SATURDAY, AUGUST 16

GOOD NEIGHBOR HEALTHY COOKING DEMO
San Francisco Ferry Building

11 AM

 

Bring your appetite to our annual food tasting and healthy cooking demo at the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market, courtesy of our good friends at the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA).  On the menu will be Chicken, Tomato and Basil Pasta, followed up by Grape Granita, with ingredients supplied that morning by Farmer's Market merchants.   

 

Location:  CUESA teaching kitchen, outside under the arcades north of the Ferry Building's clock tower.

 

HOT OFF THE PRESSES:

GOOD NEIGHBOR

BEST PRACTICES GUIDE!

LEJ has been working with corner store merchants in Bayview Hunters Point to convert their store stock from convenience foods, alcohol and tobacco products to fresh fruits and vegetables; in 2007 our program was adopted as the model for California statewide legislation.  Now we have published the Good Neighbor Best Practices Guide, a step-by-step case study/guidebook and CD of document templates to help communities launch their own conversion projects.  Download an order form here.

 

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.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14

We've come a long way and have a lot to celebrate this year--mark your calendar and watch your mailbox for an invitation!  

 

(Pictured:  EcoCenter Groundbreaking, Earth Day 2008)

 

This event will sell out--reserve your tickets early by emailing development@lejyouth.org.

 

 

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.