On Saturday, August 6, 2016, CommunityGrows staff Jay Jordan and BEET Ivan Galdamez manned a table for the Ella Hill Hutch Health Faire and Backpack Giveaway. Hundreds of families lined up to...
Category: Program
Join the BEETS! Applications now available
We're now accepting applications for the brand new, expanded BEETS program! From October to May, teens will learn job and life skills as they learn about the environment, teach kids, ...
Green Gulch Farm-An Intentional Community
On Thursday, July 21, 2016 CommunityGrows invited three groups-Up on Top, Prince Hall Learning Center and our BEETS-for a final visit to Green Gulch Farm in Marin County this summer. Nestled in...
Youth Summit at Alemany Farm
On Saturday, July 16, 2016 CommunityGrows...
BEETS work the Hayward Rec Carnival
On Friday, July 15, 2016 CommunityGrows...
Cooking in June at Willie Mays
Report by Crystal Jones, CommunityGrows Cooking Coordinator:
Summer at the clubhouse has felt much like camp over the past few weeks. Lots of foot traffic around, high energy, and...
Trips to Green Gulch Farm
On June 23rd and July 7th CommunityGrows took their summer partners and youth to Green Gulch Farm. On June 23rd the Village Project and the Buchanan YMCA and on July 7th Hayward Rec Connect and...
Oasis for Girls and Morgan Stanley Join BEETS
On Tuesday, June 28, 2016, eleven Oasis for Girls interns invited Morgan Stanley volunteers to a workday at Rosa Parks Elementary School with our CommunityGrows BEETS (Band of Environmentally...
Yosemite-Shelton Johnson-Buffalo Soldiers-BEETS
The BEETS go to Yosemite and meet Shelton Johnson to learn about the Buffalo Soldiers!
Read all about it with a first-hand report from one of our BEETS intern, Ivan Galdamez...
Cooking Report for May by Crystal Jones
"Why’s it look so weird? It's fun to harvest because you don’t know what you're gonna get!"
"Yeah, it's kind of like opening a present..."
"Oh my gosh it kind of looks like a hairy...