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Common Ground After School Programs offers daily after-school programs that include activities such as games, movies, sports, bible studies, and meals. The program runs specific activities like Surf Camp, Soccer Nights, Skate Nite, Middle School Nights, High School Nights, Cooking Club, Adventure Club, Homework Club, Community Clean ups, and a monthly movie night called Noche De Cine. Additional activities include surf camp, after school Bible Study, Meat-Up Monday, Grounded, High School Hangs, middle school Bible Study, Soccer Night, a winter trip to Big Bear, a camp to Zion National Park, and various outreach programs for youth and families.
• Ages: 11–18 years old
• Schedule: Every day from 3–6 PM as an after school program
• Price: All programs are completely funded by donors and fundraising events, with no monetary cost to participants
Common Ground After School Programs is a faith-based non-profit organization that identifies its mission as bringing hope to at-risk youth in low income communities by providing an after-school program and safe community, with a focus on Community, Restoration, and Adventure. The organization states that it seeks to show kids the love of Jesus Christ through taking them on adventures and walking alongside them through the good and the bad, and it describes sharing the love and hope of Christ with youth as its most life changing approach. Common Ground identifies itself as a local 501c3 organization and reports having impacted over 400 youth and served 4000 meals.
The organization reports that it first entered the Oak View community in 2013, formed the non-profit Common Ground in 2014, and received the keys to its warehouse in 2015. In 2016, it built a skate park and soccer field and introduced four more programs, and in 2017 it started its 7th program called Soccer Night and began partnering with more churches in surrounding areas. In 2018, it completed its 6th summer surf camp, and in 2019 it moved its daily after-school programs into a classroom at Oak View Elementary School. Common Ground describes itself as having 12+ years serving at Oak View and 12+ years cultivating authentic community and building lifelong relationships in the Oak View neighborhood.
Common Ground states that it serves the youth in the Oak View community of Huntington Beach, CA and offers outreach programs for youth and families, including Noche De Cine, where it hosts a monthly movie night for the families of Oak View, as well as Community Clean ups. A youth participant, Bryan (age 14), is quoted as saying, “Common Ground helps me with things that my family can’t help me with.” The leadership contact listed for the organization includes the email address [email protected].
Last updated July 12, 2026.
• Ages: 11–18 years old
• Schedule: Every day from 3–6 PM as an after school program
• Price: All programs are completely funded by donors and fundraising events, with no monetary cost to participants
Common Ground After School Programs is a faith-based non-profit organization that identifies its mission as bringing hope to at-risk youth in low income communities by providing an after-school program and safe community, with a focus on Community, Restoration, and Adventure. The organization states that it seeks to show kids the love of Jesus Christ through taking them on adventures and walking alongside them through the good and the bad, and it describes sharing the love and hope of Christ with youth as its most life changing approach. Common Ground identifies itself as a local 501c3 organization and reports having impacted over 400 youth and served 4000 meals.
The organization reports that it first entered the Oak View community in 2013, formed the non-profit Common Ground in 2014, and received the keys to its warehouse in 2015. In 2016, it built a skate park and soccer field and introduced four more programs, and in 2017 it started its 7th program called Soccer Night and began partnering with more churches in surrounding areas. In 2018, it completed its 6th summer surf camp, and in 2019 it moved its daily after-school programs into a classroom at Oak View Elementary School. Common Ground describes itself as having 12+ years serving at Oak View and 12+ years cultivating authentic community and building lifelong relationships in the Oak View neighborhood.
Common Ground states that it serves the youth in the Oak View community of Huntington Beach, CA and offers outreach programs for youth and families, including Noche De Cine, where it hosts a monthly movie night for the families of Oak View, as well as Community Clean ups. A youth participant, Bryan (age 14), is quoted as saying, “Common Ground helps me with things that my family can’t help me with.” The leadership contact listed for the organization includes the email address [email protected].
Last updated July 12, 2026.
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