Volunteer for My Little & Me with Loveland Youth Gardeners
ORGANIZATION: Loveland Youth Gardeners
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This group is a parent & child nature-focused cooperative learning experience. It is designed as a preschool style group for children ages 5 and under along with their parent(s) or guardian(s).
Volunteers will assist with various tasks such as checking in group participants, aiding in setting up and running group activities with the program lead, cleaning up after activities, and overseeing participants to ensure fun, inclusion, & safety.
IMPORTANT DETAILS
WHEN: From 8:30 am - 11:15 pm on June 2 nd , July 7 th , & August 4 th . Please specify which date you would like to sign up for.
WHERE: Loveland Youth Gardeners’ Good Enough Farm
WHO TO CONTACT: Our Volunteer Manager, Alexandra at volunteer@lovelandyouthgardeners.org
IMPORTANT NOTE: Volunteers must be 18+ and are required to pass a background check.
More opportunities with Loveland Youth Gardeners
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Loveland Youth Gardeners
Location:
PO Box 1004, Loveland, CO 80539, US
Mission Statement
Mission: Loveland Youth Gardeners empowers youth facing challenges to cultivate life/work skills, environmental stewardship and community service. Vision: Loveland Youth Gardeners helps youth blossom as individuals and grow in their relationships with people and the Earth. Our Goals: Develop job and life skills Promote active volunteerism through community service Encourage environmental stewardship by educating about natural resource and conservation practices Our Values: Positive relationships Respect for self, others, and environment Community Engagement Compassion Commitment Diversity Collaboration Interdependence
Description
Youth Gardening Program - (May to September) Students grow their own gardens, are taught a gardening curriculum, attend field trips and hear guest speakers, give tours of the garden, operate a road side farm stand and donate pesticide-free produce to low-income residents of the community.
Leaf-Out - (nearly year-round) Students can move to this "next" level program where they further develop job, social & life skills by working in the community/production garden, process/sell produce to local venues, and volunteer in community service projects.
Enterprise Internship - (nearly year-round) Students can apply to move into the Enterprise Internship program where their focus is on developing a product using herbs and/or produce from the gardens, marketing/sales & managing a business.
Branch Out - (Year-round Outreach Program) Branch Out focuses on serving all youth (ages 3-21) in our community. Programming and activities can go "on the road" to serve young people where they learn, live, work, or can be hosted on-site at LYG.
Loveland Plant a Row for the Hungry - Loveland Youth Gardeners initiated Loveland PAR in 2005. To date, the large community network that makes up Loveland PAR has contributed nearly 195,000 lbs. of produce to needy families in our community.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
2500 East 1st StreetLoveland, CO 80537
DATE POSTED
July 26, 2023
SKILLS
- Youth Services
- Environmental Education
- Farming
- Gardening
- Horticulture
- Relationship Building
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- 3 hours, 2 hours of contact time with youth + 30 min. set up & 30 min. clean up
- Must be able to pass a background check.