Community Service
SUPPORTING HOMELESS ACTION CENTER
To continue our ongoing support of the unhoused residents of Oakland, when you buy a ticket to Mosswood Meltdown, you will have the opportunity to donate to Homeless Action Center and West Oakland Punks with Lunch via the donation section of our ticketing website. For more information about Homeless Action Center, and Punks with Lunch please visit their websites at https://homelessactioncenter.org and https://www.punkswithlunch.org/
WANT TO GET INVOLVED AT MOSSWOOD PARK?
Every year Mosswood Park hosts a variety of community events that our Mosswood Meltdown crew is involved in. In recent years, more and more festival goers have been coming to these service events that happen all throughout the year at Mosswood Park. If you are interested in getting involved, or volunteering at one of these events, or at the festival, please email us at info@mosswoodmeltdown.com
Here’s a schedule of some of the yearly events you can get involved with…
- MLK day of service and park cleanup (Mid-January)
- Earth Day at Mosswood Park (Mid/late April)
- Historic Moss House cleanup (year round)
- Mosswood Meltdown (Early July)
- Mosswood Youth Baseball (Summer & Fall)
- Youth Center Halloween Fair (Late-October)
- Holiday meals and care packages for the unhoused (November & December)
- Winter Carnival (Mid-December)
A big thank you to all the folks who’ve helped pitch in over the years.
“Mosswood Meltdown has helped to volunteer, fund, and make donations to many Mosswood events like: Earth Day Clean ups, Creek to Bay Day Clean ups, MLK Day of Service, they participate in the After-School Program helping youth with homework, and the Mosswood Halloween Spook Festival. They helped to beautify and clean the inside of the Moss House – A historic landmark. The Mosswood Meltdown proactively prepares a safe and inclusive space for the community to recreate and relax at their events. Mosswood Meltdown is environmentally conscious and cares about the ecology at Mosswood Park. We are proud to host the Mosswood Meltdown event at Mosswood Park annually, and we look forward to strengthening our partnership together in the future.”
– Terri Westbrook, Director, Mosswood Recreation Center
HOW DOES THE FESTIVAL IMPACT MOSSWOOD AS WELL AS THE GENERAL COMMUNITY?
In previous years when there was an unhoused population at Mosswood Park, the festival had a very minimal effect on the Mosswood encampment. Mosswood Meltdown respected the space of the unhoused, and chose areas to set up the concert that would not interfere with the well being of the unhoused. In 2025, the City of Oakland received grant money to put up Mosswood residents at a newly purchased hotel in nearby Emeryville, about a mile away from Mosswood Park.
Over the years our team has organized multiple fundraisers and charity events for the unhoused, as well as food drives. Now that the park no longer has unhoused residents living there, we continue to support the broader Oakland unhoused community through donations and food drives. Our team also volunteers year-round at Mosswood Park for a variety of community service events. If you would like to find out how you can help your community or get involved, please email us at info@mosswoodmeltdown.com to volunteer.
