Neighborhood Empowerment Network, (NEN) a collaboration of community and non-profit organizations, city agencies, and academic institutions, empowers neighborhoods to become cleaner, greener, healthier, and more inclusive places to live and work. They have partnered with CommunityGrows and our BEETS Program in 2008, and recently asked us to …
We are very excited to share with you the addition of Adrian Gaino and Clidell Jackson III to our staff. Adrian is heading up the Seed-to-Mouth Cooking Classes on Mondays at Hayward Recreation Center. Clidell is our after-school environmental educator who leads all our CommunityGrows after-school programs. Adrian has been volunteering …
On Saturday, December 11, 2010 CommunityGrows sponsored the annual wreath and card making event at the Youth Center of Hayes Valley South Apartments. Frames, boughs, babbles, trinkets and ribbons were available to create wreaths for residents and food basket recipients. Stamps, stickers and crayons allowed folks to turn out some …
In October 2010 CommunityGrows began a year-long Seed-to-Mouth cooking program at Margaret Hayward Recreation Center, Monday afternoons from 4-6 PM. The students who come for the after-school programs have been making great food every week and learning about nutrition. Some of the menus have been vegetable soup with biscuits, sushi, …
On Saturday, November 13,2010 CommunityGrows joined over 25 residents and volunteers at Westside Courts in San Francisco (bordered by Sutter, Broderick, Baker and Post Streets) to start some gardens. There are many areas throughout the development that are ideal for planting, and we started tackling them one at a time. The …
CommunityGrows joined other partners to celebrate Halloween at Hayes Valley Apartments on Saturday, October 31, 2010. Great costumes by the residents. Lots of fun for the adults. CommunityGrows set up a barbecue outside the community room and we roasted marshmallows for smores. Um-mm... delicious! To see more photos, go to …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Saturday October 16th, 2010, CommunityGrows had their fall fundraiser in the Koshland Park Community Learning Garden. We started the day with Jacob Moffet (joined by his daughter Jasmine) and Max Van der Sterre helping us pole and string lanterns throughout the garden and erect flags on the wall of the …
Please join us for a great party on October 16th from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM in the Koshland Park Garden in San Francisco. This outdoor garden fundraiser for CommunityGrows will showcase our programs and the great work we are doing. There will be live music, delicious local food, …
We had a great workday on Saturday, September 18th thanks to Starbucks and many other volunteers. The day started by finding a bird's nest. We had delicious coffee and bagels and got busy trimming, moving compost, painting and getting the beds ready for fall planting. Thank you for a great …
On Friday, July 30th CommunityGrows lead a field trip for the Buchanan YMCA to Alemany Farm in San Francisco. Alemany Farm is a 4.5 acre working organic farm in southeastern San Francisco. The Farm is collaboratively managed by volunteers, San Francisco city officials, and residents of the Alemany …