The specific purpose of this corporation is primarily to unite the sheriff's office personnel, citizens, and youth of alameda county to pursue and implement initiatives that will reduce crime, better the lives of area residents, promote employment opportunities for formerly incarcerated people and enhance the community, and to carry on other charitable and educational activities associated with this goal as allowed by law.

Children & Youth , Youth Centers & Clubs

Urban agricultural project - dig deep farms & produce grows healthy vegetables in unincorporated areas of alameda county. Much of alameda county is populated with families and individuals who do not have healthy diets. This project uses strict sustainable agricultural practices and the complete absence of fertilizers, pesticides and insecticides in the production of its crops, hires the disadvantaged in order to give them job skills, and sells the produce to the underserved communities in the county. youth soccer - dsal provides a free community-driven soccer league for over 1200 youth ages 5-16 between march and august. Volunteer parents and family members step into coaching and mentoring roles to ensure that any interested youth in the community has the opportunity to play, learn the skills of soccer and develop healthy relationships with positive peers, adults and deputies. Youth who have aged out of the league are trained to be referees for the program which provides them with a part-time job doing something that they love. Each saturday during the season, over 3000 people come out to the game field to eat, cheer, play and be a healthy community. In years past, this field has been a hot spot for unhealthy and criminal activity, which cannot occur during our season. health, recreation and fitness - dsal coordinates and implements a wide variety of health and fitness programs for youth and young adults including boxing, various martial arts, dance, yoga, kickboxing, volleyball, flag football, basketball and track. Over 500 distinct youth partake in these activities annually. We also collaborate with local health clinics and schools to accept referrals of youth who are assessed as being high risk for health related issues or academic and behavior related issues. We understand that youth who participate in regular fitness and exercise regimens have better outcomes in their academics, behaviors and health.