WBEZ Days of Service: Gardeneers @ John Hay Academy

Community Champion

May Tsuports and Adam Zmick

Organization Mission

The mission of Gardeneers is to identify and train these leaders to sustain school gardens and lead garden-based lessons that enable students to enrich their knowledge of nutrition, connect with their community, and become stewards of the environment.

Project Type

Facility

Project Description

Gardeneers typically rely on students to maintain their gardens, however, during the summer they need extra hands to make sure their gardens make it through summer vacation! Volunteers will be doing a mix of things, including but not limited to: weeding, spreading mulch, harvesting produce, painting signs and raised garden beds, and working with kids and families to do all of the above.