Description
Start Date-End Date: 05/22/2014-05/22/2014
Land Manager Office: Grow Local Colorado
Land Manager Contact: Barbara Masoner
Funding Partner:
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Summary: NOTE: Registration for this opportunity is full. If you register, you will be placed on the wait list. As space becomes available, we will move individuals off the wait list.
Description:
STEWARDSHIP SITE
Urban Peak is an organization that helps homeless and at-risk youth overcome real life challenges by providing essential services and a safe community, empowering them to become self-sufficient adults.
VOLUNTEER PROJECT - WHAT & WHY
We return to the Urban Peak for a third year to continue work on a vegetable garden, enhancing both beauty and functionality of this youth organization's site. This project is one of several in which we will be planting vegetable gardens whose purpose is to demonstrate the beauty of edible gardens, engage community participation, and inspire Denver residents to grow their own vegetable gardens. In addition, all produce will be donated to local organizations including local food banks, homeless shelters, and families in need. Volunteer work will be fun, easy, and child-friendly. Tasks will involve preparing the garden beds, weeding, working the soil, and planting vegetable seeds and seedlings.
PARTNERS & SPONSORS
Grow Local Colorado
Urban Peak
Xcel Energy
The Boeing Company
Oracle
Clif Bar & Company
Latitude/Longitude: 39.68682, -104.988426
Additional Information:
Camping Available: No
Physical Difficulty: Easy
High Altitude Project: No
Desired Number of Volunteers: 20
Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 8
Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 14
Total Volunteer Days: 21
Total Unique Volunteers: 22
Total Volunteer Hours: 42
Staff Hours: 10
Stipend Hours: 0
Project Summary:
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Special Notes:
Stewardship Education: Barbara Masoner, from Grow Local Colorado, shared her knowledge of best planting techniques, and nutritional content of fresh vegetables.
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Description of Work Completed: On a rainy Thursday night, 21 hearty volunteers showed up to prep and plant a vegetable garden at Urban Peak Homeless Shelter. Volunteers weeded out 5 beds, and planted them with potatoes, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers and herbs. They did additional weeding around the building to make it more aesthetically pleasing.
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