On Saturday, April 19, 2014 CommunityGrows Director of Programs, Nora Brereton led the third professional development day for pre-kindergarten teachers at the Rosa Parks Elementary School upper...
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WalkSF visits Koshland Peace Wall and Garden
On Saturday, April 19th a group of 30+ walking enthusiasts from Walk San Francisco came to Koshland Park to view and hear the story about the Western Addition Peace Wall and visit the Learning...
BEETS Camping with Backyard Bound-GGNP
by Rodrick Irby, current BEET Intern
The CommunityGrows BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens), as well as high school teens from all across the Bay Area, attended the...
Recruiting Teens for our Summer BEETS Program
We are recruiting teens between the ages of 15 and 19 to join our Summer BEETS Program. The summer session will go from June 10 through August 7, 2014. Deadline for applications is Friday, May...
CommunityGrows Board Retreat
On Sunday, March 30, 2014, our CommunityGrows Advisory Board held their annual advisory board retreat at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, CA in the Marin Headlands within the Golden Gate...
Let’s Talk Trash!
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...
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...