The Sites List - October 2007
Cityworks/Clean-up
» Adeline/Alcatraz StreetsLandscaping, painting, planting, stenciling, and door hanging information
» Berkeley Marina
Maintain the beauty of the marina by participating in a variety of landscaping projects.
» Berkeley Youth Alternatives
Inspired to make art. Paint a mural!
» Door Hanger Project
Distribute door hangers with disaster info in Central Berkeley
» Downtown Database
Identify public infrastructure for repair and refurbishment
» Graffiti Abatement
Abate graffiti throughout West Berkeley
» Grove Park/YAP
Clean up and landscaping projects at Grove Park
» Indian Rock
Painting and landscaping
» Live Oak Park
Make Live Oak Park more family friendly by removing graffiti on the walls and bridge.
» Multiplex Bldg Database
Gather emergency data for multiplex building in Southside
» Post Office Boxes
Paint and beautify PO boxes
» Southside Storm Drains
Help stencil new storm drains
» Tree Wells
Clean tree wells on Sacramento, San Pablo, and University Ave
» Willard and King Pools
Clean, landscaping, and other maintenance activities
Community Enrichment
» Alameda County Food BankContribute to the Food bank’s assistance of 40,000 low-income Alameda County residents by sorting, packing, and boxing food.
» Berkeley Public Library
Good with scissors? Have an artistic, creative mind? Make storyboards and do arts and crafts with children!
» Berkeley Youth Living with Disabilities
Special combo: landscaping the community-based home AND socializing with the residents (children and young adults with significant developmental disabilities).
» Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency
Halloween is just behind the corner and BOSS needs help decorating their building inside and out. And if that's not enough, there's gift-wrapping for Christmas!
» Chaparral House
Get to know some of the elderly residents by taking the ferry to San Francisco and having lunch.
» Homeless Action Center
Help people learn the process of applying for food stamps.
» Kyakameena Sanitorium
Bridge the multi-generational gap and connect with the elderly! Spend the afternoon at a skilled nursing facility, dedicated to respect and dignity.
» Prisoner's Lit Project
Prisoners Literature Project is a grassroots organization that sends free books to prisoners in the United States. Volunteers will have a chance to read letters from prisoners and to select and package books accordingly.
» Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Alameda County
Help this nonprofit organization which provides free hot meals, clothing, access to health care and education and job training services to homeless and economically disadvantaged people by sorting books and donations and cleaning and assembling furniture for their thrift stores.
Landscape and Gardening
» Aquatic Park EGRETHelp spread wood chips around native plantings along the shoreline of San Francisco Bay. Other volunteers can try a hand in urban archeology, excavating historic masonry terraces from the park's construction in the 1930's.
» Berkeley Parks and Recreation
Make space for flowers and native plants by removing ivy in front of a park.
» Berkeley Path Wanderers
BPW is dedicated to the creation, preservation and restoration of Berkeley's public paths, steps and walkways. Help clear out a local walking path and install wooden steps.
» Carter Middle School
Clean-up and moving supplies to prepare for new classrooms and a faculty parking space. Planting 200 daffodils too!
» Center for the Education of the Infant Deaf
Gardening, weeding, painting, OH MY!
» Claremont Canyon Conservancy
Give some love to an attractive but neglected strip of land along Claremont Creek.
» Friends of Five Creeks
Make space for the native plants by removing ice plants and other invasive weeds.
» G.O.A.L.S. For Women
The mission of GOALS for Women is to improve the health, well-being, and self-sufficiency of underserved women of color and their families living in the greater East Bay area. Help them revitalize a garden by planting bamboo and other foliage.
» Halcyon Commons
Participate in Halcyons Commons' annual planting and mulching day (rescheduled JUST for the Berkeley Project)! Also help them remove graffiti.
» HEROES (Helpers Engaged in Reaching Oakland's Excelling Schools)
HEROES seeks to enrich the lives of Oakland's public school children by bringing the time and talents of concerned people into the schools. Be a concerned person by painting planter boxes, planting flowers, and pulling weeds.
» Kaiser Elementary School
Beautify this Oakland school by planting and weeding the school garden and building wooden benches.
» Longfellow Middle School
Weeding, spreading wood chips, installing a weed block, and moving furniture
» Northside Community Garden
Organizing the shed, repairing borders of plots, weeding, clearing paths, helping gardeners, anything, you name it!
» North Hills Landscape Committee
Prevent fires by clearing invasive plants!
» People's Park Peace Garden
A fun community gardening experience to keep this garden beautiful.
» Schoolhouse Creek Commons
Building off of last year's project, tasks include planting on a hill, building a new seating area, and improving the tire swing area.
» Strawberry Creek UCB Department of EH&S
Habitat Restoration, pulling ivy.
» Spiral Gardens
Gardening, weeding, organizing
» Willard Park
Clubhouse roof repair, painting, gardening, various fix-ups
Refurbishment/Painting
» A Better WayHelp this foster care agency look its best through painting and office improvement.
» Alzheimer's Services of the East Bay
ASEB is a non-profit community organization that provides services to individuals with Alzheimer's disease and other related dementia. Clean-up the building and make it shine!
» Berkeley Public Health Clinic
Help the Health and Human Services Division by painting, doing light yard work, sorting files, and stuffing sexual education kits!
» Rebuilding Together
House improvement project for a low-income or elderly individual.
» Women's Daytime Drop-In Center
How low can you go? How high can you reach? Organize donations in the basement and clean around the house.>
» Youth Emergency Assistance Hostel
Prepare for it's opening for homeless youth by cleaning, organizing, and setting up the shelter.
* Sites list last updated: October 6, 2007
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