Description
Start Date-End Date: 09/24/2013-09/24/2013
Land Manager Office: The Urban Farm
Land Manager Contact: Rick Garcia
Funding Partner:
Programmatic Partner:
Summary: About 65 - 70 kids from Goddard Middle School's National Honor's Society for a full day Youth SWAT Project. Will work on community garden, weeding, site maintenance, etc.
Description:
About 65 - 70 kids from Goddard Middle School's National Honor's Society for a full day Youth SWAT Project. Will work on community garden, weeding, site maintenance, etc.
Latitude/Longitude: 39.767182, -104.872014
Additional Information:
Camping Available: No
Physical Difficulty: Moderate
High Altitude Project: No
Desired Number of Volunteers: 75
Total Adult Volunteers Attended:
Total Youth Volunteers Attended:
Total Volunteer Days:
Total Unique Volunteers:
Total Volunteer Hours: 5
Staff Hours: 16
Stipend Hours: 0
Project Summary:
Successes and Challenges:
Lessons Learned:
Special Notes:
Stewardship Education:
Tour of the farm in the morning, going over sustainability, urban ag, "happy animals," and nonprofit management.
Key Concerns or Comments from Staff or Volunteers:
Very successful day!
Description of Accidents/Incidents:
None.
Description of Work Completed:
64 students and two teachers from Goddard Middle School's National Honors Society spent their school day volunteering outdoors at the Urban Farm September 24th. This is VOC's second year partnering with this hard working students. After some flooding issues in their arena and a large Farm Fest event, their service contributed greatly to the clean-up and preparation of winter months for this urban agriculture organization. Students spent the morning mucking three horsestalls in the arena and re-establishing them with new dirt and sand to prevent future water pooling. Other students helped tear down chairs and tables, and pick up trash from the past weekends Farm Fest were over 1,500 visitors came to the farm. These same students organized their indoor classroom with the chairs and tables they brought back inside. Other students fed and watered all the farm's inhabitants, while a large group helps weed and prepare a new Children's Garden Patch. Overall, the students contributed 330 hours of service.
Details
| 12 and older |
