Making It Happen

Well, after months of planning, preparation, and hard work, the Seed 2 Green club finally had the chance to roll up their sleeves and begin the physical process of putting together the garden.  Along with help from 25 corporate volunteers from Burberry and some assistants from the Bronx Green-Up, we were able to change change our school's landscape in the matter of two days.  The long hours that we clocked in on April 14th and 15th proved to be very successful for Seed 2 Green and our community as a whole.  Take a look!



Lots of Updates...

Hello there and sorry for the long time in between posts!  Well, it's spring time here in New York City and we've got lots of news for everyone.  First of all, we have received great news about one of the grants that we have been working on.  Burberry has given us $550 and we will be using the money to purchase materials for our raised bed gardens!  We're very excited about the news and have a date set for our groundbreaking ceremony which is Friday, April 15th.  Thirty Burberry volunteers will come and assist us with moving the soil into the wooden frames, mulching, and planting seeds that will eventually give us organic food to eat.  We'll be spending three hours working this day which should be enough to finish the project.  All of us are looking forward to seeing all of our hard work pay off!

On a related note, three Seed 2 Green students presented our project to an audience of their peers on March 18th at the Good Shepherd Services Youth Summit.  We displayed a slide show that described our planning process for the Seed 2 Green project and discussed environmental factors in our city.  Everyone was very receptive to our ideas and we felt even more encouraged to be environmentalists by the end of the day.

Timothy at the Youth Summit. 

Maite looking happy.

The Youth Summit Logo.

A special congratulations to Elisha for her hard work and participation in the youth summit steering committee.  Way to go!