Hi Friends!

Come celebrate with Vida Verde at our annual benefit on December 8th, 2024! Be prepared to truly experience the essence of Vida Verde camps, get out of your comfort zone and try new things. Imagine pine needles underneath your feet, dipping your fingers in a tide pool to catch a hermit crab, belting out campfire songs and possibly kissing a banana slug! Join us for a morning of sharing student experience, enjoying yummy food, story-telling, music, and supporting educational equity in the outdoors.

THE EVENT DETAILS

DATE: Sunday, December 8th, 10:00am-12:00pm
LOCATION: Think College Now (2825 International Blvd Oakland, CA 94601)
COST: The event is FREE for everyone
PURPOSE: To come together to learn, celebrate, and grow the community and funds of Vida Verde
ATTIRE: Casual—come in whatever is most comfortable for you
PARKING: See below for more details (will be updated in mid November)

Please reach out to Harmony (Harmony@Vveducation.org) for more information.

RSVP

WHO WE ARE

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Vida Verde is a nonprofit that promotes educational equity by providing FREE, overnight environmental learning experiences for students who don't otherwise get the opportunity.

Our programs are 100% funded by grants and individual donations, and the annual benefit brunch helps us raise the funds to keep our programs completely free to students. Only six percent of children from 6 to 13 years old are spending time playing outside each week, and kids from 8 to 18 year olds are using media entertainment an average of over SEVEN hours per day. And, due to circumstances beyond their control, low-income youth of color have much less access to outdoor/natural spaces than their higher-income peers and receive the least amount of environmental education programming. In the Bay Area, many kids of color and students in low-income schools cannot afford the multi-day environmental education programs that:

Combine the incredible benefits of being in nature, being in community, and
Provide the tools, knowledge and context for them to seek nature and community when they return home.

Vida Verde programs work to:

Immerse youth in nature for multiple days so they can experience all the known benefits,
Help them engage in exciting and safe risk-taking that pushes them outside their comfort zones and thus leads to deeper interpersonal connections,
Provide extremely high-quality experiences solely for low-income youth that address the equity gap in immersive outdoor experiences.

Join us to learn more and support this important work at the Celebration & Benefit Brunch!

EVENT VOLUNTEERS

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We love you! And we need you! This event has always been a community effort, and it takes about 80 volunteers to make the magic happen. So, if you’ve got skills or interest in food/bev, decorations/venue set up, childcare, A/V, stage management, or simply want to be a part of it - mark your calendars!

Event volunteers are needed for various shifts December 7th (set up/prep) and December 8th (event and clean up).

Volunteers get Vida Verde swag, breakfast and lunch and the experience of working with amazing like-minded people!

Sign up to volunteer now (YES you can attend AND help either the day before or morning of).

PARKING

Parking information will be updated in mid November.

CHILDCARE

Vida Verde will provide free excellent childcare during the event (for those toilet-trained or not!). The event is tailored toward adults, and children often find it hard to sit and listen for the entire program. We encourage you to use this great resource.