Logo Berkeley Partners for Parks (BPFP) is a citywide nonprofit organization working for citizen support of parks, public recreation, open space, paths, greenways, community gardens, and environmental restoration in Berkeley, California.

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BPFP’s affiliate groups offer a wide variety of volunteer opportunities. Find out about specific current opportunities on our volunteer page .

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View the most recent posts from BPFP and our affiliates below, or select your favorite affiliate group from the "Posts by group" list below the calendar on the right.

April 21st, 2008 Web Weaver

Cruise the Bay — Fundraiser for Shorebird Park Nature Center

A Fundraising Cruise on beautiful San Francisco Bay
to provide science equipment for Shorebird Park Nature Center classrooms
Cruise

What: Glorious afternoon fund-raiser cruise on the San Francisco Bay that includes lavish hors d’oeuvres, fine wines, great views, the best of the Nature Center hands-on activities, and an opportunity to honor environmental heroes, past, present and future.

When: Sunday, April 27th, 2008. 2–3 pm dockside and 3–6 pm on the Bay.

Why: To raise awareness about the 30-year-old environmental education program teaching children and adults about San Francisco Bay; to raise $35,000 in funds for new “green” classroom equipment, replacing three 28-year-old aquariums, buying new microscopes, and updating videos and the library.

Kid using microscopeInformation: Call 510-981-6723 or:

Donation: $65 per adult; $75 for one adult & one child; $100 per couple.
Come join us on San Francisco Bay for a fun time with a cause! Help these environmental education programs grow and flourish. Hope to see you there!

April 20th, 2008 Web Weaver

Spring Equinox Celebration at Cesar Chavez Solar Calendar

Date and time

March 20, 2007
Sunset is 7:45 pm, tentative time for gathering is 45 minutes before sunset. The event ends about 15 minutes after sunset.

Event information

The gatherings usually have two mutually supportive elements. A spiritual gathering that celebrates the changing of the seasons, and a scientific gathering that explores and explains the nature of the seasons. More details will be posted about one month before the event.

Links

March 20th, 2008 Web Weaver

Schoolhouse Creek Common Workday

Schoolhouse Creek Common Update
The first weekend in January this year, the Schoolhouse Creek Common crew installed a couple of boulders that will serve as the entrance (and additional seating) to a meeting area at the east end of Schoolhouse Creek Common. The plan is to finish the project on the second Saturday in March at 10am, the usual work day (rain day the following Saturday). It should be fun, with folks passing boulders along, mixing cement, quaffing coffee and croissants, sowing wildflower seeds, and getting Schoolhouse Creek Common ready for the Native Garden Tour later in spring. We will also be installing a bulletin board. You don’t have to be a neighbor to participate. Come join the fun and see the native plants and wildflowers. Mark your calendars.
For more information, please call Jamie Day, 559-8368, day7715@sbcglobal.net.

March 10th, 2008 Lee Trampleasure

Bird Rescuers’ Get-Together

Saturday-January 26, 3pm
Bird Rescuers’ Get-Together
Celebrate the Bay and join in a thank-you get-together for everyone who helped after the November oil spill. We will see pictures from the spill, celebrate wildlife that was rescued, chat and hear about what others did, remember and reflect on plans to make it better next time. Short bird program/walk follows. Shorebird Park Nature Center, 160 University Ave., Berkeley (south side of University west of Adventure Playground; AC Transit 9). Information: 510- 981-6720.

January 26th, 2008 Lee Trampleasure

Help Plant Natives on Berkeley Paths

Saturday- January 26, 10am
Help Plant Natives on Berkeley Paths
Please join BPWA and Friends of Five Creeks planting natives and removing weeds on Covert Path, part of a long-term project creating demonstration plantings and an “interpretive trail” from hills to Bay in the Codornices Creek watershed.
Meet at the top of Covert Path, downhill side of Keeler Ave. a short distance southeast of Twain Ave. Information at f5creeks@aol.com, 510 848 9358. www.fivecreeks.org.

January 26th, 2008 Lee Trampleasure

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