<!-- Alternate content for non-supporting browsers --> <div id="pic-container" name="pic-container" style="float:right; width:310;height:225; text-align:right;background-color: white;"><img id="pic-rotate" name="pic-rotate" src="/news/newsletter/images/issue39/39-0.jpg" border="1" width="300" height="200" alt="A City of Villages" title="A City of Villages" /> <div id="pic-title" name="pic-title" style="float:right; margin: 0; padding: 0;"><font size="-2">A City of Villages </font></div></div><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">var pic_sel= new Array(); pic_sel[0] = new Image(); pic_sel[0].src='/news/newsletter/images/issue39/39-0.jpg'; pic_sel[0].alt='A City of Villages'; var picnumb= 1; </script><font face='verdana,helvetica'> <i><b>A City of Villages : July 2009 Newsletter</b> <br />Tori<b> <p>Summertime events at OFC</b></i> <p>In This Issue: </p> <p> <b>1. Youth and Families Day! (July 4th) <br /> 2. Community Gardening Days <br /> 3. Smoothie Booth! (July 18th) <br /> 4. WORLD AIDS Walk (July 19th) <br /> 5. OFC Outdoor Movie Night! (July 22nd) <br /> 6. Artist Sylvia La <br /> 7. OFC Food Pantry <br /> 8. Green Zone at the Laurel District Fair (August 8th) <br /> 9. Volunteer with OFC This Summer! </b> </p> <p> ------------------------------------------ </p> <p> <b>SATURDAY July 4th is Youth and Families Day!</b> <br /> Happy Fourth of July Everyone! In celebration of everyone’s favorite holiday we will be starting off the month with our First Youth and Families Day at the Laurel Community Farmers’ Market! The market is located at <b>4173 Macarthur in the parking lot of the Laurel Office Center</b> and is open <b>SATURDAYS from 10am-2pm. </b> </p> <p> Youth and Families day is a way for OFC to show our appreciation for all the families in the community that have supported us! We’ve got all sorts of things planned: Live musical performances throughout the day by local favorite Iya Khan, games, activities and face painting for kids as well as an OFC raffle to be announced at the end of the day! Come by and check out the festivities and support our awesome vendors: JP and family of J&P Organics, Biscotti di Bianchi, Bee Healthy Honey, World on a String Jewelry and new vendor Mee Vang of Patao Farms from Fresno! Plus a fresh-made meal being served up by the Purple Lawn Café! Come celebrate the Fourth with OFC! </p> <p> ----------------------------------------------- </p> <p> <b>MONDAYS and WEDNESDAYS are Community Gardening Days!</b> <br /> Love gardening? Want to learn more about growing food right in your backyard? Come check out Oakland Food Connection’s Community Gardening Days happening every Monday and Wednesday throughout the Summer! If you’re interested in taking part in our gardening program please contact us at (510) 482-1898 or email Tori at tori@foodcommunityculture.org! Thanks and we hope to see you out in the garden! </p> <p> ------------------------------------------------ </p> <p> <b>SATURDAY July 18th is the Grand Opening of OFC’s Youth-run Smoothie Booth!</b> <br /> The Purple Lawn Café has become a mainstay at the OFC Laurel Community Farmers’ Market, providing customers with fresh, healthy, affordable meals prepared by hard-working youth employees of East Oakland. PLC Manager, Kevin Jackson, and the rest of the PLC youth staff have come up with some phenomenal recipes such as stir fry bowls with spicy sausage, tofu nuggets with home fried potatoes and the ever popular chicken and kale adobo! Now with the summer upon us, our dedicated youth interns decided that they wanted to take PLC one step further, expand production and open a BRAND NEW smoothie booth at the <b>Laurel Community Farmers’ Market at 4173 Macarthur Blvd on Saturdays from 10am-2pm!</b> Farm fresh fruit and organic ingredients will make up these delicious treats! Come by the market and cool off with some fresh made smoothies courtesy of PLC youth staff! </p> <p> ------------------------------------------------ </p> <p> <b>MONDAY July 19th is the WORLD AIDS Walk in San Francisco</b> <br /> HIV in the U.S. is far from over -- the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1.2 million people are living with HIV in the United States, and a new infection occurs every 9 1/2 minutes. And nearly 30% of those living with HIV in the U.S. are women, up from 8% in 1984. Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Disease (WORLD) was founded in 1991 to provide services to women and families impacted by HIV in the Bay Area and nationally. This year Oakland Food Connection is proud to support WORLD's essential work by joining and asking our community to donate to WORLD's AIDS Walk Team this year! Every dollar you donate to a staff, board member or new walker goes directly to support services for women and families impacted by HIV. Just go to http://tiny.cc/clHN4 and make your contribution today! For more information check out: http://www.aidswalk.net/sanfran/index.html </p> <p> ------------------------------------------------ </p> <p> <b>WEDNESDAY July 22nd –OFC Outdoor Movie Night</b> <br /> What better way to spend a beautiful July night than with a film screening, wine tasting, some great live music and some great food! Come join us for <b>Oakland Food Connection’s Outdoor Movie Night, Wednesday July 22nd from 5pm-10pm.</b> We will be showing the new film FRESH, a film by ana Sofia joanes about the growing concern over America’s food system and what we need to do to make a more sustainable agricultural system! </p> <p> Check out the film’s website at: http://www.freshthemovie.com/ to watch trailers, interviews and more! Food and wine will be provided by Trattoria Laurellino’s and live music from local favorites, The Cave Painters! This is going to be an awesome event, RSVP today! Also, if you’re interested in setting up a table at this event please contact us at (510) 482-1898 or tori@foodcommunityculture.org! Thanks! </p> <p> ------------------------------------------------ </p> <p> <b>Artist Sylvia La</b> <br /> Good friend of Oakland Food Connection and Oakland based artist Sylvia La is looking to support OFC and the food justice movement by creating a mural on the outside wall of OFC’s office building in East Oakland. In order to take on this amazing project Sylvia must raise between $2,000-5,000 to cover all the necessary expenses! If you are interested in supporting Sylvia in this project please contact us at (510) 482-1898 or info@foodcommunityculture.org. Thank you! For more information about Sylvia and her artwork, check out her website: http://www.sylviala.com/ </p> <p> ------------------------------------------------ </p> <p> <b>OFC Food Pantry Open Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays!</b> <br /> Saturday, June 20th was the grand opening of the OFC Food Pantry—and what a success! Our youth interns and volunteers have been hard at work for the past few weeks packing bulk food and spices, making labels, doing inventory and putting the finishing touches on the space. </p> <p> We are happy to announce that the pantry will be open three days a week: <br /> <b>Wednesdays</b> from <b>12pm-4pm</b> <br /> <b>Fridays</b> from <b>12pm-5pm</b> and <br /> <b>Saturdays</b> from <b>10am-2pm</b> <br /> Come by and see what the OFC Food Pantry has to offer! Organic bulk food, spices, tea, oils and more! At some of the best prices around—and ask about our membership program for added deals on top of our already low prices! </p> <p> ------------------------------------------------ </p> <p> <b>SATURDAY August 8th (Save the Date!) Laurel District Street Fair and OFC Green Zone</b> <br /> Oakland Food Connection will be the proud sponsors of the GREEN ZONE at the Laurel District Street Fair this year!<b> The Laurel District Street Fair</b> will be <b>Saturday August 8th from 1pm-6pm</b> on <b>Macarthur Blvd between 35th and 38th Aves.</b> </p> <p> The Green Zone will be a space to showcase all of the community efforts and non-profit organizations making Oakland a green community! The space will feature the Laurel Community Farmers’ Market, Informational booths and Demonstrations! Do you work with a community group or non-profit organization working towards making Oakland a green community? Want to expand the green movement in East Oakland? Let us know if you want to set up a table! If you’re interested in participating in the festival please contact us at (510) 482-1898 or info@foodcommunityculture.org </p> <p> ----------------------------------------------- </p> <p> <b>Volunteer with OFC This Summer!</b> <br /> Got some free time this summer? Come see what we’re up to here at Oakland Food Connection! <br /> We have TONS of volunteer opportunities available: </p> <p> <b>Gardening:</b> Community Gardening Days or Volunteering with our Summer Youth Interns in their school gardens <br /> <b>Farmers’ Market:</b> Selling for vendors, Staffing the OFC Food Pantry, Passing out Flyers, Helping out the youth employees of Purple Lawn Café and the brand new Smoothie Booth (premiering July 18th!) <br /> <b>OFC Food Pantry:</b> Packing bulk food and spices, Doing inventory, Creating signs and labels for products </p> <br /> <p> Thanks from all of us here at Oakland Food Connection for your continued support of our mission and programs. Happy fourth of July to you all and we hope to see you this summer! </p> <br /> <br /> <br /> <p> Peace and Love, </p> <p> Tori Lanterman <br /> Programs Coordinator <br /> Oakland Food Connection <br /> tori@foodcommunityculture.org <br /> (510) 482-1898 <br /> <p> </p></font>
