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OBUGS
PLEASE VISIT OBUGS.ORG TO FILL OUT A VOLUNTEER APPLICATION. The mission of OBUGS is to build healthy communities through programs offered to children, youth, and families in a network of school and neighborhood gardens, green spaces, and farmer's markets.
Description:
We are a west Oakland based nonprofit that provides in-school and after school programs to students at three local elementary schools, including St. Patrick/Prescott, St. Martin de Porres, and Lafayette School. We do gardening, arts and crafts, and cooking activities with students at these schools.
We also have a summer school program at the same sites. High school students can also intern with us through the YOBUGS program, where they take on a series of workshops about leadership, cooking, outdoor education, and entrepreneurship skill building.
Finally, the second Saturday of each month we have a community gardening day at one of our garden sites. Please contact us for more information!
History:
OBUGS was founded over ten years ago by Oakland businesswomen Margaret Majua and Dorothee Noyon. The founders saw a lack of nonprofit and government programs for low-income families in this neighborhood and a lack of access to fresh, healthy food. In the spring of 1998, they organized a team of Lafayette school students, teachers and a boy scout troop to participate in the revitalization of the neglected community garden attached to the school. Since then, OBUGS has blossomed into the four-site organization it is today.
Contact people:
Office fax number: (510) 465-4677
Address:
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1724 Mandela Pkwy
Oakland, CA 94607
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Web Site: http://obugs.org
Directions:
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Just off from downtown Oakland.
Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: BART downtown station ,
Walk distance (in minutes): 15
Nearest Bus Stop: AC Transit, 5 minute walk |
| Last updated on May 5, 2010 |
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