ABOUT 1ST SATURDAYS

Some years ago, we, Mo’ Better Food, hosted a MLK Day of Service Event at Castlemont High School in East Oakland, California.

The picture above is from that day…

About a month later, I revisited the garden to realize the weeds had returned and while our volunteer effort had some success, one day is not enough. How about once a month.  How about the 1st Saturday of every month?

We also call 1st Saturdays the “do now” strategy to advance a school and its surrounding community towards Familyhood because once a school has the 1st Saturdays days “saved” on their school calendar, the school can now invite students, parents, community partners, alumni and local businesses to get involved in their school.

Why is 1stSaturdays a “do now” strategy towards building Familyhood at a school?

While, MLK Day of Service projects have been known to accomplish great task in one day, 1st Saturdays seeks to expand the MLK Day of Service Projects each month with the goal of recruiting enough students, parents, alumni, community partners to plan an operate food -related enterprises such as school gardens, farmer markets and grocery stores at school sites.

#Familyhood is not an overnight solution. Since, #Familyhood is based on increasing governance from within our schools – the collaboration of (S.G.A +PTA + ALUMNI), the direct benefits will take some time to realize from within a neighborhood.

Basically, we asked them to read this to understand #Familyhood and if they agreed to sign below:

You can also download it here.
Read it thoroughly and if you agree,
sign it and we will add you and your organization to our list of supporters!

1stSaturdays.com is a project of The Familyhood Connection Inc, a 501 (C-3) non-profit corporation in the State of California. Our Mission is to promote programs that bring the generations together to improve communities.

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Sponsorship Opportunities are Available
We are seeking sponsors to support 1stSaturdays!
Your company/organization’s logo/name will added to this site and other marketing as noted: click here for our sponsorship overview page.
If you represent a school, sign your school up to kick off 1st Saturdays on November 3rd 2024.

If you would like to Volunteer, we recommend receiving your CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS from Oakland Educational Fund (they handle the volunteering process in Oakland schools).
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