KIDS for the BAY collaborates with teachers to connect students with nature, inspire environmental action, turn students on to science, and create lasting impact.
The holidays are here, and everyone is excited for this special time of celebration and connecting with friends and loved ones! Unfortunately, it’s also a season full of excess, waste and–you guessed it–plastic. On these days of joy, we hope to fill up our hearts and our homes with laughter and love. We don’t want to fill up our landfills too. How can you do your part to protect the environment during the holiday festivities? KIDS for the BAY can help!
At KIDS for the BAY Summer Camp, our campers spend every day outdoors exploring nature. Their hands-on investigations and moments of awe and wonder are led by KIDS for the BAY Educators with a strong passion for the environment and for sharing its beauty and value with others. The fresh waters flowing through our camp locations in unique creek, pond and lake habitats provide transformative settings that foster deep nature connections and an appreciation for the natural world in all our campers. Read more about our favorite moments from Summer Camp 2023.
KIDS for the BAY (KftB) celebrated the 29th annual Wildcat Creek Cleanup event on October 14, 2023 in collaboration with the City of San Pablo and local schools.The cleanup inspired a turnout of more than 30 volunteers, including three teachers from Dover Elementary School, whose enthusiasm for the cleanup helped inspire their students to take action.This event helped our young Environmentalists, teachers and parents alike recognize the importance of caring for their local greenspaces and their potential to make an impact!
With the support of the Whale Tail Grants Program, KIDS for the BAY (KftB) has empowered hundreds of Richmond students and families to lead a lifetime of watershed and ocean stewardship. Last school year, students from four Richmond schools learned about our oceans, what the ocean provides for people and wildlife, and the importance of caring for the marine ecosystems we all depend on.
Art is an important educational tool that helps students develop lifelong skills. Art increases cognitive ability, encourages creativity and helps students develop hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills. Students can use art as a tool to help them understand complex topics, and to connect with peers and with their community.
KIDS for the BAY recently launched a new program, The Richmond Parks and Watershed Rangers Program, to help students create public art installations to brighten parks and greenspaces in their community.
Lake Merritt is a short walk from Cleveland Elementary School, and some lucky fourth graders had the special opportunity to help restore their local watershed habitat in a special lake-side planting project.
At the culmination of the Storm Drain Rangers Program at Guy Emanuele Jr. Elementary School in Fremont, fourth and fifth grade students had the wonderful opportunity to test the power of their voices and inspire an audience full of their peers to take environmental action!
Our young environmentalists walked to Crab Cove from their school, and they were very happy to connect with the nature all around them.
As a woman-founded organization, KIDS for the BAY is excited to highlight our women staff and the strong, inspiring women who helped us develop into the educators, environmentalists, and change makers that we are!
Our bay model activity helps our young environmentalists discover how pollution can affect our local San Francisco Bay, and ultimately the Pacific Ocean as well.
