We are excited to announce the Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation’s 1st annual Citywide Parks Workshop on November 14, 2020! Join us and our non-profit, volunteer and grassroots partners for an online event designed to help you and your neighbors activate your local parks. Don’t miss this free opportunity to collaborate, network and learn from other Oaklanders working to improve …
Únase a nosotros para crear una visión comunitaria para Verdese Carter Park ### UPDATE (1/21): Thank you for helping to create a Community Vision for Verdese Carter Park! We have received a lot of feedback both virtually and at the park, and have created a draft Community Vision for the park based on your input. …
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Help improve our local creeks, Lake Merritt and the San Francisco Bay during Oakland’s 25th Creek to Bay celebration this September. Although COVID-19 prevents us from gathering in groups this year, individual and household actions can still add up to positively impact our communities and beyond. Oakland’s Creek to Bay is held in conjunction with …
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The Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation announces that it has received a leadership grant from Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s foundation, Eat. Learn. Play., to help ensure no family is turned away from Oakland’s Town Camp this summer due to inability to pay. “Last July, when we launched Eat. Learn. Play., we set out to help …
Established with funds from the Thompson-Bliss Family Gift, this program allows Oakland’s recreation centers to apply for awards of up to $2,000 for special projects, facilities improvements or technology upgrades.
The City of Oakland’s flagship Town Camp opens on June 29 and this summer promises to be like none before.
On Juneteenth last Friday, our Board Treasurer Mandolin Kadera-Redmond sent the letter below to Mayor Schaaf.
To Our Oakland Business Community, Thank you for attending our second annual Business Breakfast earlier this week at the beautiful Lake Chalet. As we heard from our speakers, investments from Oakland’s business community not only help our parks and youth programs thrive, but also hold the potential to change lives. Let’s start a conversation about …
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