On Saturday, September 8th, 2012, Starbucks employees, and teens from Washington High School came out to help CommunityGrows get Rosa Parks Elementary School gardens ready for the fall semester. ...
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American Community Garden Association Visit
On Saturday, August 11,2012, we had a workday at Koshland Park where we were honored to host the National Conference of the American Community Garden Association. Starbucks employees were there...
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...
National Night Out with Mayor Lee
August 7, 2012 was the 29th Annual National Night Out, a unique crime/drug prevention event sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch. Folks in the Western Addition came together at...
CommunityGrows to be Feature at the ACGA
This coming Saturday, August 11th the American Community Garden Association (ACGA) will be in town in the midst of their four day national conference. They will be offering tours throughout the...
Roasted Pepper Marinara and Homemade Pasta
We cook a lot at CommunityGrows. After all, there are a lot of vegetables in our gardens and the kids love to eat! So one Monday afternoon in July, Kennard Smith, a terrific personal chef, came...
BEETS Work the Hayward Rec Carnival
Cloudy skies did not deter the hundreds of youth who came out for fun on Friday, July 13, 2012 at the Hayward Recreation Center's Carnival in San Francisco. Amidst the games, music, basketball,...
BEETS Host Teen Scholars from Around the Country
On Thursday, July 5, 2012, the BEETS hosted a group of youth from the Civic Education Project (CEP) of Northwestern University's Center for Talent Development. CEP is a service-learning...
June Workday in Koshland Park-2012
On June 30, 2012 we had a great workday in Koshland Park and Garden. A great turnout with Walden House folks and our BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens), folks from...
BEETS Go Camping!
"I got to put up a tent. I got to make a fire. I've never done that before--I'm a City boy."- Chris, 19 years old.
On Saturday morning June 16, 2012, the BEETS embarked on a weekend camping...