Walk into the Bayside Community Center and enter a place that represents the diversity, culture, and history of a very unique place: Linda Vista. Listen carefully and hear:

• the voices of youngsters, families, and singles discovering possibilities for a better future

• the wisdom of those who have survived adversity, war, and displacment - and thrived

Long-time residents and those newly arrived, speak in many languages: English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Laotian, Hmong, Mixteco, Chinese, Polish, Russian, Portuguese, Italian and more, reminding us Linda Vista continues to be a place of "America becoming."

Throughout our 80-year history, Bayside Community Center has remained faithful to its mission of empowering diverse communities to improve quality of life through services, education, and advocacy. Bayside is committed to:

• Empowerment: We advocate for the participation of people on matters that affect their lives
  
• Diversity: We embrace the idea of difference, not only as a demographic reality, but a plurality of ideas.
  
• Community: We believe that we need not only be part of a place,  it is important to belong to something meaningful and greater than a sum of parts.

Bayside is a place of joyful activity and a place of community and fellowship. Stop by discover:

• Seniors sharing a nutritional lunch, playing bingo, taking a class, or simply being in the company of friends.

• Children learning to read and youth working with tutors or on computers.

• Women and men in classes: playing music, sewing, learning hula and ukelele, dancing, or learning English.


• Families engaged in parenting education classes, learning about housing opportunities, receiving assistance with tax returns and other documents, or simply gathering to socialize and support one another. 
  
  
• Volunteers helping with a multitude of tasks.


• A community group meeting or a church service in progress.

Discover all Bayside has to offer.  Everyone is welcome!