Featured Stories
CG Receives Multi-Year Grant from DCYF
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Grant will support our environmental and nutritional programming for elementary and middle school students
Last month we were awarded a 5-year grant from the Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families (DCYF) to support our Seed to Mouth Garden Education Program. Starting in July, we'll be rolling out a new collaborative curriculum which further combines our environmental and gardening lessons with our nutrition and cooking classes. Thank you, DCYF! Read more »
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View Our 2017 Annual Report
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We're happy to announce that our 2017 Annual Report is hot off the (virtual) presses! Click here to learn more about our successes and challenges or download the report here.
Highlights:
- 91% of our in-school garden education students increased their science test scores
- 80% of our kids who participated in cooking and nutrition classes said they ate more healthy foods
- 75% of BEETS teens continued their education or acquired higher paying jobs
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Did you know that 14% of children in San Francisco live in poverty? And two out of three youth in the City do not eat the daily recommended amount of fruit and vegetables?
Check out our brand new infographic to learn more about the challenges low-income and kids of color in San Francisco face, and CommunityGrows' solutions to those problems.
Click here to learn more or download the one-page infographic here.
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Come share your passion for gardening, the environment, and nutrition with kids in our in-school, after-school, and summer classes! We're looking for a part-time Garden Educator (with the potential to move to full time in July) starting ASAP.
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Upcoming Volunteer Events
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Want to lend a hand in the garden?
April 14th from 10am-2pm
Buchanan Mall
Join us on Fulton and Buchanan Streets as we plant, weed, prune and pick up up along the historic Buchanan Mall. All are welcome!
May 5th from 11am-2pm
Koshland Park and Learning Garden
Join us on Page and Webster Streets as we get our teaching garden in tip-top shape for summer classes. All are welcome!
Sign me up »
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BEETS Grow in Our Neighborhood
Spring is in the air and, with all the sunshine, our gardens are flourishing! But the sun isn’t the only reason the gardens are looking so fresh — the BEETS have been out in the gardens planting, watering, weeding, and cleaning to make our spaces more healthy and inviting.
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Finding Inner Peas: Yoga and Salad at Rosa Parks
This winter, students at Rosa Parks Elementary joined Seed-to-Mouth Garden Educator, Annie, for yoga sessions and salad days in the Lower Garden. To encourage kids to spend more outdoors, Annie introduced several new fun activities during recess and lunch time.
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A Night of Celebration and Thanks
Wednesday, October 4, 2017 was an amazing night to celebrate 23 years of CommunityGrows and Barbara Wenger’s retirement as Founder and Executive Director. Friends, family, colleagues, neighbors, and city officials gathered to show their appreciation for all that Barb accomplished in the community over two decades!
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