- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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32 people are interested
Garden? Want to work with kids? Share green joy in Brooklyn
ORGANIZATION: Seeds in the Middle
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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32 people are interested
LOVE TO GARDEN AND WANT TO SHARE THAT PASSION AND SKILL WITH KIDS?
We have schools and teachers who want gardens and need help either during the school day... and help to maintain them over the summer months. These children live in food deserts and growing food is a way to ensure they get to eat fresh!
If you can share your knowledge of gardening or environmenal education with eager students in Brownsville, BK, Crown Heights or Flatbush, contact us.
Even two hours a week is helpful. Give us your schedule. But we are most looking for right now is:
GARDENING TIMES
Mondays - 8:30 - 12:30
Thursdays - 8:30 am - 2 pm
If you have other times or can only do a few hours in these time slots, let us know.
Also -
HIP2B HEALTHY MARKETS
if you want to help us run Hip2B Healthy Markets, where kids sell healthy snacks at school, please let us know. They usually run early morning before 8:30 am or 2-4 pm. KIds can sell their plants at the market, along with fun, fresh snacks like bags of strawberries, etc. Everything is 50 cents.
WHAT TO DO - SEND RESUME OR BIO TO INFO@SEEDSINTHEMIDDLE.ORG and tell us what you want to do and what skills you have, and times you can commit
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A SKILLED GARDENER - JUST LIKE TO HELP KIDS, AND LEARN WITH US.
We're also creating a widespread healthy food box program in central Brooklyn. If you'd like to help farm or distribute or do anything related to this, let us know. We welcome healthy cooking demos, also.
We need folks interested in education, nutrition, cooking, growing and more, or just want to do something good to address health and food disparities hurting underserved kids!
All skills welcome. Just be reliable and a self-starter.
Please send us a resume or tell us something about yourself. We are excited to hear from you. Tell us what you'd like to do and what experience you have and why you want to help.
Send to info@seedsinthemiddle.org.
We take all time commiments. Just make sure you commit to only what you can do!
Yes, we do internships and community service letters.
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About Seeds in the Middle
Location:
153 Warren Street, BROOKLYN, NY 11201, US
Mission Statement
Seeds in the Middle partners with students, educators, parents & their communities to access all opportunities, beginning with improving health, enhancing arts education and greening their environment. We empower and educate all to get healthy and scale educational and social disparities. Our pilot schools are in central Brooklyn, a neighborhood with among the city’s highest obesity, diabetes, and heart disease rates. We teach how to grow, market, cook, access and prepare fresh food, how to exercise & engage in the arts, all the elements needed to promote life-changing lifelong health. Our volunteers come from all walks of life. We cross cultures. We transform gray into green, destitution into inspiration.
Description
Seeds in the Middle offers joyful, healthy interventions that nurture the whole child and address the multiple obstacles blocking low-income children and families from getting healthy. We teach how to grow edible gardens, run a student-led Hip2B Healthy Market, bring chefs into schools, started soccer, running and fitness programs at school and in the community and music and arts in the schools. We integrate professional development for teachers so that a healthy lifestyle and environmental stewardship becomes organic and sustainable in the school community. To build community, we created Soccer for Harmony tournaments and the Crown Heights Farmers Market. In two years, we have engaged more than 1,000 families, and students and teachers report changing their habits to include more fruits and vegetables, and fitness. This is a pilot for any school and Seeds in the Middle plans to replicate.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Public School 156104 Sutter AvenueBrooklyn, NY 11213
DATE POSTED
May 2, 2017
SKILLS
- Environmental Education
- Interactive/Social Media/SEO
- Math / Science Instruction
- STEM
- Gardening
- Teaching / Instruction
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- May 9 - June 26 - any hours
- Just be reliable and kind - even if you only come 2 hours