On Saturday, August 27th the Rosa Parks Elementary School was the scene of an amazing two-hour transformation of its new upper garden. The PTA, joined by parents and children, CommunityGrows staff and a great group of volunteers came out to roll up their sleeves and show the love. …
Thursday, August 10th was the final day of the BEETS Summer session. Teens began the day by preparing a feast of pasta with a fresh vegetable sauce, including tomatoes, broccoli, onions, garlic; a salad with peppers, lettuce, baby tomatoes, cucumbers; and two berry and peaches pies. Jamie Tahaja, …
On Thursday, August 4,2011 the BEETS (band of environmentally educated and employable teens) joined the youth from Booker T. Washington Community Service Center for a trip to Green Gulch Farm in Marin County. As the day progressed, fog turned into sunshine as youth wandered through the farm soaking up the …
This is a tile done by a youth of CommunityGrows on the Western Addition Peace Wall at the Daniel E. Koshland Community Park and Learning Garden, corner of Page and Buchanan Streets in San Francisco. You are welcome to click on and download our summer CommunityGrows Summer Newsletter here: July2011 Newsletter …
Applications are here for youth 15-19 years old to join us this fall for our green jobs training program, the BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens). Deadline for applications is Monday, August 22nd at 5:00 PM. The fall program will go from September 12-December 10th. …
Great article appeared in the Western Addition Newspaper this month about Koshland Park and the summer programs at CommunityGrows. The best part was hearing what the youth had to say about the programs, especially the BEETS and the African American Arts & Culture Complex youth who came to the …
Event registration powered by Eventbrite Save the Date for our annual Fall Garden Party Benefit to fund the BEETS Program on Saturday afternoon, October 15, 2011 from 1-4 PM in Koshland Park Garden, corner of Page and Buchanan Streets in San Francisco. Click on our invitation and sign up now! We hope …
On Thursday afternoon our last summer CommunityGrows Seed-to-Mouth cooking class at Hayes Valley South community room, featured Kennard Smith, chef from Firefly Restaurant in San Francisco. Chef Smith brought his friend Nathan Serrano, food truck chef with Off-the-Grid, to prepare Chinese dumplings with the students. Youth from the African …
On July 21st and July 26th the BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) built a garden at the African American Arts and Culture Complex on Fulton Street. Everyone had a sense of accomplishment as the weeds were uprooted, lumber measured and laid out, and soil and compost mixed …
On Tuesday, June 14, 2011 our new BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) Program began with eight new recruits. All youth from 15-19 years of age live in or have connections to the Western Addition of San Francisco. The summer cycle of this group of BEETS will …