City of Oakland Public Works Agency (PWA)

Calendar of Community
Volunteer Events
April 2010

Our Partners

www.sausalcreek.org www.oaklandparkscoalition.org www.temescalcreek.org

www.oaklandzoo.org www.lakemerrittinstitute.org www.friendsofoaklandrose.org www.hoba.org

www.fairyland.org
www.clevelandcascade.org
Dunsmuir House www.dunsmuir.org
Claremont Canyon Conservancy
www.ccconservancy.homestead.com www.keepoaklandbeautiful.org

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Date/Time Location Organization/ Group Person's Type of Event
District Person
Number
Thursday, City of Oakland PWA & RSVP by March 26
Lakeside Park Garden Center Volunteer Appreciation
April 1 Oakland Parks Coalition oaklandvolunteers@gmail.com
(666 Bellevue Ave) Evening
(5 to 7pm) 339-2818

Wednesday,
April 14 Frank H Ogawa Plaza Expo
Earth Expo City of Oakland PWA
Lunchtime (14th & Broadway) earthexpo@oaklandnet.com Learn about Volunteer
(10 am - 2 In front of Oakland City Hall organizations
pm)

Saturday,
City of Oakland PWA Clean It, Green It,
Earth Day April 17 Multiple City locations 466-5539
www.oaklandearthday.com Mean It
(9am – Noon)

Weekly Litter pick-up and

3 Lafayette Square Old Oakland Parks Ron Wolf 652-9901
Saturday weeding

Second
litter pick up on
Saturday of
2 425 International Blvd Tsu-Chi Foundation Almon Shen 879-0971 International between
every month,
2nd Ave. – 12th Ave
9-11

Second Evetta Williams

(707) 655-
4 Monday; 4 – Nicol Ave.; 2800 block The Winner’s Circle evettawilliams Litter pick-up
0610
6 PM @att.net

Brandon
Every
Sturdivant
Saturday West Oakland; meet at 3265
3 Oakland Progress Project Oaklandprogres 684-1399 Litter pick-up
9:00 AM to Market
sproject@gmail
11:00 AM
.com
Every
Saturday &
Seminary Ave. from Hwy. 580 to
6 Sunday Individual Robin Jones 501-6179 Litter pick-up
MacArthur Blvd.
7:00 AM to
9:00 AM

Elizabeth
7 Weekly 816 98th Ave. East Oakland Boxing Assoc. 517-4324 Clean storm drains
Kendall

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Date/Time Location Organization/ Group Person's Type of Event
District Person
Number
Every
Saturday Ford & Peterson Streets in (415) 531-
5 Individual Marlena Pena Litter pick-up
9:00 AM to Jingletown 0762
10:00 AM

Litter clean-up,
Piedmont avenue Neighborhood
nd Glen Echo Park Improvement League
ayfeng@alu Invasive plant
1 2 Saturday Arlene Feng
http://panil.org/creek/index.htm m.mit.edu removal, plantings

Every North Oakland Charter School and Litter pick-up, weeding

1 Linden Park Amos Lans 655-0540
Wednesday Friends of Linden Park and planting

Litter pick-up,
Daily
4 Maxwell Park Friends of Maxwell Park Nancy Karigaca 436-6680 weeding, planting and
(morning)
graffiti removal

Litter pick-up,
Sat/Sun St. Andrews Mini Park / Bishop Anderson Family / International
3 Dr. Aurea Lewis 485-4865 weeding, planting,
(weekly) Plaza African Methodist
graffiti removal

Litter pick-up,
Median Strips at intersection of Northgate Environmental Brendan
3 Weekly 839-0688 weeding, planting,
Broadway and Telegraph Management Inc. Mulholland
graffiti removal

Every Salvador
2 1811 - 11th Avenue Harbor House Ministries 534-0165 Clean 4 block radius
Monday Hinojosa

1st & 3rd 38th Ave between Steve Reuss / Cleanup streets, tree
4 ALLENDALE PARK NCPC 536-9551
Saturdays Nevil & Suter St Roberto Costa wells, storm drains.

Weekly:
Tues. 9-10am
Fruitvale & MacArthur area 22x NCPC BEAUTIFICATION Kathleen cleanup and graffiti
4 Thurs. 7-7:30 842-3200
Beat 22x Russell removal
PM; Monthly:
One Saturday

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Council Contact
Date/Time Location Organization/ Group Person's Type of Event
District Person
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Every Sunday Beaumont Ave & Chathman St cleanup streets, tree

5 Wendy Jung Wendy Jung 261-4564
9 am -12 pm (13th Ave, under 580 fwy) wells, storm drains.

1st & 3rd 8755 Fontaine Ave HOWARD Elementary School cleanup streets, tree
7 Minnie Grimes 569-1353
Saturdays ( off Golf Links ) wells, storm drains.

Rev. Joseph cleanup streets, tree

7 Every Friday 1311 83rd Ave & International Blvd ALPHA OMEGA Foundation 632-0780
Jones wells, storm drains.

Every
Ester Ma.
Monday 735 105th Ave cleanup streets, tree
7 SCHOOL OF URBAN MISSIONS Galvan 567-6174
10am - 12 vicinity around the school wells, storm drains.
Tiffany Easly
noon

Every
Cesar Chavez Park, Foothill & 37
5 Monday, 9- Cesar Chavez Park Luis Ortega 615-5415 Clean-up, weeding
Avenue
12pm

Every Golf Links Road between Elysian Leonard Scott,

7 Individual 914-9619 Clean up
Saturday Fields and Scotia Jr.

Every other Golf Links Road between Fontaine

7 Individual Mary Forte 562-9995 Clean up
Saturday and Castlewood

Adopt a Creek
3rd Tuesday Peralta Creek Park (Corner of Weeding and planting
4 City of Oakland Adopt-a-Creek Program 238-6227
6:30-7:30 pm Wisconsin and Rettig Avenue) in creek and park
Coordinator

Every
Dimond Park DPAC (Dimond Park Advisory Michelle
4 Monday 482-7831 Clean-up
Meet at the Scout Hut Committee) Doppelt
11am to noon

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District Person
Number
Every
645-4460 ext.
3 Monday 9:00 2800 block of Broadway Individual Sharon Willis Litter pick-up
106. 
to 9:30 AM

Every Sunday
Justin Jackson-
2 9:00 to 10:00 1400 block of 3rd Ave. Individual 701-1613 Litter pick-up
Angus
AM

Michael
Weekly (617) 888-
2 Newton Newton House Borucke Weeding and planting
Sunday 5063