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On Saturday, June 14th, Street Parks volunteers met
in
the Excelsior District of San Francisco to help support
the La Grande Community Garden. Neighbors, Rec.
and Park employees, and representatives from the
Crocker Amazon Advisory Committee banded
together to give the La Grande Community Garden a
summer make over. Together they cleared two large
truckloads of green waste
and spread wood chips over all of the garden paths.
La Grande Community Garden is located
within
Crocker Amazon Playground in McLaren Park. If you
missed this garden day but
want to connect to this garden, please contact Marvin
Yee at 415-581-2541
Click here
to see pictures of the volunteers in action!
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Q: What can I do this summer to help strengthen
my neighborhood projects?
A: Apply for an Innovator
Award grant!
SFPT's Innovator Awards honor Park Partners and
other community-based organizations that are
committed to improving their neighborhoods, parks or
recreational programming in
sustainable, forward-thinking ways. A wide range of
projects are
considered for the Innovator Awards. Past
award
winners include San Francisco Nature Education,
MacCanDo Tenderloin Youth Track Club, and Buena
Vista Elementary PTA. Click here to see a full list of
last year's Innovator Award winners.
Awards
are
between $500 and $2000 for the purchase of
equipment or site improvements that will help
increase park usership and strengthen programs.
SFPT will begin accepting applications July 1st and
the deadline is September 1st. Click
here to apply.
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In July Street Parks volunteers will "dig in" at the
Argonne Community Garden in the Inner Richmond
area of San Francisco. Join us!
Date: Saturday, July 12th
Time: 10AM - 2PM
Location: Argonne Community
Garden between 15th and 16th Avenues and Fulton
and Cabrillo Streets.
Please RSVP by
Wednesday, July 9th.
Street Parks volunteers meet once
each month for gardening, community service, fun,
and FREE LUNCH! You can stop in for one gardening
day or become a Green Team volunteer and commit to
4 gardening days throughout the year. By making the
extra commitment to be a part of the Green Team, you
will receive invitations to fun exclusive events
throughout the year and a cool t-shirt. All volunteers
are welcome.
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JOBS/INTERNSHIPS
ADULT
San
Francisco Department of the Environment is
seeking an Environmental Associate to help maintain
the
School Program. The associate will
assess and implement school composting and
recycling programs, present dynamic classroom
and assembly presentations to public and private
schools in S.F., assist with writing and updating
directories, websites, curriculum, and other
department publications and much more! Visit
jobaps.com/sf
to begin the application process
by registering an account. If you have any questions
regarding this recruitment or application process,
please contact Claudia Molina at 415-355-3748, or via
email at
claudia.Molina@sfgov.org
Forests
Forever, a San Francisco non-profit forest
protection organization, seeks an editor to research
and write copy for print publications, web and other
communications for consumption by Forests
Forever's staff, contributors, foundations, the media,
and the public at large.This is a part-time permanent
position. Please submit a cover letter in the body of an
email including three business references, desired
hourly wage and why you are seeking a part-time
permanent position. Successful applicants must also
submit at least three relevant writing samples, with
your byline, as PDF attachments. Send all
submissions to
editor@forestsforever.org.
Urban
Habitat is seeking a high-energy individual with
strong research, facilitation, training, and curriculum
development skills to coordinate all aspects of the
Leadership Institute. Candidate must be able to work
with a diverse group of organizations (community
groups, intermediaries, policy groups, government,
labor, youth groups, etc) to create and implement
customized curricula and leadership trainings. An
understanding of a variety of environmental and social
justice issues including equitable and sustainable
land use and planning, economic development,
housing, transportation, and climate change and their
impacts on historically disenfranchised communities,
is helpful.
RESOURCES
Victory Gardens: Now Accepting
Applications
The Victory Gardens 2008+ Program is now accepting
applications to participate in the Victory Gardening
Program. Victory Gardens 2008+ is a pilot project
funded by the City of San Francisco to support the
transition of backyard, front yard, window boxes,
rooftops, and unused land into organic food
production areas. As a participant, you will work with
the Victory Gardens team to install a garden in your
outdoor space. Although you will be the primary
caretaker of the garden, the Victory Garden team will
provide ongoing support. For more information,
please visit
sfvictorygardens.org.
EVENTS
July 3: Author Event: The Carbon-Free Home
@ Ecology
Center (map) 7PM -
9PM
July 12: Street Parks Gardening Day@
Argonne Community Garden (map) 10AM - 2PM
July 12: Different Spokes Monthly
Jersey Ride w/ SF
Bicycle Coalition meet @ Peet's Coffee, 2257
Market St.
at 16th St.(map)
8:30AM meet, 9:00AM ride out
July 19: VEGETARIAN COOKING CLASS -
GREENS, GREENS, GLORIOUS GREENS 10AM -
1PM pre-register @compassionatecooks.com cost:
$50
July 19: Urban Composting Workshop @
Garden for the Environment (map) 10AM - 12PM Cost: Free
July 20: Night Ride: Black Point Battery w/ SF Bicycle Coalition
meet @ Panhandle statue, Fell & Baker Streets.
(map)
7:30PM
July 26: Summer Pruning for Fruit Trees
Workshop @
Garden for the Environment (map) 10AM - 12PM Cost: Free
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IN THIS ISSUE:
YESTERDAY'S HARVEST
Past Events
TOOLSHED
News You Can USE
ABOUT TO SPROUT
Upcoming Events
GET THE GREEN
Jobs, Internships, and Opportunities
EVENTS
July 12 - Street Parks Volunteer Gardening
Day @ Argonne Community Garden,
(map) 10AM - 2PM
Tree
Treat Commons Community
Garden Manager
Tree (right) and
volunteer
Every Sunday for just over a month now, Tree has
been giving away fresh organic produce. What's the
catch? None. The Free Farm Stand takes place every
Sunday in the Treat Commons Community Garden
where Tree is the Garden Coordinator. He and local
volunteers tend much of the garden and give the
surplus away to local neighbors. The food production
doesn't just stop at Treat Commons. Local gardeners
sprinkled throughout the city have been bringing their
surplus to the Free Farm Stand every week to share
their harvests. Neighbors are offering up their fruit
trees for Tree to harvest and bring to the stand as well.
Tree even grows starters and seedlings for people to
take home and plant. The vision is that when
neighbors harvest they will share some of their bounty
with the Free Farm Stand.
People aren't just sharing food at the Free Farm
Stand, they are building community. One of Tree's
favorite parts of the farm stand is that it provides a
space for neighbors to meet and interact.
The Free Farm Stand may be relatively new, but Tree's
vision and efforts to bring quality food to those who
can't afford it is old news. Tree has been greening
and feeding San Francisco for over 30 years and he
has no plans to stop. Tree's philosophy has always
been that all people should have access to high
quality, healthy food and that has led him to head
food programs and pantries throughout the years. To
ensure that quality was always at the highest level,
Tree ate only what he offered at the pantries. In light of
recent food shortages and oil prices, Tree decided to
challenge himself to discover just how much food he
could grow and give in the city. So far the Farm Stand
is fueled by Tree's backyard, neighbor contributions
and the Treat Commons space, but Tree has plans
for expansion that may soon come to
fruition. "Gardening by nature makes you optimistic"
Tree says. Maybe that is because gardening gives
you a powerful tool to help fight large problems like
hunger, and oil dependency right in your own
back yard.
The Free Farm Stand is always in need of volunteers
(especially bilingual volunteers).
If you would like to volunteer or otherwise
contact Tree, click here.
Check out the Free Farm Stand
Blog for updates
and pictures
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