YOUTH SCHOLARSHIPS

The Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation raises money each year to provide kids equitable access to Oakland Parks, Recreation and Youth Development camps and enrichment programs. We believe that having the benefits of summer camp, after school care and swim lessons shouldn’t come down to a family’s ability to pay.

Barry Weiss General Scholarship Fund

This is an unrestricted, year-round scholarship fund that helps children across Oakland attend the many after school programs, school break camps and enrichment classes offered by Oakland Parks, Recreation and Youth Development.

Town Camp Summer Scholarship Fund

This is a restricted summer scholarship fund that helps children across Oakland attend Oakland Parks, Recreation and Youth Development’s flagship Town Camp summer program.

Anne Woodell Swim Scholarship Fund

This is a restricted, year-round scholarship fund that helps children across Oakland attend Oakland Parks, Recreation and Youth Development swim programs.

2021 Highlights

What is your favorite summer camp memory? Many of you tell us about sleeping under the stars, playing with kids from different backgrounds or learning skills like horseback riding that created a new sense of confidence.

During the summer of 2021, Oakland Parks, Recreation and Youth Development’s Town Camp was still about friendships and laughter, social and emotional relief that was especially critical for Oakland kids after a year of remote schooling, isolation from friends and inactivity.

On April 29, 2021, our community raised nearly $100,000 to support Town Camp and Oakland youth at Spring for Parks. In addition to youth scholarships, this total provided funds to create the Town Camp Carnival, a special afternoon of jump houses, water slides, cotton candy machines and field games at Town Camp in August.

$96K
Total Dollars
Raised

TBA
Full and Partial
Youth Scholarships

TBA
Town Camp
Carnival Attendees

More than ever, we did this as a team! We thank the foundation, corporate and individual donors below for recognizing COVID-19’s serious impact on our youngest Oaklanders. Together, we can create a new generation of summer camp memories.

Our 2021 Donors

Town Camp Carnival

Steve & Jane Harker • Chris Hwang • Mandolin Kadera-Redmond & Myron Potier • Sara Johnson Kerrest & Frederic Kerrest • Patrick Morrin & Janice Jagelski • Kathy & Wes Radez • Miye Takagi • Kim Thompson & John Bliss • Sandra Tsui

Town Camp Scholarships

Julie Absey • Stephen Akerson • Maria Alderete & Richard Mitchell • Steven Aldrich • Amgen Foundation • John Bacon • Allegra Bandy • Nadine Bent-Russell • Anne Bodel & Edward Hannemann • Daniel Brekke • Bridge Bank • Helen Cake • Anne Campbell Washington • Hillary Carey • Ellen Cavanagh • Kelley Cayton • Tim Connors • C.N.E. Corbin • Athena Corbin • Sharon Corbin-Brizan • Russell Creighton • Itzel Diaz • Donna Duhe • Edward Dunbar • Sarah Dunn • Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation • Ellwood Commercial Real Estate • Tiffany Eng & Ener Chiu • Susan Fox • Aileen Frankel • Dale Marie Golden • Sharon Grennan • Michael & Pamela Hammock • Myka Hammock • Patricia Hardy • Steve & Jane Harker • HNTB Corporation • Samuel Jack • Audree Jones-Taylor & Darrell Taylor • Daniel & Valerie Kalb • Nancy & Muigai Karigaca • Christia Katz Mulvey & Eric Katz • Kevin Kelley • Ashley Kirk • Scott Kleinman & Sheryl Bregman • Isaac Kos-Read • Heather Kuiper & Loren Rauch • Kristen Kwan • Carole Levenson • Brooke Levin • Michelle Majoros • Rue Mapp • Monica & John Marcone • Audra Marshall • Peter May • Susan Montauk • Patrick Morrin & Janice Jagelski • Shaun Morrison • Howard & Noah Nathel Family Trust • Mary Ellen Navas & Robert Archibald • Oakland Athletics • Mark Olson • Pacific Gas and Electric Company • Jacqueline Phillips • Dan Pitcock • Play Studio • Andrew Porat & Patricia Remch • Kathy & Wes Radez • Robert & Patricia Rayburn • Elizabeth Reeds • Blake Rhinehart • Dana Riley Hayes & John Hayes • Victoria Rocha • Dante Rodriguez • Evan Rose • Janet Roth • Lisa Rothman • Eric Rudney • Angela Rundles • Dawn Samaniego • Evan Schwartz • Lan Shaw • Susan Stephenson • Jennifer Stern • Elissa Strauss • Miye Takagi • Joanne Tateishi • Loren Taylor • Hong Thach • The Clorox Company • The Unity Council • Kim Thompson & John Bliss • Judy Torrison • Lynn Tracy • Jennifer Tran • Sandra Tsui • Mike & Gail Udkow • Zachary Unger • Natalie Van Osdol • James & Marilyn Vermazen • Ann Weiss • Susan “Liz” Westbrook • Tanya Willacy • Nancy Williams • Patricia Williams • Jill Yegian • Lena Zentgraf • Anonymous Donors (14)