Project Report
| Feb 14, 2012
Green Team 2011 Update
By Chris Mancini | Executive Director
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South Street Cleanup
The Green Team is a job-training program that provides urban, at risk youth with a stipend to participate in maintenance and improvement projects in park stewardship and urban agriculture. In 2011, Groundwork crew members worked with the National Park Service to gain sustainable agriculture skills in the Boston Harbor Islands. They learned how to identify invasive plants, practiced using and maintaining landscape power tools and hand tools, and participated in life-skills building workshops. The 2011 Green Team also began construction on the South Street Farm, Somerville's first Urban Farm, to be completed in Spring 2012.
Short Term Goals:
The short term goal of the Green Team is to provide employment and job training to urban, at risk youth.
Long Term Goals:
The long term goal of the Green Team is that the youth enrolled in the program find sustainable employment and become contributing members of the Somerville community.
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May 10, 2011
The White House features the GWS Green Team!
By Jennifer Lawrence | Executive Director
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Garden Raising
Well spring is upon us, that is for sure! We have so many exciting events this season. We just successfully completed our 5th annual SomerGreen Festival, in partnership with the City of Somerville, our first ever Boston Tree Party apple tree planting, our river clean-up with the Mystic River Watershed Association and the Friends of the Mystic River, a garden raising, and a bike drive with Bikes Not Bombs. And that was just on ONE day! So thank you to everyone who has participated so far, and welcome to all our new partners who are about to embark upon greening initiatives with Groundwork Somerville. Read on to find out about some upcoming events this spring.
Every day I question if we are doing the right thing to have so many events - yes, it makes sense to work collaboratively to do clean-ups and bike drives, and youth-led gardens. But are we being noticed for the work that we do? As an Executive Director, I constantly analyze this. And you know what? We finally did get noticed! Yes folks - THE White House Blog did a post about Groundwork Somerville! Check it out here, and make sure to email the White House and let them know that you support GWS. A Major thank you to our partners at GlobalGiving - the White House found us through their website.
Thank you for all of your support and please keep giving!
Sincerely,
Jennifer Lawrence
Outgoing Executive Director
Groundwork Somerville
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Feb 9, 2011
GWS brings on a new Green Team Coordinator!
By Jennifer Lawrence | Executive Director
While we are sad that we have lost the amazing skills of Maura Schorr Beaufait as she travels across Guatemala, we are so excited to be working with Adam Machson-Carter. Adam will bring us into a great new era of the Green Team!
Jen
Adam Machson-Carter, Green Team Coordinator (adam@groundworksomerville.org)
Adam is the Green Team Coordinator at Groundwork Somerville. He began at Groundwork in January of 2011. Adam comes from a background in outdoor education, youth development, and environmental justice. Adam believes in the power of young people to be catalysts for change in their environment and the world. He has been a Massachusetts Promise Fellow at GED Plus as well as a youth worker and member leader at an environmental justice organization in Boston. Adam is excited about carrying this work forward (and having fun!) with the Green Team at GWS!
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