2013-SBPS Youth SWAT at Huston Lake Park

Start Date-End Date: 10/16/2013-10/16/2013 Land Manager Office: Grow Local Colorado Land Manager Contact: Barbara Masoner Funding Partner: Grow Local Colorado Programmatic Partner: City and County of Denver - Parks and Recreation Summary: 30 middle school students and 4 teachers from Stanley British Primary School will descend on Huston Lake Park for a Fall afternoon Stewardship With a Team (SWAT) Project in partnership with Grow Local Colorado. The students will put the finishing touches on the 3 large garden beds in preparation for the winter months. The will finish any last harvests, pull out vegetables plants, and remove as many weeds as possible to help insure next Spring the beds are ready to be planted. Description: 30 middle school students and 4 teachers from Stanley British Primary School will descend on Huston Lake Park for a Fall afternoon Stewardship With a Team (SWAT) Project in partnership with Grow Local Colorado. The students will put the finishing touches on the 3 large garden beds in preparation for the winter months. The will finish any last harvests, pull out vegetables plants, and remove as many weeds as possible to help insure next Spring the beds are ready to be planted. Latitude/Longitude: 39.701248, -105.018785 Additional Information: Camping Available: No Physical Difficulty: Easy High Altitude Project: No Desired Number of Volunteers: 40 Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 3 Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 30 Total Volunteer Days: 33 Total Unique Volunteers: 33 Total Volunteer Hours: 99 Staff Hours: 6 Stipend Hours: 0 Project Summary: Successes and Challenges: Lessons Learned: Special Notes: Stewardship Education: Used the ESE materials from Observatory Park Harvesting and handed it out to students - the teacher LOVED the hand out and e-mailed requesting an electronic version. Key Concerns or Comments from Staff or Volunteers: None! Group was great and it wrapped up the unfinished work from the original Huston Lake Park Harvesting Project. Description of Accidents/Incidents: None Description of Work Completed: 30 youth and 3 adults from the Stanley British Middle School spent a beautiful afternoon at Huston Lake Park finishing up putting three large garden beds to rest. The students pulled up every piece of vegetation they could find, tilled the soil as best they could, and bagged up everything to be composted. The beds are now prepped and ready for the 2014 growing season with the amazingly hard work of these students.