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Summer 2008
 

 

 
       
    In this Issue   Wish List
 

 

 

  • Slow Food Dinner with Growing Youth
  • Ploughshares Challenge: Tear out your Lawn!
  • Summer Updates
  • Back to School Wish List
  • APC in the News
  
With fall around the corner, it is almost time for our young residents to head back to school. We are in need of school supply donations, including the following:
    Growing Youth Presents Slow Food Dinner    
   
Join us at Pappo's in Alameda on August 31 for a Slow Food dinner to benefit APC's Growing Youth Project. The dinner is a collaboration between APC, Pappo and Slow Food Nation.

The evening’s three-course menu includes unique, gourmet creations and features ingredients farmed here at the Growing Youth Community Garden.

Tickets required, click here to purchase.

6pm, Sunday, August 31
Pappo, 2320 Central Avenue, Alameda, CA
$55 (includes wine)

Growing Youth emerged from a youth-led community food assessment in 2005. The program provides meaningful employment for residents, and works to implement the report's recommendations. Among other activities, GYPs operates a free weekly produce delivery for residents and provides food for APC community events. You can view a summary of the community food assessment here.


  

Stretch Book Covers
Pencil Sharpeners (two-hole)
Protractors with measuring angle
3- Hole binders ( ½”, 1”, 1 ½”, 2”)
Spiral Notebooks
Colored Pencils
Pens
Mechanical Pencils
Lead for Pencils (.5mm or .7mm)
Erasers
Mini Staplers
Compass
Glue Sticks
Calculators
Pencil Boxes
Index Cards (ruled 3"x5")
Crayons (large and small size)

For more information, please check out our donation page at http://www.apcollaborative.org/help.htm.

 
    Join our "Tear out your Lawn" Challenge  
APC in the News!!
   

 

Lawn

Drought conditions and water rationing often lead to a proliferation of ugly brown lawns. Now Ploughshares Nursery has a better way of saving water and money - the "Tear out your Lawn" Challenge! Participants who remove 40% or more of their lawns as part of this challenge will receive a one time 20% coupon, good for the purchase of drought tolerant plants and a free half hour landscaping consultation with a senior staff member. To be eligible you must provide before and after photos of your lawn. The offer is good through year end.

 

  

Cycles of Change, our community bike shop, was recently featured in the Alameda Sun. Click here for the full article.

The Growing Youth Program has been busy hosting its Summer Food Institute for youth. GYP was recently featured in the Alameda Sun and San Jose Times.

Ploughshares green-collar job training was recently featured in the Alameda Sun. Click here to read more.
    Summer Updates  
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kids

Summer is a time for making kids feel like kids, with bike rides, swimming, fun and games. We're lovin' summer here at APC. So far, we visited Marine World and just got back from a weekend camping trip.

kids

Thanks to our donors, kids at APC went on a community bike ride in July. Click here to find out how you can donate or purchase bikes and parts from our community shop.
 


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Alameda Point Collaborative
works to end homelessness by providing housing
and services to create communities where formerly homeless families and individuals can flourish.

677 W. Ranger Ave.
Alameda CA 94501
info@apcollaborative.org
(510) 898-7800