HISTORY
2010
- Oaks & Acorns secures new volunteer Executive DIrector, and Director of Educational Programs
- Celebrates 17-year anniversary as NP in San Diego
2009
- World Cafe on
- Entitled Relationships Taking Root In Education with facilitators from the San Diego Process Arts Network (SDPAN)
2008
- Created an intergenerational component at Innovations Academy
-The Outrageous Sages and other elders helping plant a garden at Joan Kroc Center
2007
- World Café on "What’s Possible Through Volunteering"; Salvation Army Kroc Center
-A second “Connections Café” with SDSU interns – topic: Community Volunteering
2006
- Dreyer’s Ice Cream and Oaks & Acorns participate in tree planting events at the Kearny Mesa Convalescent Center and the DeAnza Child Development Center
- Sponsored 20 Child Development and Family Relationship student-interns from SDSU
- Partnership with De Anza Child Development Center & Kearny Mesa Convalescent
planting trees together and Dryers Ice Cream as our Sponsors
2005
- Munchies & Manners – our etiquette and social skills program began
- Intergenerational High Tea at Lemon Grove Library
2004
- Moved into new offices in Lemon Grove
- Collaborations with Lemon Grove Kiwanis club, Legacy Corps senior citizens
- Partnership with iMiRoR. – Social Venture Partnership
2001
2000
- April 10, 2000 is announced as Oaks & Acorns day by the city council
- Oaks & Acorns takes part in The Gold Diggers (Gifts of Loving Donors) annual "Hats Off to San Diego" luncheon and wins the Forty-niner award
- Alannah Sinclaire participated in the Aging Summit and helped develop guidelines for intergenerational programming in the county