National Volunteer Week: Maria & Anastasia
Volunteers help “Sowing Seeds” grow and bear good fruit! Sowing Seeds is our after-school education program led by Shae Keane and Taylor Malone in downtown Johnson City, mostly at the home base of the Wilson Avenue Food Forest. In the words of Shae, at her dynamic blog which covers the program, Sowing Seeds grew from a shared belief by a few teachers: that when we support young people to connect with their community and local environment, they grow in knowledge, love, care, and stewardship of place. Sowing Seeds is our initiative to address not only “Nature-Deficit Disorder,” but also food insecurity in our community and to help children cultivate skills and knowledge of the origin of food, how to grow their own food and save seed, how to cook their own meals from fresh veggies and fruits, how to craft from pieces of nature, and to discover their own sense of belonging, peace, and confidence through this journey. (If that piqued your interest and you have kids under age 12, this program is now accepting more youth for every Monday afternoon: see enrollment information here. We’d love to have you enroll!)
Volunteers help “Sowing Seeds” grow and bear good fruit! Sowing Seeds is our after-school education program led by Shae Keane and Taylor Malone in downtown Johnson City, mostly at the home base of the Wilson Avenue Food Forest. In the words of Shae, at her dynamic blog which covers the program, Sowing Seeds grew from a shared belief by a few teachers: that when we support young people to connect with their community and local environment, they grow in knowledge, love, care, and stewardship of place. Sowing Seeds is our initiative to address not only “Nature-Deficit Disorder,” but also food insecurity in our community and to help children cultivate skills and knowledge of the origin of food, how to grow their own food and save seed, how to cook their own meals from fresh veggies and fruits, how to craft from pieces of nature, and to discover their own sense of belonging, peace, and confidence through this journey. (If that piqued your interest and you have kids under age 12, this program is now accepting more youth for every Monday afternoon: see enrollment information here. We’d love to have you enroll!)
