ABOUT SHOP CLASS
As a Neighborhood Learning Center, we strive to provide the existing community with the tools, resources, platforms, and expertise needed to build, beautify, and thrive. From job-skill training to tool-lending, Community Shop Class seeks to inspire and support a more neighborly and capable world.
Our Mission + Vision
OUR PHILOSOPHY
CSC is dedicated to creating an inclusive and sustainable working and learning environment for neurodivergent and underserved communities. Programs such as the ADHD Inventor’s Club encourage neurodivergent learners to explore and familiarize themselves with the tools and skills required to join the workforce.
Why support us?
The operational cost of running our programs, and hosting community events, including salaries for hardworking leadership and staff is not fully covered by the participation fees.
To bridge this gap, we work to ensure operating costs can be substantially underwritten by grants, sponsorships, and gifts from individual donors.
We hope to raise $20,000 by the end of December 2023, for our flagship Tiny-Home Project and seek a community partner willing to match your generous donations.
How Long Has Community Shop Class Been In Oak Park?
It takes time to get to know your neighbors. How long have we been on the block?
Community Shop Class has been located on Stockton Blvd since 2021 but was reborn as a not-for-profit Neighborhood Learning Center in August 15, 2022.
Since then, we have been providing the citizens of Oak Park with tools, classes, events, and opportunities to enter the trades with hands-on experience.
Shop Class Origins
Community Shop Class, first called Neighborhood Wood Goods, was originally conceived in founder Chad Orcutt’s garage, a longtime resident of Oak Park. The concept was simple: to open his workshop and share his skillset with his neighbors. From this dream, Chad expanded and moved his business to 3818 Stockton Blvd, and Neighborhood Wood Goods became Community Shop Class.
What Kind of Training Programs are Offered at Community Shop Class?
Community Shop Class provides a variety of classes and programs for its members. CSC has worked with organizations such as AmeriCorps, California Mobility Center, and the Sierra Service Project to create tool-safety training programs, e-bike conversion programs, and summer youth camps. Other training courses have included guided ceramics workshops, carpentry classes, and a laser-cutting course.
Community Shop Class has also unveiled a flagship Tiny Home project, in partnership with TYNR Homes, where trainees and apprentices will learn and hone their manufacturing skills through the process of constructing tiny-home units to be sold locally back into the community.
Community Shop Class is dedicated to helping neurodivergent learners connect with lifelong skillsets in a sustainable, hands-on, and community-oriented environment, as well as providing students and members with opportunities, internships, and connections wherever possible.
10+
PROGRAMS
500+
community memebers fed
40+
FREE CLASSES HOSTED
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interns
What Is Community Shop Class?
Community Shop Class (CSC) is a blooming not-for-profit organization at the intersection of...
apprentices
Interns and Learners who participate in our classes, programs, and trainings through our partner orginizations.
members
The ADHD Inventor’s Guild is open to anyone- Membership supports our team, grants access to our tool library, and our network of experts.
advisors
Valued Community Leaders who donate insight, volunteer, or represent Community Shop Class.
See Below
volunteers
We have a deep relationship with our Oak Park Community and rely on our trusted volunteers to sustain our work. Thank You for your Support.
OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM
Maxamillion
Sierra Service Project
Advisor and Friend to Shop Class.
christina granados
Community Connector and Coordinator
Advisor and Friend to Shop Class.
julie bernadeth
Sculptor and Cermamicist
Advisor and Friend to Shop Class.
Jeremy j Wakamiya
Financial Advisor
Advisor and Friend to Shop Class.
Josh Manley
CAD Class Creator and Scientist
Advisor and Friend to Shop Class.
peter vickland
Copywriter and Novelist
Advisor and Friend to Shop Class.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
The Philosophy of Good-Neighborism
At Community Shop Class, we seek to educate the community with inclusivity, safety, and equal representation at the front of our focus. We believe that that workshop should be a safe space for the community to come together, not only to utilize our training programs and tool facilities but also as a social space to be humans together. Community Shop Class has provided open mic for the neighborhood musical talent and community listening sessions so that the voices of Oak Park have a place to be heard.
All of this, we believe, encapsulates our guiding philosophy of Good-Neighborism. Community Shop Class seeks to be a good neighbor, not only to the other businesses on our block, but to the people that make up our neighborhood. Following the philosophy of the timeless Mr. Rodgers, Community Shop Class is a place of love and respect for those of any age who want to learn and grow.
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Please feel free to reach out, ask questions, email us, and come visit our wonderful on-site location in the heart of Oak Park!
Tuesday 9 tp 7 PM
Wednesday 9 to 5 PM
Thursday 9 to 5 PM
Friday 9 to 5 PM
Saturday 10 to 5 PM
chad.shopclass@gmail.com
Support
+1 916 690 5635
LOCATION
3818 STOCKTON BLVD