Join the library for a Puzzle Party to enjoy a relaxing and fun time with some puzzle joy!

Join Dublin Library for Family Board Games! We have a variety of board games, including checkers, Candyland, Uno, Connect Four, and many more. Friendly teen volunteers will be available to teach you a new game or to join in the fun if you need an extra player.

Date: Sunday, June 01, 2025

Time: 2PM – 4PM

Location: Dublin Library-Virginia Bennett Room, 200 Civic Plaza, Dublin

Cost: Free

Link: Click here for more information.

Join Alameda Main Library for a summer celebration.

Enjoy an afternoon of Pop & Go Puppets and their new show, Rumplestuntskin. The puppet show begins at 3:00pm. All ages welcome.

Date: Sunday, June 01, 2025

Time: 1PM – 4PM

Location: Alameda Free Library, 1550 Oak St., Alameda

Cost: Free

Link: Click here for more information.

TVH provides free groceries for families.

Tri-Valley Haven Food Pantry distributes free groceries to low-income Tri-Valley residents.

Date: Every Monday and Thursday

Time: 1PM – 5PM

Location: 150 N. L St., Livermore

Cost: Free

Link: Click here for more information.

Drive-thru food pantry available to Cherryland, Ashland, San Lorenzo, Hayward, Castro Valley, and Union City families.

The food pantry is available to families in the listed cities above. Families can bring home a free bag of groceries.

Date: Every Tuesday & Thursday

Time: 2PM – 4PM

Location: South Hayward Parish, 27287 Patrick Ave., Hayward

Cost: Free

Link: Click here for more information.

Family paths offer parenting classes.

All types of parents-mothers, fathers, expecting parents, foster & kinship care providers, adoptive parents, LGBT parents, and others involved in parenting roles are invited to learn about positive parenting, child development, and more including self-care.

Date: Every Tuesday

Time: 6:30PM – 8:30PM

Location: Virtual

Cost: Free

Contact: 800-829-3777

Link: Click here for more information.

This workshop is presented by BANANAS.

If you’re thinking of hiring a nanny, then this is the workshop for you! Hand in Hand: The Domestic Employers Network will discuss the details of being an employer, including your rights and responsibilities. The workshop will offer a variety of resources; tips for hiring and interviewing, establishing wages and a work agreement, how to ensure a fair, safe workplace, and the laws for nanny employment. Discussion will also offer ideas on how to create a positive, long-term relationship with your employee and time to talk about your experiences, ask questions, and share concerns.

Date: Tuesday, June 03, 2025

Time: 6:30PM – 8:30PM

Location: Virtual

Cost: Free

Link: Click here to register.

This workshop is presented by BANANAS.

This is a series designed to empower all fathers and help navigate relationships and social norms that may hinder effective parenting. It will also offer personal tools that define or redefine one’s sense of identity and purpose, and establish guiding principles for fatherhood. Participants will learn that everything we need to know about being a great dad is, and always has been, inside us. All we have to do is find it, share with our children, and make their future bright and promising.

Date: Every Tuesday

Time: 6:30PM – 8:30PM

Location: Virtual

Cost: Free

Link: Click here to register.

Practice yoga at the Dublin Library.

Practicing yoga helps kids to sleep better, improve emotional regulation, increase empathy, and improve mood and affect. This instructor-led program will take the kids and their caregivers through gentle yoga poses. Recommended Ages: 2 - 5 years.

Date: Tuesday, June 03, 2025

Time: 10AM – 11AM

Location: Dublin Library-Virginia Bennett Room, 200 Civic Plaza, Dublin

Cost: Free

Link: Click here for more information.

Watch a movie at Dublin Library.

Join the library for a family friendly movie. Bring a blanket to get cozy on the floor to watch Mirror Mirror.

Date: Tuesday, June 03, 2025

Time: 5:30PM – 7:30PM

Location: Dublin Library-Virginia Bennett Room, 200 Civic Plaza, Dublin

Cost: Free

Link: Click here for more information.

Pick up free groceries from Unity Council.

Families can pick up free groceries to bring home. Operating on a first-come, first-served basis. Secure your spot in line by obtaining a numbered ticket starting at 8 am. Bring your own bad.

Date: Every Wednesday

Time: 10AM – 12:30PM

Location: Unity Council, 3301 E12th St., Oakland

Cost: Free

Link: Click here for more information.

Register for BANANAS’ Virtual Playgroup.

Come and join BANANAS virtually for movement and music, crafts, story time, virtual discovery, special guests and more! Open to all Bay Area residents, for children 0-5 years and caregivers.

Date: Every Wednesday

Time: 11:30AM

Location: Virtual

Cost: Free

Link: Click here to register.

Learn about how the pollinators that help plants grow at Fremont Library.

Join the library for a fun afternoon where you will learn all about pollinators followed by a fun activity and a craft! Space and supplies are limited. Free tickets will be handed out 15 minutes before the event at the Children's Information Desk. All children must be present to receive a ticket.

Date: Wednesday, June 04, 2025

Time: 1PM – 2PM

Location: Fremont Library-Fukaya Room A&B, 2400 Stevenson Blvd., Fremont

Cost: Free

Link: Click here to register.

Discover outdoor animals at Union City Library.

See Bay Area wildlife up close in this dynamic program! Learn about the fascinating wildlife living in the fields and forests surrounding our cities and suburbs, and why these are ecologically important animals. Presented by Wildmind Science Learning. This free program will take place outdoors, under tree shade. No registration required.

Date: Wednesday, June 04, 2025

Time: 11AM – 12PM

Location: Union City Library, 34007 Alvarado-Niles Rd., Union City

Cost: Free

Link: Click here for more information.

Experience the mesmerizing magic of “WOW!” at Defremery Park.

WOW is a captivating blend of circus enchantment and madcap mayhem. Circus Bella offers a modern twist on one-ring circus. Watch in awe as the vivaciously colorful Circus Bella Company, comprising a diverse troupe of acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, and clowns from the Bay Area and beyond, performs to the lively tunes of Rob Reich and the 6-piece Circus Bella All-Star Band.

Date: Wednesday, June 04, 2025

Time: 5:30PM – 6:30PM

Location: DeFremery Park, 1651 Adeline St., Oakland

Cost: Free

Link: Click here for more information.

Drive-thru food pantry available to Cherryland, Ashland, San Lorenzo, Hayward, Castro Valley, and Union City families.

The food pantry is available to families in the listed cities above. Families can bring home a free bag of groceries.

Date: Every Tuesday & Thursday

Time: 2PM – 4PM

Location: South Hayward Parish, 27287 Patrick Ave., Hayward

Cost: Free

Link: Click here for more information.

Dance your heart out at Albany Library.

Get your ya-yas out! Let's all have fun together dancing to songs the little ones know and love and other music that's new to them. Parents, caregivers, toddlers and preschoolers are all welcome to hit the dance floor and move their bodies at this inclusive event.

Date: Every Thursday

Time: 10:30AM – 11AM

Location: Albany Library – Edith Stone Room, 1247 Marin Ave., Albany

Cost: Free

Link: Click here for more information.

TVH provides free groceries for families.

Tri-Valley Haven Food Pantry distributes free groceries to low-income Tri-Valley residents.

Date: Every Monday and Thursday

Time: 1PM – 5PM

Location: 150 N. L St., Livermore

Cost: Free

Link: Click here for more information.

This workshop is presented by BANANAS.

Transforming Anger and Anxiety Join the Calm and Connected workshop and learn how to rewire emotional responses. Parents will dive deep unlocking a powerful approach to understand their nervous system, discovering how past experiences shape current reactions, and develop practical strategies to interrupt automatic stress patterns. By exploring the roots of anger, anxiety, and emotional triggers, participants will learn techniques to break intergenerational cycles of reactive behavior. This workshop is about empowering parents to create intentional, connected, and resilient relationships with themselves and their children.

Date: Every Thursday

Time: 6:30PM – 8:30PM

Location: Virtual

Cost: Free

Link: Click here to register.

4Cs of Alameda County will be giving away groceries.

A variety of canned and dry goods will be available for families in need. Registration required.

Date: Thursday, June 05, 2025

Time: 1PM – 3PM

Location: Hayward Office Garage, 22351 City Center Dr., Hayward

Cost: Free

Link: Click here to register.

Watch a special performance at Livermore’s Springtown Library.

Join Laya Arts Collective for a captivating dance and storytelling performance of Tales of Krishna on the Springtown Library Patio. Fun and free for kids of all ages. The Springtown Library's parking lot fills up quickly. Street parking is available along Bluebell Drive. Please allow time to find parking before the program.

Date: Thursday, June 05, 2025

Time: 10:30AM – 11:30AM

Location: Springtown Library, 998 Bluebell Dr., Livermore

Cost: Free

Link: Click here for more information.

This workshop is presented by BANANAS.

This is a series designed to empower all fathers and help navigate relationships and social norms that may hinder effective parenting. It will also offer personal tools that define or redefine one’s sense of identity and purpose, and establish guiding principles for fatherhood. Participants will learn that everything we need to know about being a great dad is, and always has been, inside us. All we have to do is find it, share with our children, and make their future bright and promising.

Date: Tuesday, June 06, 2025

Time: 10AM – 12PM

Location: Virtual

Cost: Free

Link: Click here to register.

Enjoy a sing-a-long sign language storytime.

Children, parents, and caregivers will have a blast laughing, signing, and singing with Teacher Bill, author of the book, Signs of a Happy Baby. Mr. Bill integrates American Sign Language (ASL) into his storytime. Seats are limited, and a ticket is required to attend this storytime. Tickets will be handed out outside 15 minutes prior to the start of the program.

Date: Friday, June 06, 2025

Time: 10:15AM – 11AM

Location: Fremont Library-Fukaya Room A & B, 2400 Stevenson Blvd., Fremont

Cost: Free

Link: Click here for more information.

Join Fremont Library for a special performance.

Stop by for a fun magic show! Magician Kenny Spade has been spreading joy through magic for over a decade. He will perform tricks the whole family will enjoy! Space is limited. Free tickets are available on a first come, first serve basis. Tickets will be distributed outside in the breezeway to the right of the main entrance, starting at 1:45pm.

Date: Friday, June 06, 2025

Time: 2PM – 2:45PM & 3:30PM – 4:15PM

Location: Fremont Library-Fukaya Room A, 2400 Stevenson Blvd., Fremont

Cost: Free

Link: Click here for more information.

Visit Fremont Hub for free train rides.

The Kiddo’s Chu Chu Train Rides are back at Fremont Hub this summer every Friday. Families are invited to hang out in the plaza near Five Below.

Date: Every Friday

Time: 12:30PM – 2:30PM

Location: Fremont Hub, 39281 Fremont Hub, Fremont

Cost: Free

Link: Click here for more information.