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Start Date-End Date: 10/03/2023-10/03/2023
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Summary: Looking for an easy way to get outside and give back to your community? Look no further! Through our long-standing partnership with Grow Local Colorado, volunteers ages 8+ will spend the morning harvesting a vegetable garden and prepping it for winter at Governor's Mansion. All harvest from this garden supports Metro Caring and SAME Cafe.
Description: VOC is excited to team up with our long-term partner, Grow Local Colorado, to harvest vegetable gardens that demonstrate the beauty of edible gardens, engage community participation, and inspire Denver residents to grow their own vegetable gardens. Tasks will involve harvesting vegetables, weeding, and raking the soil. Depending on what is available to harvest the day of the project, there may be the opportunity for volunteers to join VOC and/or Grow Local staff in a trip to a local food bank to drop off the freshly-harvested produce.
Latitude/Longitude: 39.728947565225475, -104.98170746168198
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Camping Available: No
Physical Difficulty: Easy
High Altitude Project: No
Desired Number of Volunteers: 10
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Staff Hours: 10
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Project Summary: Volunteers spent 2 hours pulling out old vegetation, harvesting produce, and adding spent mushroom-growing medium and fresh soil to the garden beds.
Successes and Challenges: -Success: It was lovely weather and volunteers had a lot of energy and excitement for the tasks at hand. Volunteers also got to take home bunches of marigolds as appreciation gifts.
-Challenge: The gate at the Governor's Mansion needed to be opened and closed by their staff, so it was a bit difficult to manage late-arriving volunteers and those who needed to leave early.
Lessons Learned: -Bring a broom to sweep up any extra dirt at the Governor's Mansion (especially on the driveway) next time!
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| 8 and older |
