Samuel U Rodgers Health Center Community Garden

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How does your garden grow?

We are currently recruiting for volunteers to assist us with our community garden. We have the following volunteer roles available:

Volunteer Job: Watering

Volunteers needed: At least 1 volunteer per day.

Available Shifts: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday between 7-9 am through October or until all garden stops producing

Time Requirement: This daily task will take a minimum of 30 minutes.

Training: After required volunteer paperwork is completed, the internal garden team will train the volunteer on this task. This training will include how to access the supplies for the garden, how to use supplies, and what to look for in the beds (dry soil, bugs, weeds).

Other details of job:

• We need to water the garden every morning, especially through these hot summer months.
• Watering MUST be done in the morning.
• This task will take a minimum of 30 minutes each morning, which is approximately 5 minutes spent watering each garden bed.
• The volunteers may support other garden tasks if they are interested. Other tasks include: taking out weeds, checking for/spraying for bugs, harvesting, and distribution.

Volunteer Job: Harvesting and Distribution

Volunteers needed: At least 2 volunteers per day (M-W-F). Recruiting in twos is ideal. 6-8 volunteers could easily be utilized for this task.

Time Requirement: This task will take a minimum of 1 hour.

Training: After required volunteer paperwork is completed, the internal garden team will train the volunteer on this task. This training will include how to access the supplies for the garden, how to use supplies, and what to look for in the beds (dry soil, bugs, weeds).

Other details of job:

• We need to harvest the basil up to 3 times a week!
• We will likely harvest the other beds/veggies on Fridays.
• This task will take a minimum of 1 hour each morning.
• These volunteers will help bag the vegetables for distribution.
• These volunteers will also be asked to help at the table in the lobby on harvesting days to help hand out bags to patients and staff.
• The volunteers may support other garden tasks if they are interested. Other tasks include: taking out weeds, checking for/spraying for bugs, watering.

Volunteers may sign up for one or both volunteer roles. Volunteers are not required to come every day. Both opportunities have flexible morning day schedules.