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<br />Mini-Grant #: 25-42 Dorothy Day House, Dorothy’s Closet-A Voucher Based Sustainability & Community Resource Center,
<br />Berkeley, West County, $5,000.00 - Funds will be used to expand the Dorothy Dollars voucher system, increasing textile recycling
<br />efforts, enhancing educational programming and improving store operations.
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<br />The total 2025 Expenditure Plan budget of $135,000 for Mini-Grants was approved by the Board along with the option to
<br />carry over all unexpended funds from previous grant years and expend if necessary. A total of $139,570.00 in Mini-Grants
<br />was approved.
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<br />Project Grants
<br />The Education Advisory Board awarded 12 Project Grants to the following projects:
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<br />Project Grant #: 25-30 Food of God, Expanding our Food Recycling and Redistribution Program, Oakland, West County,
<br />$23,250.00- Funds from this grant will be used to enrich and expand its feeding program at the new satellite hub at De Fremery
<br />Recreation Center and Park by adding a weekly hot meal feeding program. This food program gives an opportunity to build trust and
<br />strengthen relationships across diverse sectors, beliefs and practices while identifying the needs and solutions of this long-neglected
<br />West Oakland community, who are directly impacted by food security.
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<br />Project Grant #: 25-31 Chabot-Las Positas Community College District, Chabot College Zero Waste Initiative Implementation
<br />Pilot Project, Dublin, East County, $40,000.00- Funds from this grant will be used to support comprehensive planning, education,
<br />outreach and training in food waste prevention, food donation, and organics separation pursuant to SB 1383; significantly reduce
<br />landfill waste and greenhouse gas emissions by integrating organics into the college campus sorting, collection and waste processing
<br />streams to comply with SB 1383, County of Alameda and local ordinances; engage the campus and local community in climate
<br />education and sustainability education, outreach and training activities; provide a learning opportunity and job training for Student
<br />Assistants, Student Club and Senate Leaders on campus; establish baseline waste measures through waste audits, surveys and
<br />operations review.
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<br />Project Grant #: 25-32 Fixit Clinic, ChromeBook Conversion Curriculum, Berkeley, West County, $15,750.00- Funds from this
<br />grant will be used to encourage school districts to reincorporate expired ChromeBooks into their digital literacy curriculum through
<br />deploying “ChromeBook Conversion” workshops to as many school districts or individual schools that will consider them, thus
<br />empowering students to concert ChromeBooks into general purpose computers that can be repurposed for use by themselves or by
<br />others in their communities in need of a laptop.
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<br />Project Grant #: 25-33 The Center at Oakland Unified School District, Special Staffing Support: Compost Systems
<br />Sustainability Service Corps Fellow, Oakland, West County, $31,000.00- Funds from this grant will be used to contribute to The
<br />Center’s work on key issues related to composting and waste prevention, TK-12 youth education and career exposure on these
<br />subjects. They will also increase The Center’s organizational capacity by taking on critical project-based responsibilities that help
<br />build out the staffing infrastructure.
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<br />Project Grant #: 25-34 Common Vision, Regeneration Nation (Expanded), Berkeley, West County, $38,362.00- Funds from this
<br />grant will be used to continue to grow and develop a movement for Regeneration Nation; support the regeneration of healthy soil by
<br />teaching kids and the community how to compost, not only with worms, but by using chicken manure and carboard recycling and
<br />mulching; elevate and continue to develop the teachings about food waste and reduction and organics separation, Support SB 1383 by
<br />distributing over 100,000 pounds of recovered food from large scale food generators at 4 garden and community sites; use compost
<br />and worm casing as a revenue positive action that benefits the community and earth by launching W’Oakland Wigglers; duplicate the
<br />program components that have changed the culture/behavior of waste prevention and recycling at Prescott Elementary at the other W.
<br />Oakland schools.
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<br />Project Grant #: 25-35 Rebuilding Together East Bay Network (RTEBN), Making Reuse Sustainable through Community
<br />Coalitions and EXO Expansion, Berkeley, West County, $20,000.00- Funds from this grant will be used to create a coalition of
<br />local thrift stores in Alameda County, develop a public-facing map of participating stores by December 2025, and launch a
<br />community-wide marketing campaign to promote sustainable shopping and reuse. The map will spotlight thrift stores in Berkeley and
<br />Oakland, and guide ECO donations to coalition members based on store specialization. ECO clean out services will prioritize
<br />donations to these coalition partners, helping ensure a consistent flow of high-quality, curated goods that align with each store’s focus
<br />and improve their financial sustainability. Community engagement will be driven through blog posts, social media outreach, and reuse
<br />education, with metrics such as digital engagement, survey feedback, and store-reported foot traffic used to assess the campaign’s
<br />impact on shopping behavior and waste reduction.
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