Williams Brotherhood Park Outdoor Recreation
Totals for All Years |
Jump to annual report details (2023-2025)| Amount | $692,010 |
| Grantee | City of Stockton Community Services |
| Award Year | 2022 |
| Funding Source | General Fund, Outdoor Equity Program |
| Project Type | Program Operation |
| Project Status |
Description
Conduct the Williams Brotherhood Park Outdoor Recreation Program for residents at and near Williams Brotherhood Park in Stockton, CA. This program will include approximately 42 activity days in the community for approximately 1,200 participants and approximately 36 trips to natural areas for approximately 720 participants during four years of programming.
Activities in the community will include Urban & Community Gardening/Cooking Education Workshops; Outdoor Leadership and Career Pathways Workshops; and Legacy Sports Fundamentals Camps/Clinics.
Trips to natural areas outside of the community will include The Yisrael Family Urban Farm in Sacramento; Camping: Reset and Revitalize with Nature in Yosemite National Park; Monterey Bay in Monterey; Exploration of Local Rivers at the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta; and USA BMX at Spreckels Park in Manteca.
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Community Home Base Location
2040 S. Airport Way Stockton, CA 95206
| County | San Joaquin |
| Assembly District | AD 13 Carlos Villapudua (D) |
| Senate District |
SD 05 Susan Talamantes Eggman (D) |
| Congressional District | CD 09 Josh Harder (D) |
Annual Report Details
Programs may span from one year to multi-year, not to exceed four years. The specific length of the program is contained in the description above.
| Category | Total |
| Youth Served | 115 |
| Days for Activities in the Community | 45 |
| Nature Area Trips | 0 |
List of Educational Goals Achieved
2023
Creating and managing a community garden. Food from the garden was used during cooking workshops.
Exposed participants to career opportunities through a Guest Speaker Series including an urban gardener, NBA player, Enironmental justices advocate.
Promoted service-learning opportunities between schools and local communities and career pathways mentoring related to therapeutic recreation.
Participants learned fundamentals of playing sports.
Built confidence, leadership, teamwork, healthy habits, and strategic thinking in a safe and fun environment.
Built pride and ownership of equipment and locations for practices/gatherings.
List of Formed Partnerships
2023
Table Community Foundation (TCF). The City of Stockton Community Services Department partnered with the Table Community Foundation to offer the Outdoor Equity Grant. The initial staff with the City and TCF are no longer with each organization which made the 1st year of the grant programming difficult and because of this we we're able to schedule most of the proposed trips. In order to maximize the amount of grant funds being used in year 2. We've calendared out the entire 2024 year to better plan for the activities.
Lessons
2023
The biggest challenge we experienced that the staff that applied for the Outdoor Equity Grant are no longer with the organization. All parties involved in the grant had to quickly educate themselves on the grant which delayed the planning because we weren't able to schedule the day/camping trips.
Other Program Goals
Service Learning/Career Pathway/Leadership Opportunities
44 opportunities will be available including engaging local youth and residents to strategically design an outreach effort that will be deployed throughout the community to promote the launch of the outdoor programming. The Public Information Officer for the City will work with partners and participants to provide a professional public outreach perspective that participants can use for employment resumes or college admissions; Engaging residents of the community to be Coaches in the Legacy Sports program by providing a stipend and work with professional athletes to draw experience from and who are willing to develop coaches and youth program participants; A youth internship for a language translator to interpret media and marketing materials, field and follow-up on program inquiries received from the community. The experience gained from the internship can be used for employment resumes and college admission; And a group of civic-minded youth and parents will be identified to assist in peer mentorship and parental chaperone program. Participants will assist with nature trip planning and other programming implementation which can be used for employment resumes and college admission.
Partnerships
Public Health Advocates – Provided technical assistance in the community engagement and planning process, grant writing, and application submission.
The Table Community Foundation – Promoted youth resident participation in community engagement and planning process. Co-hosted in-person workshops. Will assist with Activities in the Community and Service Learning/Career Pathway/Leadership Opportunities.
San Joaquin County Public Health Services – SJ County’s 2020/21 Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) was created by stakeholders based on input from several thousand residents during community planning meetings.
Fathers and Families of San Joaquin - Promoted youth resident participation in community engagement and planning process. Co-hosted a virtual workshop for youth.
Faces of Resilience - Promoted youth resident participation in community engagement and planning process. Co-hosted a virtual workshop for youth.
Mentoring
The City of Stockton aims to provide youth mentorship opportunities with the assistance of local organizations including Table Community Foundation, the City’s Recreation Department, and Public Works. The city will select three cohorts of 20 youth per year who are interested in attending youth leadership training by the Table Community Foundation. Upon completion of the training, participants will receive a certificate of completion. Stockton youth who demonstrate interest and commitment to outdoor topics and activities will also be mentored by a city-provided Outdoor Recreation Specialist. Youth who successfully complete the City’s Outdoor Equity Program will be encouraged to return the subsequent years, after the grant performance period, as youth leaders who will assist in subsequent years of program development planning and organization, as well as peer-mentoring first-year participants.
Annual Reports Start in December 2023!
Grantee will report the number of children served, partnership accomplishments and lessons learned, how educational goals were achieved, and unforeseen challenges and recommended solutions, with the goal of inspiring and building capacity for future outdoor program providers throughout California.
