- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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1 person is interested
April 19, 20, May 2 or 3 - Oranges for Underserved test-taking students
ORGANIZATION: Seeds in the Middle
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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1 person is interested
Did you know Vitamin C is directly connected to higher IQ, being smarter along with improving your overall health?
Seeds in the Middle empowers students, schools and communities in underserved, low-income, food-insecure neighborhoods to create their own healthy places to live and learn. As part of this, we also educate students that eating fresh and healthy and getting fit are directly connected to higher academic achievement and overall well-being.
Most students we serve do not grow up in neighborhoods with affordable, nearby fresh food options.
April 19 - May 3 - are when students take the high-stakes standardized tests in math and literacy that often define how good a school is performing. It IS VERY STRESSFUL for children, especially in our most underserved neighborhoods.
So, let's give them a morale boost, show that people care and help them focus by giving EVERY test-taker an orange or fresh orange juice.
We need an army of you as we have about 20 schools we'd like to serve on April 19, 20, May 2 and May 3.
If you'd rather donate so we can buy oranges, just click on this link and your donation is matched
cutt.ly/changethenarrative
Do you drive? You can also pick up boxes of oranges from us and deliver to a school in Brownsville, Flatbush or Crown Heights or other neighborhood... either April 18 or May 1.
What you will do:
1. Arrive at assigned school at 7am
2. Give out oranges or fresh OJ as students arrive and cheer them on
3. Clean up and leave by 9am
Questions? Email info@seedsinthemiddle.org or call us at 862-701-3858
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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
Multiple locations Brooklyn, NY 11212
DATE POSTED
March 22, 2023
SKILLS
- General Education
- Literacy / Reading
- Math / Science Instruction
- Food & Beverage Services
- Food Delivery / Distribution
- Food Service
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be on time and must be reliable
- Be joyful, encouraging, smiling and be on time.