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“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success” Edward Everett Hale. On July 10th, 2019, CommunityGrows had the honors to give back to our community. Thank you to the amazing community members and other organizations that were able to attend the event, more than one hundred adults and kids attended. We had different stations for the kids to enjoy with there parents or the care takers that came with them. Read more..
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We would like to thank the amazing women of Giving Circle for coming out and volunteering with us at Koshland Garden. Over the course of the day we completed various tasks: weeding, pruning, removing bolting plants, and painting over the blackboard. We also pulled old plants and planted new ones for the new class year. The garden looks beautiful and just in time for the Fall semester!
We would also like to thank Giving Circle for their generous monetary donations to our programs and for volunteering their time for additional capacity building projects and events this Fall. We appreciate you all and thank you for giving back to our community!
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Westside Court Apartments is a very engaging community with committed residents who are activating the outdoor shared spaces.
“Westside courts is a pleasure to have in the neighborhood. I play basketball there a couple times a week (super convenient), and people are always friendly. It’s nice to come home to a neighborhood with something actually going on, whether it’s people heading to a friend’s place for dinner or kids skateboarding and shooting hoop on the court”
a community members expresses. The community members reached out to CommunityGrows to help plant out the community garden beds and together we held a community planting day. Read More..
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Join us in the garden and community!
- September 17th, 2019 . 12pm - 4pm- Buchanan Community Workday
- September 21st, 2019 . 11am - 6pm- CA Vegetarian Food Festival
- September 28th, 2019 . 11am - 2pm- Fall Garden Workshop & Workday: Pickling and Permentation See full calendar »
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Ingredients (per student):
2 graham crackers
Yogurt
blueberries and strawberries
plastic knife
plastic spoon
scissors
tape
markers
colorful paper squares
clear plastic cup
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Directions:
Step 1: Using one paper square and markers draw a flower or nature scene. Cut out the picture and tape it on the end of the spoon, it will look like a flower in a garden when you are done!
Step 2: Crush one graham cracker in the bottom of the clear cup using the spoon.
Step 3: Pour several inches of yogurt over the graham cracker layer.
Step 4: Chop the strawberries and blueberries however you like, place them on the surface of the yogurt in a design to make a caterpillar, worm or pattern. Crumble the remaining graham cracker all around the remainder of the yogurt surface.
Step 5: Add the flower spoon, admire the layers of your parfait from the side of your clear cup and then eat!
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New Faces at CommunityGrows
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Vanessa Williams is an educator, advocate, and lover of the outdoors. For the past two years she has served as a garden educator with Education Outside connecting minority youth with nature and the natural world. Read more..
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Cristina Vila Ruiz has always been passionate about the environment, cities, sustainability, and food systems. She did her BS in Environmental Science in the University of Puerto Rico where she is originally from. Read more.. |
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Backpack Giveaway!
This year, we had the honor of attending a working at the 10th annual Backpack Giveaway/Health Fair at Ella Hill Hutch Community Center. They partnered with many different organizations, schools, DCYF & Livable Streets and Sunday Streets for a free, fun filled event. We met many different people from parents, children, to teachers. We had the opportunity to speak to our community members about different opportunities they can use, as well as help them receive a free backpack with school supplies and a free book of your choice.
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National Night Out!
National Night Out is a community event that is all about strengthening our immediate community, we encourage community members to ask the authorizes; police, fire department, and health providers; how they can help the community. This annual community-building campaign promotes community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie with the goal of creating safer and stronger neighborhoods. Many organizations attended the event and shared with the community about different ways that we help our community members. Thank you to Mayor London Breed, community members, and our emergency responders on attending the event.
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