Groundwork Somerville
Upcoming Schedule of Events
Welcome to Groundwork Somerville!  We hope to see you at one, or all of our exciting volunteer events!
This Month
November 2007

November 8 - Bulb Planting at the Brown School
November 13 - Taste Test at the Healey School
November 15 - Taste Test at the West Somerville
November 16 - Taste Test at the East Somerville
November 20 - Taste Test at the Healey

Volunteer Descriptions
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Bulb Planting! THURSDAY, 11/8


We could still use some more help at a bulb
planting project with students grades K-4 at
the Brown School! (201 Willow St.) Helpers
are needed to guide students in digging holes
and planting bulbs that will bloom in the 
spring on Thursday November 8th from

12:00-2:30pm.

Please contact Marie Mandra at 617/764-1333
or Bonnie Thompson at [email protected]
if you plan to attend or have any questions.

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Growing Healthy Cafeteria Taste Test Event!
TUESDAY 11/13 (Winter Hill Community School)

THURSDAY 11/15 (West Somerville Community
School)

FRIDAY 11/16 (East Somerville Community
School)

TUESDAY 11/20 (Healey School)

Help encourage students to sample the
vegetable of the month during our cafeteria
taste tests! We need several volunteers each
day from 11am-1:30pm to help in the cafeteria
giving out food samples and educating
students about the health benefits of leafy
greens! And we need someone who wants to help
with in the kitchen with food preparation
from 9am-1pm.

Please RSVP by contacting Amber Espar
(amespar@gro
undwoksomerville.org or Claire
Kozower at [email protected]


Ongoing Opportunities...
Ongoing Opportunities! 

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Help create "Open Garden Time" at recess at
the
Healey School Garden. We will be offering
a training for volunteers to become
"Garden Guides." Garden guides will be
responsible for creating a safe exploratory
learning space in the school garden,
facilitating basic garden work and overseeing
young people in their own creative
garden-based activities during recess. Guides
will commit to monitor the garden use once
a week (or every other
week) between 11:30 and
1:30pm (this is flexible).

Please let us know if you are interested
this unique opportunity.

Proposed training date:
Tuesday 11/13 at 1:45pm, Healey School,
5 Meacham St.

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AfterSchool Clubs! We still need a helper for
our garden club at the East Somerville
Community School on Monday afternoons from
3:45-5:30pm! Help work with a great crew of
4th and 5th graders in the garden!

Contact ESCS Garden Coordinator, Aviva Asher
at [email protected]

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Beautification Club at ESCS! We are looking
for someone to help with a kids club on half
day Wednesdays dedicated to beautifying and
greening the school. This could involve
setting up a recycling or composting system,
caring for plantings around the school, help
with murals etc.

Please email: Amber at
[email protected] for more
information!