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Learn to build raised garden beds

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ORGANIZATION: FolkTime

  • A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
  • 2 people are interested
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We are re-building a community garden space in NE Portland. We are a peer-based mental health services nonprofit. We have a beautiful large green space that is being transformed into raised garden beds to allow more people to access the space and use it to grow vegetables. This transformation will allow someone with a mobility devices to access the gardens and generally be much easier to use. Some of the new garden plots will be use by our program for therapeutic gardening groups and other will be available for community members to utilize as a traditional community garden.

Come join us at our garden work parties and you will learn how to build a raised garden bed while helping strengthen resiliency of the neighborhood. You may also email socialprograms@gmail.com or call our organizer at 971-888-1784.

More opportunities with FolkTime

No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.

About FolkTime

Location:

4837 NE COUCH ST, PORTLAND, OR 97213, US

Mission Statement

FolkTime is an organization dedicated to wellness and recovery for adults with a mental health diagnosis. In a friendly and supportive atmosphere, members focus on developing their personal strengths and talents, learn the skills needed to live with the daily realities of mental illness, and gain optimum independence in their lives.

Description

FolkTime is a nonprofit organization created in 1986 by friends and family of people with a mental health diagnosis. In an effort to break the cycle of hospitalization, people recognized the need for friendship, support and reintegration into community life as necessary components of recovery. FolkTime has evolved into an organization that is operated by peer staff, with programming that is self-determined by peers. Program locations are NE Portland, Oregon City, and Sandy, OR. FolkTime provides a safe environment for practicing social skills, involvement in activities such as art, music and writing, and encourages community independence. FolkTime offers:Companionship and Support, Social Activities and Games, Homemade Lunch, Internet Access, Stabilization, Independence, Outreach, and Education.

CAUSE AREAS

Community
Hunger
People with Disabilities
Community, Hunger, People with Disabilities

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

4837 NE COUCH STPORTLAND, OR 97213

(45.52404,-122.6131)
 

SKILLS

  • Mental Health
  • Landscaping
  • Counseling / Mental Health
  • Outdoor Recreation
  • Carpentry
  • Woodworking

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • People 55+
  • Public Groups

REQUIREMENTS

  • This is a Done in a Day opportunity and there is no prior training or ongoing commitment needed.
  • Must be at least 10
  • 2 hours
  • This is outdoor physical labor involving power tools, shoveling dirt, lifting, standing. We provide everything needed.

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