Oakland Natives Give Back

This is what community looks like. 🌱💛

Last month at our Family Engagement Workshop, families came together, shared space, and walked away with real tools to support their children and themselves.

Through our HFA-CYBHI Parent Program, we created a space where parents felt seen, supported, and empowered because we know that when a parent thrives, their whole family feels it. 🙌

Thank you to every family who showed up. You are the reason this work matters.

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$100 for showing up. 🔑

Sounds simple. But ask any teacher, any parent, any student who’s pushed through a hard morning and made it to school anyway it’s never just about the money.

Every day in that classroom is a habit being built.
A future being shaped. A version of themselves they’re growing into one attendance mark at a time. 📚✨

Shoutout to our latest winner. You showed up. That’s the whole game.

A check is just paper. What it represents?
That’s everything. 💛

At Lodestar School, we witnessed something bigger than a dollar amount today. We saw a student who chose to show up, every single day and proof that those decisions shape who you become.

This is why we do what we do. Not for the numbers, but for the moment a young person realizes their consistency has power. That their presence matters. That they matter. 🙌

To our Lodestar winner this is just the beginning.
Oakland believes in you.

Some wins go beyond a check. 🌱

Lodestar showed up. Day after day, week after week and that commitment changed everything. Not just their attendance record, but their confidence, their future, and the way they see themselves.

At ONGB, we don’t just reward attendance. We invest in the person behind it. Because when a young person learns that showing up leads to something real, that lesson stays with them for life. 💛

This is what community looks like. This is why we do this work.

Congratulations, Lodestar. Oakland is proud of you. 🏆

👏🏻 Big cheers for Joseph at Manzanita Community School! Today we celebrated his attendance win and recognized him with $500 through our Every Day Counts Attendance Challenge.
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Moments like this remind us that showing up creates opportunity, builds confidence, and helps students stay connected to their school community. Keep going, Joseph we’re proud of you. 🙌🏻

A special moment at Westlake Middle School. Today we celebrated one of our school winners and awarded $500 through our Every Day Counts Attendance Challenge. Moments like this remind us that showing up matters, and consistency creates opportunity.

🎉 Congratulations to Naleefa on this recognition.
We’re proud to support students, families, and school communities as we keep building momentum together.

🏆💛 WE HAVE A WINNER!! 💛🏆

The Every Day Counts Attendance Challenge just got REAL. 🎉

One Bay Area student showed up. Every. Single. Day.
They earned their points. 📲
They built the habit. 💪🏾
And today? They won $5,000. 💰

This is what happens when you believe that showing up matters because it does. Every classroom. Every lesson. Every day.

To our winner: You EARNED this. We are so proud of you. 🙌🏾💛

And to everyone still in the challenge — there is still ONE more $5,000 prize to be won. Keep showing up. Keep earning. Your moment could be next. 👀

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Keep earning.
Stay present.

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