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Community Service
Being a part of the ROP program, students taking AP Environmental Science are required to serve 10 hours of environmentally-related community service (5 hours per semester). We will have plenty of opportunities for students to choose from throughout the year including gardening, fruit harvesting, water testing, recycling, campus clean-ups and many events including:- Marsh Creek Clean-up (mid-September)
- Yosemite Facelift (late-September)
- Dutch Slough - planting tule (November)
- MLK Day of Service (January)
- Bay Area YES Conference (February)
- Green Careers Conference (March)
- Oakley Science Week (April)
- DIG Plant Sale in Brentwood (May)
Students may, however, come up with their own ideas like helping neighbors with landscaping, working for an animal shelter or participating in a food drive or fundraiser for the needy. As long as it benefits the community (not just one's own family) and can be described as a way to help the environment, it should count - up to 5 hours of credit per activity (even if you did much more) Just be sure to discuss it with Mr. Sierra before-hand if you're not sure whether it applies.Earn your Carbon Credits!
CLICK HERE or scan QR below to enter your daily D.O.T.
Upcoming Opportunities
2/29 Wetland restoration (planting tule) at Dutch Slough - near Bethel Island3/7 Youth Climate Action Summit at the Tech Museum in San Jose3/7 Dunes Restoration Day at Big Break Regional Park in Oakley3/8 Picking citrus with The Urban Farmers - in residential areas of Oakley/Antioch/Brentwood3/28 YES Conference (Environment and Sustainability) at El Camino High School in South San Francisco3/29 Picking citrus with The Urban Farmers - in residential areas of Oakley/Antioch/Brentwood4/11 Trail maintenance in Mt. Diablo State Park4/18 Earth Day celebration at the John Muir House in Martinez4/24 The Watershed Project - oyster research (part 1) @ Point Pinole4/30 SEI Green Careers Conference at the David Brower Center in Berkeley5/5 The Watershed Project - oyster research (part 2) @ Tomales Bay Hog Island Oyster Co.5/9 DIG (Delta Informal Gardeners) annual plant sale
Trail maintenance in Mt. Diablo State Park 
"Anytime" Opportunities
Any day during lunch and after schoolCompost!Distribute compost bins at the beginning of A-lunch or collect them at the end of B-lunchEarn 15 minutes for either - 30 minutes for bothStick around after school to help feed the food to the wormsAny day after schoolCollect cans & bottles from bins in classrooms and around campusorMake a recycle bin for a teacher/office at our school:
(apx 1 hour, depending on the quality)
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TBDPlanting/Garden MaintenanceSanding/Sealing log benchesConstructing a watershed modelBuilding birdhouses/feeders
Ongoing Opportunities
Delta Science Center/Big Break Regional ParkWater Monitoringevery Saturday and Sunday MorningPropagation WorkshopsPreparing for the Annual Perennial Plant Sale on Saturday, May (TBD) at Wolfe Ranch: 700 Creek Road, BrentwoodCheck our Weeder newsletter for dates and more information.
1230 Delta Road, Knightsen, CAVolunteers are welcome to assist us with whatever we have planned for that day. You can call ahead to speak directly with our farm manager:Christian: 925-625-8245E-mail: firstgenerationfarmers@gmail.com
Striving to innovate solutions that address the needs of the people and the planet we inhabit. We harvest backyard fruit for the needy (and along the way we plant a few fruit trees,) but our focus is on hunger relief. Fresh, local, healthy food for all. Come join! 
CLICK HERE to visit our school garden web page and sign up to be notified when we'll be having work days (typically on Saturday mornings)Recycling/Campus Clean-upCome by I-101 any day after school to be given a task/missionAnother possibility would be if you are passionate enough about a particular issue to start a petition or public awareness campaign. Design a poster, flyer, brochure or even make a video about an environmental issue and be willing to share it with others. By educating your "community", it provides a service to the planet and potentially ourselves.CLICK HERE to open a sample signature page. For every 30 people you can convince to take action, you will earn an hour of service credit for this class!
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Past Events
Saturday, September 21st
Marsh Creek Clean-up Day!
Sunday, October 27th
Pick Pomegranates with The Urban Farmers
Saturday, November 16th
Planting Tule at Dutch Slough
Only open to 50 volunteers
Check out what can be made from Tule!
View directions from Freedom High School to 7176-7198 Sellers Ave in Google Maps.
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Also on Saturday, November 16th
December 2nd
The Friends of Marsh Creek Watershed (FOMCW) is hosting a "salmon walk"When: Sat, December 2, 1:30pm - 4:00pm
Where: 3900 Creekside Way, Oakley, CA
Description: Stroll 1.2 miles along Marsh Creek, looking for salmon and learning about habitat restoration.Click here for more information. No registration required.Last week of September
November 14-15, 2016
Friends of Marsh CreekSand Creek BasinSaturday, December 12th(Click flier to open) -->January 15th
MLK Day of Service"Everybody can be great ... because anybody can serve.""Life's most persistent and urgent question is 'What are you doing for others?"~Martin Luther King Jr.Many corporations give their employees a "day on" (rather than a day off) to continue getting paid while being of service to their communities. This Monday is a declared as a National Day of Service, and there's no better day to earn your community service hours! We plan to build a planter for Ms. Warren's garden in the J-quad while also planting trees in the Freedom garden. I hope you can join us or find any other way to be of service on this day!
February 24th
Youth for the Environment and Sustainability (YES) Conference!
(Youth for the Environment and Sustainability)We got a bus that can bring 50 students - for FREE!- exciting collaboration of high schools around the bay areaYouth for the Environment and Sustainability (YES) Conference
Saturday, January 30, 2016UC Berkeley, Lawrence Hall of ScienceSaturday, April 6th
April 6-13, 2019
Oakley Science Week!
CLICK HERE for "Passport" - listing of dates and locations
CLICK HERE for the volunteer application
Saturday, April 20th
The Earth Team from Antioch High SchoolWhen: TBDWhere: Upper Sand Creek BasinSaturday, May 11th
Delta Informal Gardeners (DIG)29th Annual Plant Sale!
May 11th from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.(Volunteers show up around 7:30 a.m.)CLICK HERE for flier with information & directionsSaturday, April 21st
The Earth Team from Antioch High School is hosting the kick-off to Oakley Science weekWhen: TBDWhere: Upper Sand Creek Basin
First Generation Farmers has begun their search for Community Helpers. In an effort to get some chores done at the farm as well as share the "Summer Nights of Brentwood" with our community, we will be holding Volunteer Nights at the Farm the last Thursday of the month. Come enjoy an evening outside getting your hands dirty, contributing to your community, and help FGF keep the campus looking beautiful. Groups and Children of all ages WELCOME! Refreshments will be served.
