Agency Details:

Oakland Based Urban Gardens (OBUGS)

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 schoolers can also intern with us through the YOBUGS program, which runs a weekly farmstand.

Finally, on the first 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 Dorothy 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:

Jordan Levine, Volunteer Manager, (phone), (email) Emily Beggs, Program Coordinator, (phone), (email) Hana McQuinn, Executive Director, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (510) 465-4677

Address:

1724 Mandela Pkwy Oakland, CA 94607 (See a map)

Web Site: http://obugs.org

Directions:

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 September 3, 2009