Building Peace, One Garden at a Time

Youth, seniors and adults from the Central Long Beach have been working side by side to build Peace that is the new King Park Peace Garden. There were two build days on August 14 and 21 after weeks of planning and preparation. The build days were amazing with volunteers from Victory Outreach Church, the Boys [...]

Wow Jam at Poly High School – WOW!

Wow Jam at Poly High School was an amazing event last Saturday.  Please click below to hear from the organizers of the event and the passion behind the planning.  Also, view our interviews with a young man attending and the love in a volunteer’s heart.

La Cabana “Healthy Snack Shack” is officially open at King Park

La Cabana “Healthy Snack Shack” is officially open at King Park. The Long Beach Weed and Seed Program reopened the Snack Shack after 20 years of it being closed! Special thanks to Rachel, Sammy, Juan, Demetrio, and Erik for all your hard work! Press play to see if first hand.

The Carbajal Family Talks About the Importance of Sports for Youth

Karina (mom), Idahly (13 years old), and Sophey (9 years old) Carbajal talk about the importance of sports and healthy living for youth.  The Carbajal family lives in the Connected Corridor target area near Atlantic and Pacific Coast Highway (PCH).

Connected Corridor in South Bend, Indiana

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I traveled to my hometown of South Bend, Indiana over the Memorial Day weekend for my sister’s wedding.  As I drove through my old stomping ground, I thought of the many similarities between my hometown and my new hometown – Long Beach, CA.  I drove down the corridor street Lincolnway West, which runs from the [...]

Long Beach Weed and Seed Community Clean Up

25 community volunteers are hitting the streets of Long Beach to walk alleys and streets, looking to transform the dirty and undesirable. — image from CBS

Weed And Seed Volunteers Spruce Up Long Beach (Long Beach) CBS — It’s clean-up time for Central Long Beach and about 25 community volunteers have given up four hours of their Saturday to walk alleys and streets, looking to transform the dirty and undesirable. The city of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services [...]