SATURDAY, JULY 12
COMMUNITY WORKDAY
HERON'S HEAD PARK
Cargo Way & Jennings
9 AM - 12 noon

Discover a jewel on the southeast shoreline while helping create wildlife habitat at Heron's Head Park!
 
Wear appropriate clothing and be sure to remember sunscreen and water; gloves, boots, and tools are provided. All ages welcome. For more information, contact HHP Steward Myla Ablog.  LEJ's community stewardship and environmental education programs at Heron's Head Park are a partnership with the Port of San Francisco.

 

 

LEJ ON THE WEB

LEJ has a new face!  An all-volunteer team from the Taproot Foundation devoted nearly a year to a ground-up redesign of our website, making the navigation easier and bringing everything up to date.  Best of all, we can make all our changes in-house now, so you can expect regularly freshened content.  Stop on by!  And if you're on Facebook, join the brand-new LEJ Cause and the LEJ Group, and invite all your friends.  We love a crowd!

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES!

This summer we're celebrating six high school graduates--Shante Austin, DeMarea Barnes, Janisa Francis (pictured), Marichele Porter, Tiana Robinson, and Jocquay Thomas.  All will be attending college this fall, with career aspirations ranging from the building trades to heart surgery.

 

 

SATURDAY, JULY 26
GOOD NEIGHBOR FRESH FOODS COOKING DEMONSTRATION
H&K Liquor & Deli
1300 Fitzgerald Ave.
NOON-3 PM

Come sample our healthy cuisine--the LEJ Youth will be cooking up delicious recipes from the Good Neighbor Fresh Foods Cookbook, so bring your appetite!  For more information or to purchase a copy of the cookbook, contact Good Neighbor Manager Gwendolyn Smith.

We are also publishing the Good Neighbor Best Practices Guide to support communities who are beginning their own corner store conversion projects.  For more information, download an order form at the LEJ website.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
SF COASTAL CLEAN UP DAY
9 AM - 12 noon
Help Where Help is Needed!

California Coastal Cleanup Day is the premier volunteer event focused on the marine environment in the country, with 50,000 volunteers turning out to over 700 cleanup sites statewide to remove debris from the shorelines and coast. Coming at the end of the summer beach season and near the start of the school year, Coastal Cleanup Day is a great way for families, students, service groups, and neighbors to join together, take care of the environment, show community support for shared natural resources, and learn about the impacts of marine debris and how to prevent them -- and have fun!

California Coastal Clean Up Day 2007 was the largest Clean Up day in the history of the event for both California and San Francisco, but we only scratched the surface of a serious marine debris problem that disproportionately affects our city's eastern shoreline.

- 70% of 14,000 lbs. of trash was picked up on the East side of San Francisco
- 80% of 2,500 volunteers cleaned up on the West side of San Francisco

Please help us by encouraging your family and friends to volunteer at San Francisco's most impacted places. We are here to assist you in finding a place that needs that extra help.

Together we can create a cleaner and more beautiful city for everyone.

Contact LEJ Outreach Coordinator Elsa Calvillo to volunteer.

Celebrating our 10th anniversary in 2008, Literacy for Environmental Justice addresses the ecological and health concerns of Bayview Hunters Point and the surrounding communities of southeast San Francisco.  Please make a tax-deductible contribution today.