Big Changes At OBUGS!
Oakland Based Urban Gardens
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OBUGS Summer Time Updates! |
Staff Changes & New Address
We want to update you on some big changes happening around here!
First we would like to
thank our former Co-Executive Director, Emily Beggs, for her dedication and time
with OBUGS. After finishing a fun filled Summer Camp of field trips,
camping, and hands-on garden classes she has moved on to pursue new opportunities in graduate school to obtain her PHD. While we will miss working with Emily tremendously, we
are excited about the opportunities this new school year holds for
OBUGS.
OBUGS has restructured to a model of Executive Director and Program Coordinator. Heather Davis, former Co-Executive Director, is now serving as the OBUGS Executive Director. Erin-Kate Escobar, former OBUGS Volunteer Coordinator and YOBUGS Leader, accepted
the position of Program Coordinator and they are both already hard at work.
{PHOTO: Left to right Top row Emily Beggs, Erin-Kate Escobar, Heather Davis. Bottom row: Ave Maria (Office Assistant)}
In addition to these changes in management and structure OUR OFFICE HAS MOVED SUITES! We have moved within the same building into Suite #1 from our six-year location at suite #5.
Our new address is:
1724 Mandela Parkway STE 1
Oakland, CA 94607
Summertime Youth Interns: Eight is Great
We have 8 great summer interns working with us 40 hrs a week! They are lighting up the month of August and learning how to prepare healthy lunches and snacks though harvesting, grocery shopping, cooking, and meal planning on top of the many job skills the OBUGS office has to offer. Please welcome Anthony, Chanzell, Demaya, Dinesh, Jamikka, Kamisha, Ricardo, and Teresa!
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN OBUGS YOUTH INTERN
Here is a recap on happenings from Anthony earlier this week...
NK FOOD”, me being a regular junk eater I thought I might find difficulty in following that rule, but Erin-Kate showed me different. She took me to Mandela Marketplace which is an organic marketplace and also where O.B.U.G.S. go to get there groceries that cant be picked or pulled out of the gardens we grow. When we first stepped foot in the tiny one room marketplace the aroma was overwhelming with smells that my senses have never been exposed too before. Organic products and produce line the shelve in a colorful array. This was my first time seeing an organic market, it gave me a feeling of comfort knowing my fruits and vegetables weren't sprayed with some pesticides. Erin-Kate and I quickly went to work on getting the items on our list, we started with the berries and dairy products we needed for our Smoothies and Parfaits, then we made our way to the assortment of vegetables for our soups and chili's, and got multiple nuts and beans out of the various selections of either or. No longer then what it took us to get there we were ready to pay for our food, Erin-Kate and I loaded up our bags (literally our bags we brought since we love our environment) and drove back. My co-workers and I got started on making lunch, Teresa and I made smoothies while Jamikka and Kamesha made the sandwiches [eggs were from our own OBUGS Chickens!], we ate briefer than the time it took us to make the food." - Anthony, OBUGS Youth Intern {PHOTO: OBUGS Youth Interns help MOHR 1 Housing Community Kids prepare healthy summer treats}
Summer Camp success!
We had a great time with some wonderful kids and devoted volunteers to bring together a lot of fun!
We went on field trips to:
- Crown Cove Beach
- Shell Ridge
- Lindsey Wildlife Museum
- Coyote Hills Marsh Tour
- Green Gulch Farms
- Tilden Park
- and a 2 day over night camping trip at Butano State Park!!
3rd Annual Art & Garden Tour 2010
Thank you to all who were able to attend and purchase raffle tickets. It was a great success thanks to the many volunteers, friends, family, and supporters of OBUGS. Thank you to the Garden Hosts who took the time to open their homes and gardens for another successful fundraiser.
Congratulations to this year's raffle winners!
OBUGS to Co-Host Oakland Food Summit
with Chez Panisse Foundation & Mitchell Kapor Foundation
As a Neighborhood Builder Award recipient from Bank of America Charitable Foundation, OBUGS has been asked to co-host an upcoming Safety Net discussion on urban food growing in the East Bay. The convening will be on Thursday August 26, 2010, beginning at 12 noon and concluding at 2pm. The location is the Lakeside Park Garden Center inside Lakeside Park (Lake Merritt) 666 Bellevue Avenue, Oakland. We hope to walk through the community garden adjacent to the center afterwards.
New Farmers' Market
Check out our one of our partners Phat Beets! Shop at a new Food Justice Farmers Market in North Oakland Every Sat 9-2pm at 5715 Market St, Oakland- www.phatbeetsproduce.org.
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