Pumpkin Placing

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ORGANIZATION: Catamount Institute

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Help place pumpkins in a pumpkin patch for the kindergarteners in the Pikes Peak Region. To uphold a tradition of children getting a free pumpkin from the historic farm of Ventucci in Colorado Springs, Catamount Institute and the Pikes Peak Community Foundation are offering free field trips to the farm to kindergartners to get a pumpkin. Due to contamination in the water, pumpkins cannot be grown on the land, so they are bought from another farm and delivered to Venetucci. That is where we need help. We need all the pumpkins to be placed in the field before students visit the farm. For schools that cannot get to the farm, we will deliver pumpkins to them, or staff from their school will pick up pumpkins, so we also need help counting out the pumpkins for those with a pumpkin patch at their school. This is labor-intensive, as you will have to carry pumpkins and bend up and down to place them on the ground. Gloves and wheelbarrows will be provided. This is such a fun event, and we could use all the help we can get!

3 Shifts

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  • Fri Oct 22, 2021 - 09:00 AM to 12:00 PM
  • Fri Oct 15, 2021 - 09:00 AM to 12:00 PM
  • Fri Oct 08, 2021 - morning / 09:00 AM to 11:45 AM
    Gloves and wheelbarrows will be provided.
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About Catamount Institute

Location:

740 W Caramillo St, Colorado Springs, CO 80907, US

Mission Statement

Connecting Kids to the Outdoors! Through fun, safe, and inclusive outdoor environmental education programs, we aim to connect every Colorado youth to the outdoors!

Description

Catamount Institute is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in Colorado Springs that connects kids with nature through meaningful outdoor experiences. What's more, children learn that they have the powerful ability to protect and nurture the natural world. As a result, these young nature lovers will be tomorrow's stewards of the earth.

We use science and adventure-based activities to create a well-rounded outdoor opportunity for our participants.

CAUSE AREAS

Children & Youth
Community
Environment
Children & Youth, Community, Environment

WHEN

Fri Oct 08, 2021 - Fri Oct 22, 2021
09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
This opportunity has 3 shifts

WHERE

5210 S US HWY 85-87Colorado Springs, CO 80911

(38.760536,-104.75278)
 

SKILLS

  • Environmental Education
  • Farming
  • Gardening

GOOD FOR

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • People 55+
  • Group

REQUIREMENTS

  • 2-3 hours
  • Be able to lift pumpkins and bend them to place them on the ground. Each person will place 40-100 pumpkins in the time allotted.

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