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Hello Neighbors!
Many thanks to all who've contributed in this community fund-drive to bring a portable bathroom and hand-washing sink to our beloved Dover Street Park.  With the many neighbors and folks using the park, a bathroom is greatly needed. Please note that while the City of Oakland currently isn't financially supporting this undertaking, it is approved by Parks & Rec.
Anyone who's visited the park can benefit from the playground and grassy field,  the 70+ fruit trees, medicinal plants and 100+ edible varieties of annual and perennial veggies from around the world. 
One major amenity this great park is missing is a bathroom and hand-washing sink.  The volunteer gardening team feels a bathroom is a critical need, so as to protect public health in the park and help avoid bathroom use in the garden space.  
The gardening team has partnered with OCUEJ as a sponsor to facilitate the administrative process of bringing a portable bathroom and sink to the park for an estimated 6-month period.  The bathroom will be stationed just outside the park, by the bike rack, and will be locked at night.  

Will you help support in the ongoing maintenance costs of the toilet? Any donation is appreciated.  Thanks in advance for considering! 

More information about Oakland Communities United for Equity: The mission and purpose of Oakland Communities United for Equity and Justice is to advance health, self-determination, and restorative economics for low-income and underprivileged communities in Oakland, and the surrounding Bay Area, and to carry on other activities associated with this purpose. The organization is made of Phat Beets Produce, North Oakland Restorative Justice Council, and Self Help Hunger Program.

Dear housing supporters,

Our grass root program, Self Help Hunger has dedicated the better part of last year to offering emergency housing to recently displaced North Oakland and South Berkeley residents while also advocating for the permanent housing with the local agencies.

For anyone who's ever had to deal with the process of finding emergency housing, you might know that it takes days and days of calling agencies, pleading with social workers, and hours of dedicated work in order to resolve all the bureaucratic paperwork required for a person to enter a place with a roof over their head.

While this process is happening, there is NO option for temporary housing, except shelters who are many times not fit for human living.

For a year and a half, SHHP has invested $30,000 in offering immediate support to seniors, people with disabilities, families with children and people at risk by providing motel rooms and advocating for permanent housing. We are happy to report a rate of success of over 90% for all our clients.

Please help us grow our dedicated fund for Temporary Emergency Housing so that we can work towards having housing options on hold for the remainder of the year for all the people that need our support.

Follow this fundraiser to learn about our success stories.

We encourage you to reach out to us to find out more about the program and how you can help.

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All Produce to The People!

Please support the revolutionary work of the Self Help Hunger Program operating out of Drivers Plaza in North Oakland and South Berkeley.   The Self Help Hunger Program is a panther lead survival program stewarded by Aunti France Moore.  

Each Tuesday the Self Help Hunger Program feeds 60+ elders and others a hot organic meal year round as well providing organic produce, legal services, canned goods, and other services.   For years this program was sustained through Aunti Frances SSI check, but the need and the work has grown so much and we are turning to the commUNITY to continue the GOOD WORK. 

Please help us raise $1500 on gofundme to sustain the work of Self Help Hunger Program in 2020.

Funds will be used to:
-Provide 60 FREE hot organic meals every Tuesday @ Drivers Plaza
-Provide FREE organic produce at the Melvin Dickson Produce Kiosk
-Care for 70 fruit trees in the Drivers Plaza Memorial Fruit Orchard
-Rides free rides and legal support for Elders in the park

See our work in action below:

Do you Dig Dover St Edible Park?  Keep Dover St Edible Park alive and thriving in 2019. We  no longer have operating funds for this unique open Oakland Edible Park.  We have an all volunteer maintenance crew for 2019 and rely on our beloved community to sustain us. Please spread the word to those that enjoy picking flowers, fruits, and veggies from Oakland's 1st public edible park.  Free produce for the people!  
 
Dover St Edible Park is:

-Home to the Fresh Fellow Youth Food Justice Training Program
-1/4 acre of unique edible green space open to the public
-Home to 100+ edible varieties of annual and perennial veggies from around the world
-A food farmacy that serves patients at Children's Hospital Oakland and Self Help Hunger Program's weekly free meal around the block
-An urban orchard with 70+ mature fruit trees
-Produces over 3500lbs of free food each year including many foods that arent readily available (chayotte, sweet potatoe greens, banana stems/leaves, edible flowers, and many medicinal plants


Funds will be used for:
-Seeds
-Irrigation Supplies
-Outdoor Classroom and Kitchen
-Youth Stipends
-Tools



Check out our Fresh Fellows Program Video @Dover St Edible Park: