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This #GivingTuesday...

11/18/2016

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We're asking YOU to support local youth in our Annual Greening Richmond Together Campaign! Tuesday, Nov 22nd - Nov 29th, we're having an online #GivingTuesday fundraiser to support getting local youth out to National Parks all over the country. This is a vital part of our Green Team's environmental education and restoration work. Whether you can give a lot or give a little, your support will make a difference to our kids. We're calling on our community to support work that supports the growth of youth! Thank you!
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The campaign will be officially open for donations Nov. 22nd. Check out the page below!
Crowdrise Fundraising Page!
What makes #GivingTuesday donations special is that they have the opportunity of being matched by other donors; so you can make your support go that much farther! If you wish to contribute now, you can donate at: 
Donate Now!
"Add special instructions for the seller" to let us know it's a #GivingTuesday donation.
OR Mail To: 
249 Tewksbury Ave, Suite A, Richmond, CA 94801
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Veteran's Day Tree Planting!

11/18/2016

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We had a great time celebrating service and planting trees in Plaza One Park last Saturday. Groundwork Richmond has several new youth Green Team members who have recently enrolled in the program and, for some of them, this was their first tree planting. We came together with the Green Team & local community friends to give about 20 trees new homes in the park, and sat down afterwards with celebratory pizza to enjoy our accomplishment! #CommunityLove #GoGreenTeamGWR #ProudofYou #ChangingPlacesChangingLives #GroundworkRich
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Arbor Day 2016 was the best Arbor Day yet!

10/21/2016

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Last weekend we planted trees at S 42nd St Pocket Park along the Greenway and in surrounding neighborhoods. We had neighbors send in Adopt-A-Tree Forms before the day of the event, so that we could plant trees as a community. Everyone worked hard to get the trees in the ground before the end of the day. During our circle up, Ranger Betty Reid Soskin came to join us along with a few other guests from the National Park Service. It was a welcome surprise. They made it just in time for the unveiling of the newest S 4nd Street community mural on the Greenway that the Green Team has been working so hard on for the past month. Arbor Day ended with well deserved tacos from a local taco truck and the rain came shortly afterwards, just in time to water in the trees. Thank you to all the community members, partners, city council members, and sponsors who made Arbor Day 2016 so beautiful!

For this project we partnered with Richmond Trees and the City of Richmond. The sponsors for this event were PG&E, Cal FIRE, California Climate Investments, and the Urban Forest Advisory Committee.
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Amazing trip to Point Reyes? Check. 

9/28/2016

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At the beginning of this month, we took our Green Team to stay at National Park Service cabins in Point Reyes National Seashore. We were invited there to help with this year's 35th Annual Sand Sculpture Contest, but we also had a chance to go kayaking with the team. The winds were too strong on the day we went kayaking, so we found a little protected cove to launch from and it started to get sunny right in time for lunch. On the day of the Sand Sculpture Contest we made tacos for all the volunteers and helped with parking duty. The volunteers loved the tacos (they were amazing thanks to our honorary GWR team member, Javi) and overall the kids loved the trip. Experiences like this give them the chance to bond; in making their meals together, going out on the water, hiking, working together, and so on. For many of our team members, work is when they get to go out into the natural wonders that they wouldn't have had the chance to see otherwise. We are so grateful to our partners at the Point Reyes National Park Service for sharing this experience with us all and inviting us back next year! #SummerKayakingAdventures #GoGreenTeamGWR 
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Thank you for everything Javier Ochoa-Reyes! You will always be part of the Groundwork family!

9/2/2016

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Groundwork USA wrote a beautiful article on the hard work, dedication, and passion Javier Ochoa-Reyes shared with us these past few years!
Recently we had to say goodbye to our Project Coodinator, Javier Ochoa, who has been made a huge  impact on the growth of this organization and in guiding our youth for the past 3 years. We are proud to say he is moving on pursue a civil engineering degree at San Jose State University. He will be sorely missed, but we know he'll do great things wherever he goes.
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Find out more below!
http://GroundworkUSA.org/Profile/Javier-Ochoa-Reyes/

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42nd St. Community Mural Making Progress :)

8/30/2016

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Our our Green Team is finally ready to begin the mural project that they will be working on for the following weeks. Thanks to our amazing instructor Rebeca Garcia-Gonzalez (Richmond Art Center) and Project Manager, Lorenzo Plazola, they have really been enjoying their past couple of Saturday mornings learning about art hands-on! #GoGreenTeamGWR #GroundworkRich #RichmondArtCtr 
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Yellowstone 2016!

8/30/2016

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Our Green Team - along with various trusts such as Groundwork USA, Groundwork Providence, Groundwork acksonville, Groundwork Lawrence, and Groundwork Dallas - went to Yellowstone National Park to do a series of educational trainings and trail restoration work.
It was an amazing opportunity for professional growth, as well as a life-changing trip for everyone involved. This is a short video we put together to celebrate our Green Team's completion of this 8-day program from August 6th-14th!
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Kayaking Trip SF Maritime!

7/1/2016

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We had a very successful kayaking trip at SF Maritime! A total of 19 green team members had the opportunity to enjoy the great weather and kayak around the Bay!  They all did amazing team work, some kayaked for the very first time. Two of our green team members fell in the water, but quickly learned how to get back on the kayak by themselves. We had a great day and expect more kayaking trips soon! Stay tuned!
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Groundwork Richmond on MLK DAY at the Greenway!

1/18/2016

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Martin Luther King once said "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'"

Well, Groundwork Richmond always takes action! Today Monday January 18th, 2016 GWR and the Green Team participated planting trees, mulching, picking up garbage and weeding all along 4th and 16th Street of the Richmond Greenway. It is wonderful to see the Richmond community come together and take all their efforts to restore and renew the environment. The Greenway is a is a three-mile community bicycle and pedestrian rail-trail and little by little by Friends of the Richmond Greenway (FORG), including us, and efforts of dedicated volunteers and community members, it is being transformed into a beautiful place for people to walk or ride their bicycles and spend some family quality time. 

Today, we had about 300 volunteers participate in cleaning up, planting and other activities along the 4th and 16th street. One of our green team members said, "Man....you're asking me if I like to do this? Of course! Groundwork Richmond has become like family to me. You guys are great and I feel so blessed to be able to work with you guys and to work for the community!"- Rocky Y. Our current VISTA also mentioned, "I love my job, not many can say that! Being able to give back to the community is amazing and so is working with the green team! I love to see our Youth engage so happily in these activities. They have a wonderful attitude and it is very rewarding to hear they are comfortable with us and that they love GWR! That means we are doing a good job and most importantly, we are helping them!" -Sandra F. 

The day started with coffee and donuts, it then proceeded by getting hand in the dirt, muddy shoes, dirty T-shirts, clean streets and beautiful plants and trees being planted. It ended with a moment of silence and with smiling faces all over the place, as everyone looked around and saw the fantastic work they had done! We want to thank the Green team, all volunteers, staff, Parks and Landscaping Superintendent Greg Hardesty and staff (Jesus and Shannon) for making this a great day on the Richmond Greenway! 

If you would like to check out more pictures you are more than welcome to do so at Groundwork Richmond on our Facebook Page! Hit that Like button! Thank YOU!


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From: The Green Team  To: Sarah Calderon

1/1/2016

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Sarah Calderon, Groundwork Richmond's Executive Director, has done so much for the green team and co-workers. To end the year and start a fabulous 2016, the green team and Groundwork Richmond's staff, wanted to show her how much she is appreciated for all she does. Without her, none of this would be possible. Sarah Calderon, this is for you! 
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