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Contact: Keith Skinner 510 520 3876
Meeting Place: Bay Trail Sign, Parking Area at the very west end of Buchanan St., Albany
Leader: Keith Skinner
Explore the art, ecology and vistas of The Bulb with camera in hand. We’ll arrive in time for good bird opportunities and end close enough for sunset and the golden hour, if you want to extend your stay. Bring good shoes, warm clothes, and gear. Rain cancels. No dogs, please.
Contact: Keith Skinner 510 520 3876
Meeting Place: Southwest corner of Ashby and Piedmont, Berkeley
Leader: Keith Skinner
Transit: AC bus #51B
Visit some of the city’s most dangerous intersections, remember pedestrians killed while crossing streets and raise awareness about avoiding pedestrians/auto accidents both as a motorist and as a pedestrian. No dogs, please.
Contact: Keith Skinner 510 520 3876
Meeting Place: Peet’s Coffee, Walnut and Vine, Berkeley
Leader: Jacque Ensign
Transit: AC buses #18, #67, #7
Join us for a low-impact, leisurely morning stroll. We’ll start at Peet’s with coffee and a snack and then walk, talk and gawk. Well-behaved dogs on leashes permitted.
Join Friends of Five Creeks on Berkeley and Albany’s only trout stream to thin exuberant willows along a reach restored seven years ago. We’ll harvest some of the prunings for planting on nearby Village Creek, get a look at older and new restored areas, and talk about what remains to be done!
Meet at 10 AM at the north end of Fifth Street (one block north of Harrison, two blocks north of Gilman; AC Transit 25 or 72). Wear closed-toed shoes with good traction and clothes that can get dirty. Dress in layers for all weather. All ages welcome. Snacks, water, tools, and gloves provided.
Early Deadline: Community groups hoping for 2011 funding from UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Community Partnership grants must email a short pre-application describing their project by 5 PM February 9. Because so many groups seek funding, and the $225,000 available for the year’s grants be distributed among only about 12-15 projects, UC hopes to save everyone time by asking only some groups to fill out complete applications. The form, grant guidelines, brief descriptions of past awards, and background information are available at UC Berkeley’s Government and Community Relations web site. A workshop is scheduled for 5:30-7:30 PM Wed., Jan. 12, at North Berkeley Senior Center, Hearst and MLK.
What are UC Chancellor’s Grants? The 15-year program was established in 2006, settling a lawsuit by the City of Berkeley. It awards $225,000 yearly in grants of $5000 or more to nonprofit organizations that join with a UC-related partner to carry out projects in Berkeley in the areas of arts and culture, community safety, economic development, education, or environmental stewardship.
Contact BPFP about fiscal sponsorship: Berkeley Partners for Parks partner groups have received significant numbers of these grants for a wide range of projects. Grants must go to legal nonprofit organizations, so groups needing a nonprofit fiscal sponsor for a project aligned with BPFP’s mission are urged to contact us. If your project requires volunteer labor and less than the $5000 minimum grant, it may fit into our “Greening Berkeley” partnership, in which several groups seek funds for small projects to be carried out with the help of UC student volunteers. Please get in touch if you think we can help you!