Saturday, September 22, 2012 was a fun back-to-school BBQ for families and friends of Rosa Parks Elementary School. Our BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens) helped out by...
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Fall 2012 BEETS Cohort Begins
On September 13, 2012 a new group of teen joined the BEETS (Band of Environmentally Educated and Employable Teens). During an orientation at the Hayes Valley Youth Center everyone put their...
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...
Seed, Water, Grow
On a pleasant afternoon in June, Nora Brereton took some of the Rosa Parks students into their upper garden to plant seeds, water and have fun. Everyone was thrilled to get involved. Water...
Gleaning Greens and Chasing Chickens
Spending time with kids in the garden can be so much fun! Take the after-school program at Booker T. Washington Community Service Center on April 12, 2012. This group of six kindergartners,...
Koshland Workdays-February and April 2012
Over the past few months we have held a number of workdays with some of our partners, including Starbucks, Kaiser-Permanente, Walden House and International High School. Starbucks stars, Ali...
Wreath and Card Making for the Holidays
On Saturday, December 10th from 1-4 PM the Hayes Valley South Apartments' Community Room was buzzing with activity. Aside from the staff of CommunityGrows, the BEETS (Band of Environmentally...
Mr. Tamsky’s 5th Grade Class from John Muir!
On October 11, 2011 Mr. Tamsky's 5th grade class from John Muir Elementary School did their science lesson in the garden learning about water conservation and seed planting. They talked about...
Rosa Parks Workday—two hour transformation!
On Saturday, August 27th the Rosa Parks Elementary School was the scene...
Summer 2011 BEETS Celebration
Thursday, August 10th was the final day of the BEETS Summer session. ...