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Planning your own event? Click here to review our Guide to Reducing Waste at Community Events.  Click here for our Special Event Collection Rates.

 

 

2025

FEBRUARY 

Storytelling & Drumming Festival
Saturday, February 1 • 12:00pm-3:30pm

Mastick Senior Center, 1155 Santa Clara Ave. Alameda 94501

Discover the power of the spoken word. Delight to the sights and sounds of Drumming and Puppetry! Craft making and interactive workshops related to the stories and music presented. Click here for more info.

 

Dine at STAR Pizza and Donate to AEF
Monday, February 3

STAR Pizza on Park Street will donate 10% of all dine-in sales (from 4 pm to closing) on the first Monday of every month to the Alameda Education Foundation, so eat pizza and support educational opportunities for Alameda students!

Come and dine at STAR Pizza on these dates in 2025: Jan. 6, Feb. 3, March 3, April 7, May 5, June 2, July 7, Aug. 4, Sept. 1, Oct. 6, Nov. 3, Dec. 1 Click here for more info.

 

Family Snowball Dance Party – Mardi Gras Masquerade
Friday, February 7, 6:00-8:00pm

Albert H. DeWitt O’Club, 641 West Redline Avenue, Alameda

$35.00 per couple (1 child & 1 adult), Class #27662
$25.00 each additional family member (child or adult)
$5.00 per wrist corsage (pre-order only)

ARPD’s 3rd Annual Family Snowball Dance Party will be themed “Mardi Gras Masquerade.” This is a party for all children who are currently five to twelve years of age, and their favorite adult. There will be dancing, arts & crafts, activities, hors d’oeuvres, and lots more fun!

Registration begins on December 4th (9:00 am) and ends January 22nd or until event sells out, so sign-up early! When registering the couple, please register under the child’s name.

 

REAP Climate Center
Regular Open House & Volunteer Days
Wednesday 2:00pm to sunset & Sundays 10:00am to sunset

Come volunteer at REAP Climate Center during our Open House and Volunteer hours! REAP’s campus is open to the public Sundays from 10 am to sunset and Wednesdays from 2 pm to sunset. Feel free to drop in at any time, and stay as long as you like. We always have staff ready to guide you through a fun set of volunteer-friendly tasks. Before arriving, please read through our volunteer page and FAQ, and sign our online waiver. Some possibilities include: watering, planting, compost building, animal maintenance, light construction or fabrication, and heavy construction. One thing we ask prior to visiting is filling out our WAIVER. Click here for more info.

 

Ongoing Events

 

Household Hazardous Waste
Expanded opportunities for drop off. Open to the public.

For more information about the Household Hazardous Waste Program, click here.

 

Electronic Waste Collection Events
In California, it is illegal to put electronic equipment in the trash. Please click here for more information about proper E-waste disposal.

 

Alameda Farmers’ Market

Tuesdays • 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Year-Round

Saturdays • 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Year-Round

710 Haight Avenue, Alameda, California
Parking in limited. Please bike or walk if you can. Click here for more farmer’s market information.