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MLK Day Garden Installation
ORGANIZATION: The Edible Peace Patch Project
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5 people are interested
Join us as we celebrate MLK Jr. Day by creating a brand new Peace Patch garden at Bay Point Middle School! We received a 2015 MLK Day of Service Award that will be used to install this garden.
We aim to break ground and plant starts all in the same day--which means we need any and all of the help we can get! This is a great way to see how we construct our beds using the modified Hugelkultur technique. Please bring your family, friends and garden tools (especially shovels and pitchforks, if you have them).
You can help in the morning, afternoon, or both.
Sign up in advance so you can get your MLK Day of Service t-shirt!
Bring along your compost-ables to donate to our compost bins (veggie and fruit scraps, oak leaves, coffee grounds, tea bags, BUT NO MEAT or DAIRY, please)!
Visit peacepatch.org for more info about our project.
Follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
Sign up for our other winter garden events, and keep an eye out for our spring garden service days!
More opportunities with The Edible Peace Patch Project
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About The Edible Peace Patch Project
Location:
622 1ST AVE S, ST PETERSBURG, FL 33701, US
Mission Statement
The Edible Peace Patch Project is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization whose mission is to address the impacts of poverty on education and diet-related health issues in Pinellas County by reaching out to students and community via sustainable food education programs.
Description
We currently operate seven schoolyard gardens in south side St. Pete, six of which are Title 1 schools. Our gardens are located at Campbell Park Elementary, Lakewood Elementary, Maximo Elementary, Sanderlin IB World School, Melrose Elementary, Fairmount Park Elementary, and Bay Point Middle School. We also have assisted with the John Hopkins Middle School garden and many other community gardens.
Our next goal is to build a model farm-to-school food system that will provide educational support and training, spread food-literacy throughout the community, and deliver healthy, fresh, locally-grown food to participating school cafeterias.
We have volunteer opportunities in our schoolyard education program, our Wellness Kitchens, and at our schoolyard garden work days. We also have internship opportunities for those seeking experience in a non-profit, professional environment.
Schoolyard Education Program: This is a great program that gives you an opportunity to gain education experience and work closely in the garden and with the kids. It does require some training and is a weekly commitment.
Wellness Kitchens: In partnership with All Children's Fit4AllKids, we bring portable kitchens to our partner schools, then harvest, cook and discuss nutritious food with the students.
Garden Workdays: Our garden days happen one Satuday per month and are a great community even where we get the gardens ready to go for the kids! This is also a kid friendly garden day!
Internships: 10-hr/wk focused internships offered in a number of categories: Sustainable Urban Ag, Garden Edu, Business, Media, and Development. Interns get to create and complete an individual project in their area, and there are opportunities for academic credit.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Bay Point Middle School2151 62nd Ave. S.St. Petersburg, FL 33712
DATE POSTED
December 15, 2014
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- 9 am - 12 pm and/or 12 pm - 3 pm