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Imagine a safe, diverse and thriving community where kids walk to quality schools, people of all ages enjoy parks, community facilities and winding trails, and quality housing – regardless of income – meet the needs of all families. Recognizing the importance of community building and engagement, the Richmond Children’s Foundation is focusing its efforts on a Community Listening Campaign.
Creating community dialogue, beginning with parents ofchildren enrolled in Richmond College Preparatory Pre-school and Charter Elementary School, the work will center on areas of common interest – first and foremost the healthy development of children – making a substantial contribution to building a neighborhood filled with health and vibrancy, ensuring access to jobs, healthcare and needed services.
Updates on NURVE activites and events can be found at www.bayareanext.org To learn more, call 510-234-1200 or email aallen@richmondchildren.org
Richmond Farm 2 Table Our urban neighborhoods are facing a public health crisis that includes childhood obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. According to the Contra Costa County Health Services Department, African Americans and Latinos living in Richmond are most at risk for obesity as measured by the body mass index and 1 out of every 4 children is currently overweight or obese putting them at high risk of diabetes and other chronic disease. Our community is ranked among the top 10 communities in California at highest risk of obesity and diabetes because of ourRetail Food Enironment Index that compares fastfood andconvenience markets to grocery stores that carry a selection of fresh fruits and vegetables. The Richmond Farm 2 Table Program is a model for bringing local produce to urban neighborhoods. Here is how it works. Farmers and neighborhoods work together to produce and distribute boxes of fresh produce. The Richmond Children’s Foundation, in partnership with EcoVillage Farm Learning Center, the Brentwood Agricultural Land Trust, the Office of County Supervisor John Gioia, Contra Costa Health Services Community Wellness and Prevention Program and the City of Richmond, is establishing this program for families in urban Richmond and the surrounding neighborhoods. The program will provide boxes of fresh, seasonal, local produce twice each month. The boxes will contain recipe cards as well as a community newsletter. Boxes are delivered to the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center for pick up by participants. Corporations, local businesses and other employers can participate in this project in many ways. Have your employees enroll. Donate to support local families. If you already have a similar program…. To learn more, call 510-236-8339 or email lbobo@richmondchildren.org You can download an enrollment brochure here! Click here to view a film about the Farm 2 Table program (in the Multi-media section).
NURVE Youth Advisory Council The NURVE Youth Advisory Council represents the youth voice in the Santa Fe and Coronado neighborhoods. They are young leaders, ages 16 - 21, who live in and are affected by what happens in these neighborhoods. The Council grew out of work undertaken by students at Kennedy High School in the Spring of 2008 to improve conditions at the local community center and park. In addition to providing ideas and feedback on NURVE programs and capital projects to the NURVE Committees and city and county policy makers, the NURVE Youth Advisory Council also helps facilitate community focus groups and encourages other youth to become involved in their community. Their goals are to:
The Council is coordinated by the UC Berkeley Center for Cities and Schools and the Richmond Children's Foundation. To learn more, call 510-236-8339 or email mgarcia@richmondchildren.org, or contact the Youth Council directly at NURVE.YAC@gmail.com Healthy Kids Initiative The Richmond Children's Foundation has embarked on an initiative to ensure that all children in our target community have access to health care and health insurance. A Certified Application Specialist at the Richmond Children's Foundation is helping local families enroll in Medi-Cal and California Healthy Families. Based at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center, the Certified Enrollment Speicalist is available to assist families with the often complex enrollment process for Medi-Cal and California Healthy Families. If you know of a family that needs this assistance, please call 510-236-8339 or email nturner@richmondchildren.org.
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