. Jennifer...
Workday at Rosa Parks with Stuart Hall School
Rosa Parks Elementary School was visited by a wonderful group of seventeen young men from Stuart Hall High School on Friday, March 8, 2013. Stuart Hall is a college-preparatory high school...
Measuring with John Muir’s 2nd Grade
On Tuesday, February 26th Ms. Page's second grade came to the Koshland Garden to learn about measurements. With the help of garden educator Adrian Almquist, and BEET intern, Julien Lundh, each...
Rosa Parks Tiles for Garden Program
On Saturday, February 23, 2013 Rosa Parks Elementary School's Green Team had another Tile Making Day to raise money for the garden project. Many families came out to paint a tile which will be...
Staff and Advisory Board Retreat
In February our CommunityGrows Advisory Board and Staff came together for a day-long retreat to work on our Strategic Plan. We were assisted by the great counsel of Frances Tompkins and Jason...
Three Bean Salad
Thanks to grants from Kaiser-Permanente and the YMCA, CommunityGrows has been able to expand our Seed to Mouth Cooking Classes at Hayward Recreation Center, as well as with the Western Addition...
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...
Spring 2013 BEETS Cohort
Introducing the twelve BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) for Spring 2013 Cohort:
RETURNING BEETS
Shontay Vessell
A referral from Westside Community Services Girls...