- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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17 people are interested
Community garden volunteer
ORGANIZATION: Watercourse Counseling Center
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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17 people are interested
Our community garden provides fresh produce to local seniors, and often serves as a place to gather and reconnect with nature during the summer months. We're looking for helpers -- this could be a one-off or ongoing opportunity depending on your interests and skills.
Why do we have a garden? Community is an important part of our work here at Watercourse. In 2008, we partnered with a neighborhood seniors group to create a community garden. Since then seniors from the community have come to our South Clinic to plant, water and tend to the vegetables and flowers around the building.
The garden gives seniors a chance to connect with one another and to improve their diet by harvesting tomatoes, beans, peppers and more. Our community gardeners are already planning next years garden project and are bringing together even more members from the community to plan and organize for the garden next summer. But they can use your help!
How can you help? Keeping up with planting, watering, weeding, and harvesting can be difficult, so as we expand our gardening project we'd love to find a special community member or two to join the gardening team. More ambitious or muscled volunteers could help build more raised beds to improve accessibility, conduct a sustainability assessment, or even help us as we redesign our landscape for the new expansion.
What are you waiting for? Grab some gloves and join the team today!
More opportunities with Watercourse Counseling Center
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Watercourse Counseling Center
Location:
3548 BRYANT AVE S, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55408, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is to strengthen our community through responsive program development to increase emotional wellness. Our community clinics and school-based therapists provide counseling for individuals, families, and groups across the city of Minneapolis.
Description
Watercourse Counseling Center is a nonprofit organization, rooted in community, with a 16-year history of serving the emotional needs of people of all ages from diverse communities in Minneapolis.
To achieve our mission, We do this by working in partnership with individuals and organizations to solve community problems, by locating our services in accessible locations, such as community centers and schools, and by encouraging clients to participate in community life and activities. Our model of service is holistic, emphasizes clients' strengths, and nurtures their sense of responsibility to self and others.
Our services include:
Counseling at our neighborhood clinics in South and North Minneapolis, including: individual, couples, and family therapy.
School-based mental health and supportive services at nine schools throughout South and North Minneapolis. Services offered at our school-based clinics include: individual and family counseling, play therapy for children, parent support, skill-building groups, and consultation for teachers.
Community outreach services throughout Minneapolis, including: parenting groups, senior groups and summer gardening, mental health education and outreach, and professional and community training.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
3548 BRYANT AVE SMINNEAPOLIS, MN 55408
DATE POSTED
April 13, 2016
SKILLS
- Landscaping
- Construction
- Gardening
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 15
- Any
- None -- get in touch to learn more!