On Saturday afternoon, December 12, 2015 CommunityGrows hosted our 13th annual Wreath and Card Making event. Held at the Hayes Valley South Community Room, it attracted many residents, families...
Year: 2015
Winter Carnival at the African American Arts & Culture Complex
On Saturday, December 12, 2015, the African American Arts & Culture Complex held it's 15th Winter Carnival. While Santa met youth inside the Complex with toy giveaways, and food,...
Applications now available for Spring 2016 BEETS!
Are you 15-19 years old, want to work outdoors,work with kids, learn new job skills AND get paid to be in the beautiful sunshine?
The BEETS program is hiring for spring...
Join us for the Holidays!
This is a wonderful holiday tradition with CommunityGrows and all our partners. Please stop by the Hayes Valley South Community Room, at 403 Rose Street (near Buchanan Street) from 1-4 PM on...
Thanksgiving at John Muir Elementary School
The Western Addition Beacon Center at John Muir Elementary School presented their 12th Annual Giving Voice to the Season Thanksgiving Luncheon on Saturday November 21, 2015. CommunityGrows...
Creating a Grateful Bowl at Willie Mays Clubhouse
Friday, November 20th the youth at Willie Mays Clubhouse made a Grateful Bowl recipe by Crystal Jones, inspired by Café Gratitude. Crystal mentioned that "the idea behind the grateful bowl is...
Chef Chauncy at Hayward Rec Connect
Hayward Rec Connect and the Buchanan YMCA kids were abuzz on Monday, November 16, 2015 with excitement to cook with Chef Chauncy Yarngo. Chauncy Yarngo is from the Kpella tribe in Liberia who...
Cooking at Willie Mays Clubhouse
On Thursday, November 12, 2015 we did our first cooking class at Willie Mays Clubhouse at Hunters Point. It was an honor to work in this kitchen, which is part of the first Edible Schoolyard...
Buchanan Mall Celebration
On a beautiful Saturday afternoon, November 7, 2015 the community came out to celebrate all their hard work on the Buchanan Mall. The Buchanan Mall Community worked closely with the...
Koshland Workday with Global Gourmet
On Saturday, November 7th Global Gourmet volunteers joined our BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) and other volunteers for a workday in Koshland Garden. Global...