Saturday July 20, 2013 was a beautiful, mellow day to work together with friends in Koshland Garden. Adrian Almquist, Garden Educator wrote up the list: move dirt from top of park to garden, fill...
Category: BEETS
Bi-Rite Market hosts the BEETS!
On Tuesday, July 16, 2013, the BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) got a fantastic tour of Bi-Rite Market lead by Shakirah Simley. Shakirah is the communications/outreach...
Herb Smells for Watermelons-Hayward Carnival
CommunityGrows BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) devised a great game for the 2013 Hayward Rec Carnival held on July 12th. Placing different herbs in cloth...
First 2013 Summer Trip to Green Gulch Farm
On Tuesday, July 2, 2013 CommunityGrows hosted their first summer field trip to Green Gulch Farm. Along for the ride were the Western Addition Beacon and Hayes Valley Apartment youth, as well as...
July 20, 2013-Koshland Park & Garden Workday
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Composting and Cleaning Supplies
On Friday, June 28, 2013 the Buchanan YMCA youth got a lesson in composting and a reward afterwards of great smelling cleaners and hand soaps from Mrs. Meyer's. Megan Sweeney, marketing...
Pie and Ice Cream for Lisa
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie and Vanilla ice cream. Apricot Danish rings. Peach-Blueberry pie. Salted caramel and balsamic strawberry ice cream. What a way to send off someone we adore. Lisa Drogin...
Summer 2013 BEETS get started!
On Tuesday, June 11th, twelve teens joined the first day of BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) Program orientation. There were six returning teens and six new teens to...
Birds Bees Flowers Trees
This afternoon, Thursday, April 11, 2013, lesson plans were the name of the game! Our current BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) tried out their lesson plans of birds,...
Fillmore Farmers Market with Oasis for Girls!
On Saturday, April 6, under cloudy skies and drizzle, eight BEETS joined seven young women from Oasis for Girls at the Fillmore Farmers Market for a day of learning and fun.
Kicking off the day...