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5 people are interested
Can you help our kids build a birdhouse, a big birdhouse?
ORGANIZATION: KINDRED SPIRITS CARE FARM
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5 people are interested
Kindred Spirits Care Farm helps at risk kids recover from past traumas and finish high school with the help of some rescued farm animals and organic veggie gardens. We do all our work on the grounds of a LAUSD high school for at-risk kids in Reseda.
We have several farm building projects we need to get to work on including a building a rooster barn, building an octagonal planter and re-roofing the chicken house among other things. We have received some grants to buy materials and we have lots of willing students to do the work. We just need a knowledgeable person who can mentor the kids to build the structures.
Do you know how to build a bird house, a BIG birdhouse? The one we have in mind is 20' x 20'. An architecture student created a drawing of the structure for us. We just need your help to show the high school kids what to do.
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About KINDRED SPIRITS CARE FARM
Location:
8335 WINNETKA AVE # 136, WINNETKA, CA 91306, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is to promote compassion, cooperation and connection to the earth, animals and each other through sustainable care farming. Through sustainable care farming we can help feed the world, slow climate change, build community and bring hope and healing to vulnerable people.
Description
Care farming connects the healing power of horticultural therapy and/or animal therapy in a farm environment with vulnerable people who can benefit from meaningful time with plants and animals. The long term efficacy of care farming has been validated statistically in several studies in Western Europe where care farming is a common practice.
We take care farming to a whole new level.
- All our farm animals are rescued and their stories of rescue, recovery and ongoing happiness give hope to people who might also have experienced abuse, abandonment or neglect at the hands of people who had caregiver responsibilities.
- Through farm education, we create opportunities for people to meaningfully interact with the natural world and learn about food’s origin from the earth.
- We help build community by training people not only how to help feed themselves but also to help feed their communities through organic yard farming and urban agriculture.
- All of our work is rooted in practices designed to improve soil, air, and water as we grow food that will nourish body, mind and spirit.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
18741 Elkwood StreetReseda, CA 91335
DATE POSTED
June 15, 2017
SKILLS
- Construction
- Home Repair
- Carpentry
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 21