Events Calendar

Saturday 5/11/24

• Yale Day of Service: CA, Oakland - The Gardens at Lake Merritt

  May 11, 2024

  9:45 am to Noon

  The Gardens at Lake Merritt in Oakland

  Add to Calendar 2024-05-11T00:00:00 2024-05-11T00:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: CA, Oakland - The Gardens at Lake Merritt The Gardens at Lake Merritt, a seven-acre collection of themed gardens, honored as one of California's top five Gardens by VIA Magazine, is conveniently located in the heart of Oakland at Lakeside Park, our nation’s first wildlife refuge. Established more than a half-century ago, the Gardens at Lake Merritt serve as a source of great regional pride, a cultural and educational center and a place to enjoy tranquility in the heart of the city of Oakland. The Gardens are poised to serve as an example of the highest standards of horticulture and historic preservation while providing enriching public programs. Lend a hand gardening, weeding, pruning, planting, or spreading mulch and compost. The exact project will be determined by the Gardens staff on the day of the event. All ages and skills welcome! The Gardens at Lake Merritt in Oakland — 666 Bellevue Avenue true

  

• Yale Day of Service: CA, San Francisco - Glide Free Meals Program

  May 11, 2024

  9:30 am to 11:30 am

  Glide Foundation

  Add to Calendar 2024-05-11T00:00:00 2024-05-11T00:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: CA, San Francisco - Glide Free Meals Program GLIDE is a nationally recognized center for social justice, dedicated to fighting systemic injustices, creating pathways out of poverty and crisis, and transforming lives. Through their integrated comprehensive services, advocacy initiatives, and inclusive community, they empower individuals, families and children to achieve stability and thrive. GLIDE is on the forefront of addressing some of society’s most pressing issues, including poverty, housing and homelessness, and racial and social justice. GLIDE is a leading social services organization in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood as well as a social justice movement and spiritual community, dedicated to strengthening and transforming lives. GLIDE welcomes all in need of care and community. Our Daily Free Meals program serves a diverse cross-section of homeless and insecurely housed individuals and families as well as low-income working people, and senior citizens and differently abled folks on small fixed incomes. GLIDE’s Daily Free Meals Program prepares and distributes bag lunches and dinners for community members who may not be able to make it to our meal times. Volunteers will help assemble sandwiches and bag them up with other goodies like fruits, vegetables and snacks. Glide Foundation — 330 Ellis Street true

• Yale Day of Service: CA, San Francisco - With Honey in the Heart

  May 11, 2024

  10 am to 1 pm

  With Honey in the Heart

  Add to Calendar 2024-05-11T00:00:00 2024-05-11T00:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: CA, San Francisco - With Honey in the Heart With Honey in the Heart focuses on connecting people to their surrounding environment, educating about the benefits of pollinators, creating healthy habitat for all pollinators and elevating the status of bees as the divine beings that they are and their crucial role in pollination and our well being through policy and advocacy. With Honey in the Heart worked with the community and stakeholders to create a beautiful, drought tolerant pollinator garden in the first block of Dolores at Market Street in San Francisco. Widespread, careless use of pesticides in both urban and agricultural habitats have created an environment less hospitable to pollinators. They committed to combat these harsh conditions with carefully selected low water, pesticide-free, pollinator friendly plants that will bloom in an unbroken relay all year long. Vivid California Poppies, Sages, spiky Spider Aloe, and other bright, drought tolerant, and pollinator friendly plants can create a much needed habitat for our bees and pollinators. Come help maintain, clean, and plant the Dolores Pollinator Boulevard. No experience or special skills needed. With Honey in the Heart — 2001 Market Street true

  

• Yale Day of Service: CA, Los Angeles - Reading to Kids

  May 11

  8:30AM – 12:00PM

  Los Angeles Elementary Schools

  Add to Calendar 2024-05-11T08:30:00 2024-05-11T12:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: CA, Los Angeles - Reading to Kids

  Reading to Kids is a grassroots organization that works with the Los Angeles School District in 8 schools to inspire a love of reading for K-5 students. On the 2nd Saturday of each month, students participate in reading clubs with a monthly theme.

  • Volunteers are paired together to read a designated book and then do arts & crafts (materials are supplied).
  • Volunteers will be provided with training that morning; each grade has a Grade Level Coordinator who will provide additional tips and information.
  • No preparation is necessary; a tip sheet with suggested (not mandatory) discussion questions, vocabulary, and arts & crafts is provided.  

  Minimum Age: 18

  Registration for the May 11 program will open on or shortly after April 14. Once you register, you can pick any school you like. After you pick a school there is a drop down menu to select "Yale University" in the group section.

  Meet other Reading to Kids volunteers after the Clubs at El Cholo Restaurant, 1121 S. Western Ave.

  Contact: Karen Green '78 (Los Angeles Elementary) ; Emily Sandersfeld '79 (Politi Elementary) 

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• Yale Day of Service: CA, Los Angeles - Elevating Foster Youth Futures

  May 11

  9:00AM – 1:00PM

  The Preserve

  Add to Calendar 2024-05-11T09:00:00 2024-05-11T13:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: CA, Los Angeles - Elevating Foster Youth Futures Join The RightWay Foundation as we celebrate former foster youth who are creating stable adult lives for themselves and their families. Volunteers will serve as ushers, assist with setup and breakdown, and help run activities for young children in attendance. The annual Elevation Awards Brunch gives young adults from RightWay's programs a moment to celebrate everything they have achieved during their time in our programs and the future ahead of them. The RightWay Foundation provides foster youth who are aging out of the foster care system with the resources they need to thrive and build a better tomorrow, grounded in mental health, launched by supportive housing, and solidified through employment and community. RightWay is dedicated to ending the cycle of trauma that leads foster youth to unemployment, homelessness, incarceration, and poverty. Volunteers will have a chance to enjoy brunch and get to know the awardees, hear about their plans for the future, and offer guidance. Families and friends welcome for this community celebration! The Preserve — 1370 N St Andrews Pl false

• Yale Day of Service: CA, San Jose - Sacred Heart Community Service

  May 11

  9:00AM – 1:00PM

  Sacred Heart Community Service

  Add to Calendar 2024-05-11T09:00:00 2024-05-11T13:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: CA, San Jose - Sacred Heart Community Service SHCC is a San Jose-based non-profit has a mission to build a community free from poverty by creating hope, opportunity, and action. They provide essential services, work together to improve our lives, organize for justice, and inspire our community to love, serve, and share. Sacred Heart Community Service — 1381 South First Street false

• Yale Day of Service: CA, San Francisco - St. Anthony's Foundation Meal Service

  May 11

  9:30AM – 1:30PM

  St. Anthony's Foundation

  Add to Calendar 2024-05-11T09:30:00 2024-05-11T13:30:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: CA, San Francisco - St. Anthony's Foundation Meal Service Founded in 1950, St. Anthony’s is the most comprehensive safety net service center in San Francisco. Every day, they provide essential services, health care, and gateways to stability to families and individuals in need. Everyone who comes through their doors joins the St. Anthony’s family and helps them create a future where all people flourish. Their mission is to feed, heal, shelter, clothe, lift the spirits of those in need, and create a society in which all persons flourish. This mission is guided by five values: healing, community, personalism, justice, and gratitude. Yale Day of Service volunteers will be working in the dining room, helping with a cafeteria style meal service. We can expect to work behind the line and as servers and bussers. St. Anthony's Foundation — 121 Golden Gate Avenue false

  

• Yale Day of Service: CA, San Francisco - Marin Food Bank

  May 11

  10:45AM – 1:00PM

  SF - Marin Food Bank Illinois Warehouse

  Add to Calendar 2024-05-11T10:45:00 2024-05-11T13:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: CA, San Francisco - Marin Food Bank The mission of the SF-Marin Food Bank is to end hunger in San Francisco and Marin. They address hunger head-on – from their food pantry network and home-delivered groceries to CalFresh (food stamp) enrollment. Every week, over 53,000 households count on them for food assistance. 60% of what they distribute to these households is fresh fruit and vegetables. We will be working at the Illinois Warehouse building grocery bags for home delivery. SF - Marin Food Bank Illinois Warehouse — 1050 Marin Street false