2018-St. Mary's Academy @ Cheeseman Park Mulching Trees - Youth SWAT

Start Date-End Date: 10/12/2018-10/12/2018 Land Manager Office: City and County of Denver - Parks and Recreation Land Manager Contact: Tina Meyers Funding Partner: Programmatic Partner: Summary: 2 students from St. Mary's Academy will be mulching trees from 9 to 12 at Cheeseman Park as part of their service project for their school that occurs 3 days throughout the year. Description: This is part of a large project of the park's to mulch all the trees in the Northeast region of the park. Latitude/Longitude: 39.735978, -104.965751 Additional Information: Camping Available: No Physical Difficulty: Easy High Altitude Project: No Desired Number of Volunteers: 26 Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 2 Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 26 Total Volunteer Days: 28 Total Unique Volunteers: 28 Total Volunteer Hours: 112 Staff Hours: 5 Stipend Hours: 0 Project Summary: Great project! Short and sweet, but the 26 7th graders worked a lot harder an longer than I expected. I was originally told the wrong location (8th and Franklin), but we were actually supposed to be on the northeast corner of the park. It made for a bit of a late start, but we go going by about 9:15 and didn't stop mulching trees until 11:30. Afterwards, the group insisted on working until 12, do they cleaned up trash around the park for 30 minutes. DPR was super pleased and want to have us back. Grahm (horticulturist from Congress Park), Kristin, and Gary were there from DPR. Successes and Challenges: Lessons Learned: Special Notes: Stewardship Education: Key Concerns or Comments from Staff or Volunteers: Description of Accidents/Incidents: Description of Work Completed: