| Last updated on August 22, 2007 |
Our Mission: Destiny Organic Center (DOC) will provide a community that supports health-conscious lifestyles for low-income individuals in the Bay area. DOC’s primary goals are to support physical health and self-awareness through workshops, cooking courses, natural health alternatives and an organic food bank.
DOC’s purpose is rooted in community involvement; volunteers and donors will play a crucial role in its growth and success. The organization will be a safe space for all who are involved to learn and make a difference in their own lives, as well as the lives of others.
Description:
Get Healthy Program (Nutrition Services)
We believe that all individuals have a legacy of worth, dignity and are entitled to reach their full potential to become “healthy,” live in a healthy environment by providing: Nutrition classes, Cooking classes, Organic lifestyle & Organic food and Community gardening. We want to provide an opportunity for individuals to cultivate their potential, improve their lives, and experience success in a more positive and healthy way.
Self Improvement Program (Recreation Services)
We promote social change by shaping a recreation like setting in which everyone thrives to change their unattractive habits to a more positive self image. By preparing individuals for the realities of today's health problems and addressing the needs of our unhealthy communities in the bay area through: Yoga, Pilates, Dance, kickboxing, self-defenses classes, Aerobics, Capoeira, Strength classes, resources and services.
Wholistic Health (Alternative Health Services)
We believe nature can heal the body and the soul at the same time while curing the whole body, by providing wholistic natural health we can cure the real problem rather then postponing it. People are looking for permanent cures for temporary problems not temporary cures for permanent problems and with wholistic health we will provide the information and the ingredients for healing.
Destiny Organic Center will create a safe space where information, resources and services will be like having them at home. DOC believed everyone shares the responsibility of creating an empowered and productive healthier safe environment for self improvement to all individuals in the communities. In this unique community base organic health center: individuals and organizations commit to self-awareness, self-esteem building, life-long learning opportunities and creating healthy low-income communities successfully.
Self-Esteem Booster (Beauty Services) (Future Services)
Childcare Services (Future service)
History:
Established in 2005, Destiny Organic Center (DOC) is a 501 (c) 3, non-profit organization committed to improving healthy lifestyles of low-economic status of Oakland ’s most vulnerable populations.
We develop wholistic health and organic living trainings & workshops, advance programs designed to shape a healthy lifestyle communities and environment so, that everyone can participate and complete it at owns pace.
We design and deliver wholistic health and organic living education development curriculum through trainings and wrap around services for individuals transitioning from unhealthy lifestyles to healthy living; build a safety space for financially challenged communities to educate about wholistic health and organic food; and deliver superior services and leaders of healthy living in the own community with training programs that will promote a healthy Oakland, including the whole bay area.
Contact person: Ifonia Gelin, Chief Executive Officer, (phone), (email)
Main office number: (510) 891-8773 Ext.303
Office fax number: (510) 891-8775
Address:
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1433 Webster St. Suite #100
Oakland, CA 94612
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Web Site: http://www.destinyorganiccenter.org
Directions:
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Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: 12th St Station, exit 14th St ,
Walk distance (in minutes): 5
Nearest Bus Stop: 11, 13, 40, 40L, 72, 72L, 14, 51, 82, 82L, 12, 15 and more, 5-10 minute walk |
Miscellaneous Information
| Besides English, which languages are spoken at your agency? |
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No others
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| What is the minimum age for volunteers at your agency? |
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For now 18 and older
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| Is your agency wheelchair accessible? |
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Yes
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| Does your agency have the capacity to host groups of more than 10? |
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Yes
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| Does your agency have the capacity to host groups of more than 20? |
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Yes
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