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  The Wellness Guide's
Neighborhood Garden Project


Member Hours Choices

Thank you for making The Neighborhood Garden Project possible

In addition to work-exchange choices listed by month below, special options for exchange may be available. Please inquire about current needs if you wish to offer your exchange with these much-needed tasks. Exchange rate can be discussed. Thank you so much.

  • Graphic Design (especially Indesign, other programs possible for flyers)
  • Data entry and basic Computer skills
  • Bodywork, Chiropractic, Acupuncture
  • Handi-person help
  • Phone calling

(info about the Project)

Choices by Month

Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct

March (top)

Garden Assistance 
Tasks seasonal, work parties generally scheduled at beginning of each month

Outreach Table
Dates and times TBA

SPECIAL EVENT:

Seeds of Sustainability Spring Faire
March 21

Set up shift:
  * March 20, late afternoon/early evening, time TBA (lifting involved)

Event staffing shifts:
  * 8:00am-Noon
  * 12:00-4:00pm
  * 4:00-8:00pm
  * 8:00-11:30pm, or till completion of clean up (must be able to move tables)

Flyer Posting
Time and date to be coordinated with you.  Must have reliable transportation

Monthly Potluck for Neighborhood Garden Project Participants
Coordination, Hosting, Set up, Clean Up (NOTE: This is recommended for a Neighborhood Garden Group to do, not for an individual.)

Hours Credit: 10 hrs credit (total) for your group to distri bute to group members.You will be emailed an easy to use hosting guide to make your job really easy, and you’ll get to choose a theme (for the event itself and/or the dishes prepared) and related activities/recreation/entertainment if you wish.

ENROLL TODAY



April (top)

Garden Assistance 
Tasks seasonal, work parties generally scheduled at beginning of each month.

Outreach Table
Dates and times TBA

SPECIAL EVENT:

Earthday Festival
April 25, 2009

Outreach-
Wellness Guide/ Neighborhood Garden Proj Booth Staffing

  * Can you help move boxes?
  * Can you help set up or take down pop-up canopy?
  * 8:00am-Noon
  * 12:00-4:00pm

Monthly Potluck for Neighborhood Garden Project Participants
Coordination, Hosting, Set up, Clean Up (NOTE: This is recommended for a Neighborhood Garden Group to do, not for an individual.)

Hours Credit: 10 hrs credit (total) for your group to distribute to group members. You will be emailed an easy to use hosting guide to make your job really easy, and you’ll get to choose a theme (for the event itself and/or the dishes prepared) and related activities/recreation/entertainment if you wish.

Flyer Posting
Time and date to be coordinated with you.  Must have reliable transportation.

ENROLL TODAY



May (top)

Garden Assistance 
Tasks seasonal, work parties generally scheduled at beginning of each month

SPECIAL EVENT:

Grandmother Council Conference
May 30, 2009

The Wellness Guide supports Living Earth Circle’s Annual Grandmother Council Conference, an open to the public event honoring women elders for their service in the healing of the planet. This year’s theme is The Renewal of Resilience: Deepening Community in Changing Times- Compassion, Caring and Sustainability

Flyer Posting for Grandmother Council Conference-
  * Time and date to be coordinated with you.  Must have reliable transportation

Grandmother Council Conference food donation arrangement and pick up-
   * Time and date to be coordinated with you.  Must have reliable transportation

Monthly Potluck for Neighborhood Garden Project Participants
Coordination, Hosting, Set up, Clean Up (NOTE: This is recommended for a Neighborhood Garden Group to do, not for an individual.)

Hours Credit: 10 hrs credit (total) for your group to distribute to group members. You will be emailed an easy to use hosting guide to make your job really easy, and you’ll get to choose a theme (for the event itself and/or the dishes prepared) and related activities/recreation/entertainment if you wish.

ENROLL TODAY



June (top)

Garden Assistance 
Tasks seasonal, work parties generally scheduled at beginning of each month

Monthly Potluck for Neighborhood Garden Project Participants
Coordination, Hosting, Set up, Clean Up. (NOTE: This is recommended for a Neighborhood Garden Group to do, not for an individual.)

Hours Credit: 10 hrs credit (total) for your group to distribute to group members. You will be emailed an easy to use hosting guide to make your job really easy, and you’ll get to choose a theme (for the event itself and/or the dishes prepared) and related activities/recreation/entertainment if you wish.

Flyer Posting and/or Wellness Guide Distribution
Time and date to be coordinated with you.  Must have reliable transportation.

ENROLL TODAY



July (top)

Garden Assistance 
Tasks seasonal, work parties generally scheduled at beginning of each month

Fruit Harvest
Time and date to be coordinated by you with Neighborhood Harvest, chartable fruit gleaning.

Your responsibilities are to:
  1- Contact Neighborhood Harvest, charitable fruit gleaning group, and coordinate your hours,
  2- Email The Wellness Guide (Neighborhood Garden Project organizer) with your planned service and with hours completed doing fruit harvesting

Monthly Potluck for Neighborhood Garden Project Participants
Coordination, Hosting, Set up, Clean Up. (NOTE: This is recommended for a Neighborhood Garden Group to do, not for an individual.)

Hours Credit: 10 hrs credit (total) for your group to distribute to group members. You will be emailed an easy to use hosting guide to make your job really easy, and you’ll get to choose a theme (for the event itself and/or the dishes prepared) and related activities/recreation/entertainment if you wish.

Flyer Posting and/or Wellness Guide Distribution
Time and date to be coordinated with you.  Must have reliable transportation.

ENROLL TODAY



August (top)

Garden Assistance 
Tasks seasonal, work parties generally scheduled at beginning of each month

Fruit Harvest
Time and date to be coordinated by you with Neighborhood Harvest, chartable fruit gleaning.

Your responsibilities are to:
  1- Contact Neighborhood Harvest, charitable fruit gleaning group, and coordinate your hours,
  2- Email The Wellness Guide (Neighborhood Garden Project organizer) with your planned service and with hours completed doing fruit harvesting

Monthly Potluck for Neighborhood Garden Project Participants
Coordination, Hosting, Set up, Clean Up. (NOTE: This is recommended for a Neighborhood Garden Group to do, not for an individual.)

Hours Credit: 10 hrs credit (total) for your group to distribute to group members. You will be emailed an easy to use hosting guide to make your job really easy, and you’ll get to choose a theme (for the event itself and/or the dishes prepared) and related activities/recreation/entertainment if you wish.

Flyer Posting and/or Wellness Guide Distribution
Time and date to be coordinated with you.  Must have reliable transportation.

ENROLL TODAY



September (top)

Garden Assistance 
Tasks seasonal, work parties generally scheduled at beginning of each month.

Fruit Harvest
Time and date to be coordinated by you with Neighborhood Harvest, chartable fruit gleaning.

Your responsibilities are to:
  1- Contact Neighborhood Harvest, charitable fruit gleaning group, and coordinate your hours,
  2- Email The Wellness Guide (Neighborhood Garden Project organizer) with your planned service and with hours completed doing fruit harvesting

SPECIAL EVENT:

Harmony Harvest Faire: Event Staffing
(Saturday in late September, date TBA)

Set up:
  * date and time TBA (must be able to move tables)
Event Staffing:
  * 8:00am-Noon
  * 12:00-4:00pm
  * 4:00-8:00pm
  * 8:00-11:30pm, or till completion of clean up (must be able to move tables)

Monthly Potluck for Neighborhood Garden Project Participants
Coordination, Hosting, Set up, Clean Up. (NOTE: This is recommended for a Neighborhood Garden Group to do, not for an individual.)

Hours Credit: 10 hrs credit (total) for your group to distribute to group members. You will be emailed an easy to use hosting guide to make your job really easy, and you’ll get to choose a theme (for the event itself and/or the dishes prepared) and related activities/recreation/entertainment if you wish.

Flyer Posting and/or Wellness Guide Distribution
Time and date to be coordinated with you.  Must have reliable transportation.

ENROLL TODAY



October (top)

Garden Assistance 
Tasks seasonal, work parties generally scheduled at beginning of each month

Fruit Harvest
Time and date to be coordinated by you with Neighborhood Harvest, chartable fruit gleaning.

Your responsibilities are to:
  1- Contact Neighborhood Harvest, charitable fruit gleaning group, and coordinate your hours,
  2- Email The Wellness Guide (Neighborhood Garden Project organizer) with your planned service and with hours completed doing fruit harvesting

Monthly Potluck for Neighborhood Garden Project Participants
Coordination, Hosting, Set up, Clean Up. (NOTE: This is recommended for a Neighborhood Garden Group to do, not for an individual.)

Hours Credit: 10 hrs credit (total) for your group to distribute to group members. You will be emailed an easy to use guide form to make your job really easy, and for October Potluck:

*OCTOBER EVENT IS END OF SEASON CELEBRATION: you’ll work with Neighborhood Garden Project coordinators to plan this end-of-the-season event, as it will include sharing of garden journals, etc.   Celebration held at the end of October.

Flyer Posting and/or Wellness Guide Distribution
Time and date to be coordinated with you.  Must have reliable transportation

 

ENROLL TODAY


 
 
 
 

The Neighborhood Garden Project * Transition Town Ashland * The Village Farm * Synergy Seeds Angel’s Organic Farm * Siskiyou Permaculture Resources Guild (SPRG) * Giving Gardens A Way Siskiyou Sustainable Cooperative: Community Supported Agriculture and Organic Seed Growing SOU- Ecology Center of The Siskiyous * OSU Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center Horse Creek Biodynamic Farm Community * Three Sisters Planting * The Spiral Living Center Wilderness Charter School * Dynamic Growing Systems * Tom Ward: Permaculture Education Denny’s Community Farm and Garden Resource: Garden Soil and Compost * Bellview Grange Webspirit Community NexChange Currency * Acorn Harvest Cooperative * Seven Seeds Farm The Wellness Guide * Grady Barrels: Water Catchment * Scott McGuire: White Sage Gardens Seed Savers Bioregion 78 * Within Earthly Bounds Farm Internship Program * Natural Yards Ashland School District- Food Service, Sodexo * Neighborhood Harvest * The Frog Farm The Eagle Mill Farm Educational Project * Food Angels- formerly Food For People Plus many more local food projects, businesses, teachers, and You!

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