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61 people are interested
School Garden Assistants
ORGANIZATION: Urban Sprouts
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61 people are interested
Volunteers have the opportunity to:
- Work with young people during the school day and after school.
- Support youth as they learn how to create and maintain edible garden beds, harvest and cook fresh food, propagate seeds, and make compost in the school garden.
- Define professional goals for yourself while working with Urban Sprouts.
- Work closely with Urban Sprouts' Garden Educators.
- Help plan and staff special events.
- Assist with research study evaluations.
- Organize, plan and help with garden building and expansion projects.
- Maintain the garden during the summer and school vacations.
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About Urban Sprouts
Location:
451 Hayes St., San Francisco, CA 94102, US
Mission Statement
Urban Sprouts is a school garden program that serves low-income youth from San Francisco's under-served neighborhoods. Urban Sprouts teaches youth to grow, harvest, prepare and eat vegetables from the school garden, in order to help youth become more engaged in school, learn to eat better and exercise more, and connect with the environment and each other.
Description
Urban Sprouts uses garden-based education to:
- Improve students' learning in science and their ecoliteracy (environmental awareness and responsibility)
- Improve students' nutrition and physical fitness
- Promote youth development and community involvement in urban schools.
- Help schools, students and families improve access to healthy and sustainable food through school food and the larger food system.
History
Urban Sprouts grew out of a doctoral thesis project conducted at Luther Burbank Middle School during the 2003-04 school year. At the end of the study, teachers asked the research team to stay on and help make the school garden a sustained program at the core of the school's curriculum. In our first year, 100 youth worked in the school garden, and we have since expanded to support school garden programs at two middle schools and two high schools. Since 2003, over 2,400 youth have benefited from hands-on garden learning by growing, harvesting and eating their own vegetables.
CAUSE AREAS
Children & Youth,
Education & Literacy,
Environment
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
WHERE
451 Hayes St2nd FloorSan Francisco, CA 94112
(37.776756 ,-122.423836 )
DATE POSTED
September 22, 2005
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
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REQUIREMENTS
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