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Volunteer opportunities available at the Campus Garden

Harvesting-okra-558x190Love gardening? Want a hands-on service experience? Come volunteer in the Campus Gardens this summer. The Campus Gardens welcome faculty and staff, students and community members.

For more information, or to schedule a service event for your department in the garden, send an email to campusgarden@wfu.edu. Click here to find a time that fits your schedule.

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Spring has sprung: A vernal equinox celebration March 20

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This is a guest post from the Office Of Wellbeing:

Kick off spring with the Campus Garden@Polo Road on Sunday, March 20 from 2 to 4 p.m.

Enjoy sheep shearing, goat petting, live music by Stranger Season Band, painting, tie dying, a celebratory planting, sustainably grown and locally prepared bites, and so much more! Bring a friend and your wallet for a pop-up style farmers’ market. Come out to 1141 Polo Road and spring into the start of the season with us!

This event is co-sponsored by the Office of Wellbeing, the Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC), and the Sustainability Theme House.

Campus Garden weekly volunteer hours

20120725garden5622Come out to the garden this week to help harvest the end of the summer produce including okra, cantaloupes, basil and peppers and start planting for fall.

Students, faculty, staff and family members are welcome. To schedule a volunteer group session in the garden, contact Araceli Morales-Santos and Akua Maat at campusgarden@wfu.edu.

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Volunteers needed for Campus Garden and Campus Kitchen

campus.garden.300x150The Office of Sustainability is looking for volunteers for the Campus Garden and for Campus Kitchen.

Campus Garden volunteers are needed on Sunday, May 18, from 4-6 p.m. at the Campus Garden on Polo Rd. across from Spry Soccer Stadium. Students, faculty, staff and family members are welcome. To schedule a volunteer group session in the garden contact Jamie Sims at jsims12@gmail.com.

Campus Kitchen volunteers are needed Monday-Friday throughout May from 4-6 p.m. Meet on the 5th floor of Benson University Center. Although the kitchen will be closed, CKWFU needs volunteers to help with produce redistribution from Fresh Market every weekday. Contact Anna Donze at donzear@wfu.edu to sign up for a produce delivery shift.

Volunteer this summer in the Campus Garden, Campus Kitchen

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Jamie Sims

Though summer may be a quiet season on much of the Reynolda Campus, the 18,000 square feet behind 1141 Polo Road comes alive May through August.  On May 19, the gates of the Campus Garden will open for a new crop of summer volunteers.

During weekly volunteer hours (Wednesday from 4-6 p.m. and Sunday from 2-4 p.m.), volunteers participate in the entire gardening process: planting, cultivating, harvesting, and, most important, bringing fresh produce home to eat. Staff and faculty are welcome in the garden year round and are especially appreciated during the summer months, when student gardeners are not available.

Jamie Sims, the Campus Garden intern and Master of Divinity candidate, invites gardeners with all levels of experience to join him this summer. Sims, whose academic and practical concentrations are on food and faith, said, “As the Campus Garden enters its most productive and fruitful season, all are welcome to join in and experience the simple pleasures of dirty fingernails and fresh produce. Volunteers will have the opportunity to learn plenty of new skills or brush up on old ones.”

Families are always welcome in the garden and more experienced gardeners may take ownership of small projects. No advanced sign-up is necessary to participate during garden volunteer hours. Find more information about the Campus Garden here on the Office of Sustainability’s webpage. Email campusgarden@wfu.edu with questions.

If you’d like to keep your extracurriculars indoors this summer, the Campus Kitchen is also seeking Wake Forest faculty, staff, and family members to volunteer for their full calendar of summer shifts. Volunteers may prepare meals, make deliveries, or pick up rescued food from the Fresh Market. Shifts run in the afternoons and evenings every day except on Saturdays. Find out more about Campus Kitchen here and contact Brittany Forniotis at fornbn11@wfu.edu to volunteer.

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