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Children’s Fairyland, Oakland CA | Nearby Businesses


699 Bellevue Ave
Oakland, CA 94610

(510) 452-2259

Children’s Fairyland is America’s first storybook theme park, located on the shores of Lake Merritt in the heart of Oakland, CA. Since 1950, Fairyland has been the low-tech, high-touch outdoor playground for young children to CREATE, IMAGINE, PLAY, AND LEARN. A nonprofit community organization, Fairyland offers children and families a safe, stimulating environment for play and imagination with fairy tales, fantasy sets, performing arts, animals, and unique children's programming focused on early childhood education and literacy. As part of our mission to encourage young children to discover the joys of reading, we welcome school children on field trips from all over the Bay Area and offer subsidized visits to neighbors in need. A little bit of history: With the support of Oakland's parks superintendent William Penn Mott, Jr., the Lake Merritt Breakfast Club and the citizens of Oakland raised $50,000 to build Children's Fairyland on the shores of Lake Merritt in 1950. *Admission cost between 9 and 14 cents *The storybook sets were created by local architect William Russell Everitt *Arthur Navlet, designed the gardens -- some original plantings still thrive today *Walt Disney visited and incorporated ideas from Fairyland in his "magic kingdom," which opened in Anaheim in 1955 *Walt Disney also hired Fairyland's first executive director, Dorothy Manes, and one of our puppeteers, Bob Mills *In 1956, Burton Weber created a program for young children called Fairyland Personalities, which is now our Children's Theatre Program But it takes more than goodwill to sustain a place like Fairyland, and by the early 1990s, our park needed help. In 1994, with help from the Lake Merritt Breakfast Club, we applied for and received 501(c) (3) nonprofit status. Now we can apply for grants, receive bond funds, and solicit donations to further our mission to provide a safe, family-centered environment that stimulates young children’s imagination and creativity. It’s been our goal ever since we opened on September 2, 1950. Best of all, Fairyland has been able to maintain its modest admission price, making it one of the Bay Area’s most affordable options for family entertainment. Through generous grants from local foundations and corporations, we waive the cost of admission for some 4,000 low-income children each year. Blog: http://cfairyland.blogspot.com/

Amusement Near Children’s Fairyland

Club Manny
Distance: 0.4 mi Competitive Analysis
2120 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94612

(510) 452-2900

Non-Profit Organization Near Children’s Fairyland

Lake Merritt Dance Center
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
200 Grand Ave
Oakland, CA 94610

(510) 504-2176

The building was designed by Henry H. Meyers in 1926 and later restored in the 1960's. Come and see the most beautiful, elegant high ceiling ballroom with the largest oakwood floor in the bay area. Check out www.lakemerrittdancecenter.org for dance information.

St Paul's Towers
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
100 Bay Pl
Oakland, CA 94610-4422

(510) 891-8542

Welcome to St. Paul’s Towers. A real community, a real home. The kind of community where you sit down to dinner with real friends. Friends who, by the way, are interesting, vibrant, like-minded people who like to explore new opportunities. It’s the kind of place that makes you feel right, at home. For more information or to schedule a personal visit, please call 510.891.8542.

Lake Merritt Breakfast Club
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
666 Bellevue Ave
Oakland, CA 94610

(510) 482-1276

Progressive Transition(s), Inc.
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
360 Grand Ave, Ste 312
Oakland, CA 94610

(510) 273-9573

Progressive Transition(s) offers a curriculum that supports clients in doing hands-on, practical work. This includes evaluating real issues such as fractured relationships, emotional injury, and the acknowledgment of true feelings of pain and/or disconnect as it relates to Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Trauma. Progressive Transition(s) provides services in a safe, respectful, and culturally competent setting. Our program is open to all diverse populations, and we value the importance of all relationships. We maintan the integrity and commitment to client confidentiality, choice and self-determination. Through workshops, counseling and services we work with you to create a new path, new goals, a new life.

Oakland East Bay Gay Men's Chorus
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
1908 Alcatraz
Berkeley, CA 94703

(800) 706-2389

OEBGMC is a 50 voice gay men's chorus that performs a wide variety of music, from Classical to Broadway, in three seasonal and numerous church, community and outreach performances every year. OEBGMC is the most active and well known Gay Arts organization in the Oakland and East Bay region of California. Centrally located in Oakland, it serves many communities, with members from San Jose to Napa.

Funk Beyond Control
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
366 Grand Ave
Oakland, CA 94610

4:00 A.M. Realty
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
366 Grand Ave
Oakland, CA 94610

40 acres and a mule refers to the short-lived policy, during the last stages of the American Civil War during 1865, of providing arable land to blackformer slaves who had become free as a result of the advance of the Union armies into the territory previously controlled by the Confederacy, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40_acres_and_a_mule Four A EMME operates as a non-profit consultancy managed by independent professionals brought together on a common mission. To create a ne currency, founded on the principals that "we the people" are the currency and "our land" is the equity. "Our Labor" is from our heart, and "our Crops” are our Prosperity. Capitalism has brainwashed us to believe otherwise. •To thing that we are divided among class and race body image, gender, and every demographic they can exploit. •That cash is the only currency gained by getting a job working for a corporation • That work or labor is a toil or hardship that requires drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, vacations, commutes, and climbing a hierarchical ladder to gauge success, •That people are machines of an industry • and that what we produce can never be ours.

Clausen House
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
88 Vernon St
Oakland, CA 94610

(510) 839-1114

Founded in 1967, Clausen House is a highly regarded 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides innovative programs and services for 180 adults with developmental disabilities in Oakland and the surrounding East Bay area. We provide residential services, independent and supported living, supported employment, adult education, and social recreation. We celebrate the diversity of the Bay Area and work toward reflecting this diversity throughout our organization.

Center for Critical Public Health
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
180 Grand Ave, Ste 1200
Oakland, CA 94612

Reading Partners
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
180 Grand Ave
Oakland, CA 94612

(510) 444-9800

GOING TO SCALE In the 2014-15 school year, we served 8,900 students across the country with more than 12,000 weekly volunteers. NATIONAL SERVICE Reading Partners is a proud partner with the Corporation for National and Community Service. Our Reading Centers are powered by dedicated AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers. This school year we will work with more than 120 National Community Service AmeriCorps and AmeriCrops VISTA volunteers. RECORD OF SUCCESS Reading Partners is focused on data and results. We are dedicated to ensuring that every investment made in the success of our students leads to a measurable increase in reading skills. During the 2014-15 school year: • On average, students tripled their rate of learning reading skills. • 9 out of 10 emerging readers mastered key foundational literacy skills. • 94% of principals noted school-wide progress in reading.

Breakthrough Collaborative
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
180 Grand Ave, Suite 1225
Oakland, CA 94612

(415) 442-0600

Reading Partners SF Bay Area
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
180 Grand Ave, Ste 800
Oakland, CA 94612

(510) 444-9800

GOING TO SCALE • In the 2014-15 school year we served 28 schools and 1,527 students in the SF Bay Area. • We are on track to serve more than 10,000 students nationwide by 2016. NATIONAL SERVICE Reading Partners is a proud partner with the Corporation for National and Community Service. Our Reading Centers are powered by dedicated AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers. RECORD OF SUCCESS Reading Partners is focused on data and results. We are dedicated to ensuring that every investment made in the success of our students leads to a measurable increase in reading skills. During the 2014-15 school year in SF Bay Area: • 92% of students accelerated their progress in reading. • 78% of students narrowed their reading achievement gap.

Easter Seals Pediatric Activity Center
Distance: 0.2 mi Competitive Analysis
150 Grand Ave, Ste 101
Oakland, CA 94612

(510) 451-5800

Services include: •Speech Therapy •Occupational Therapy •Physical Therapy •Autism Specific Services •Developmental Play Groups •Groups Sessions

Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF)
Distance: 0.3 mi Competitive Analysis
1 Kaiser Plz, Ste 850
Oakland, CA 94612

California Nurses Association
Distance: 0.3 mi Competitive Analysis
2000 Franklin St
Oakland, CA 94612

(510) 273-2200

California Nurses Association has grown from 17,000 RNs in 1995, located primarily in Northern California, to more than 70,000 RNs in 200 facilities across the state. CNA has won some of the best contracts for RNs in the nation through the collective action of our members. Thirty years ago, nurses were among the lowest-paid professionals, they had no retirement, and worked every weekend. Since 1992 we aggressively organized, quadrupling our membership, resulting in winning safe staffing conditions, secure retirement, and salaries commensurate with experience. We have repeatedly stepped outside the walls of our facilities in our obligation as patient advocates, such as our 13-year fight to win and defend California’s historic safe staffing ratios. As nurses, as patient advocates, we believe we must continue to change this system so that everyone has access to affordable, universal healthcare based on a single standard of high-quality care for all. ** Endorsements of Political Candidates and Propositions are paid for by California Nurses Association Political Action Committee (CNA-PAC). The advertisement are not authorized or paid for by a candidate for this office or a committee controlled by a candidate for this office.

Love Not Blood Campaign
Distance: 0.3 mi Competitive Analysis
390 Grand Ave, Ste 290
Oakland, CA 94610

(510) 599-6357

Art Deco Society of California
Distance: 0.3 mi Competitive Analysis
525 Bellevue Ave
Oakland, CA 94610

(510) 271-6760

The Citadel of Praise Baptist Church
Distance: 0.3 mi Competitive Analysis
2501 Harrison St
Oakland, CA 94612

Stagebridge, A Senior Theatre Company
Distance: 0.3 mi Competitive Analysis
2501 Harrison St
Oakland, CA 94612

(510) 444-4755

STAGEBRIDGE is the nation's oldest Senior Theatre Company. Based in Oakland, California, STAGEBRIDGE is an arts organization that uses theatre and storytelling to bridge the generation gap by breaking down stereotypes and stimulating more positive attitudes about aging. Get to know us here: http://www.youtube.com/user/Stagebridge.