Promoting a Healthy Community: Oakland Playground Painting Service Project

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Clean, safe playgrounds are vital for fun, inclusive play! Partnering with the Stanford University Alumni Association’s Beyond the Farm Service Day, Playworks Oakland/East Bay has organized a fun, and important service project revitalizing the outdoor play fields at Franklin Elementary.

We invite you to join Stanford alums, Playworks staff, student families and the school’s administration in this service project, which is sure to leave a lasting, positive impact on the students for years to come.

Saturday, May 14, 2011 – 9am-1pm
Franklin Elementary – 915 Foothill Blvd. Oakland, CA

To sign-up/For more information, click here.

Is your business or organization looking for meaningful service opportunities that also support team-building? Contact Steve Fox, East Bay Development Manager, for more information on how our employee volunteerism opportunities are making a simple, positive investment in lives of our community’s children!

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