- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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URBAN FARMS
ORGANIZATION: Sycamore Collaborative
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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4 people are interested
Join our team of friendly and compassionate volunteers during our Farm Open Hours!
Sycamore Collaborative’s Schenectady Urban Farms program has three community-supported urban farms and an orchard across two acres in the city of Schenectady. The community collaborates in cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, and herbs while also tending to honeybees, egg-laying chickens and composting. Schenectady Urban Farms invites anyone joining in on the work to also share in the harvest!
Volunteer tasks may include:
- Planting
- Turning garden beds
- Weeding
- Handling mulch
- Chicken care
- Specific seasonal tasks (many farm tasks depend on the growing season)
IF YOU ARE A VOLUNTEER GROUP OF 6 OR MORE PEOPLE, please give a minimum of TWO WEEKS notice about a group volunteer opportunity! If you are a group that has minors OR requires an aide, you will need ONE aide/chaperone for every FOUR VOLUNTEERS in your group.
Example: 4 volunteers = 1 aide/chaperone, 8 volunteers = 2 aides/chaperones, 10 volunteers = 2 aides/chaperones, 12 volunteers = 3 aides/chaperones
Not only will you be helping others, but you will have fun doing it. What more could you ask for?! Sign up to volunteer today and make a positive impact in your community!
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About Sycamore Collaborative
Location:
837-839 Albany St, Schenectady, NY 12307, US
Mission Statement
We connect people to resources they need for healthy eating, self-care, and community building. We collaborate with our neighbors to grow, source, learn about, prepare, and provide access to food; to bring people together around healthy life choices; and to look ahead together at ways to promote a thriving, interconnected community in Schenectady County.
Description
These core values express the heart of our commitment to the work that we do. In the strategic planning implementation, we will refer to our core values as we make decisions and set priorities.
Breaking barriers: We look to expand access to resources beyond traditional limitations. We work to remove stigma. We are charting new ground.
Lightening burdens: We seek to lighten the loads that people carry as they manage responsibilities for health, family, food, and basic needs. In all of this we aim to open space for moments of joy and peace.
Fostering dignity: We operate with mutual respect at all times and look to examine our policies, procedures, and practices to ensure that we are seeking to uphold the dignity of all.
Listening, responding, and adjusting: We are attentive to the needs and desires of the community and actively seeking to respond in meaningful ways to what we hear. In our responsiveness, we are committed to recognizing when we need to course correct based on what we hear.
CAUSE AREAS
Animals,
Community,
Environment
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
WHERE
Schenectady, NY 12307
(42.80651 ,-73.933044 )
DATE POSTED
November 4, 2024
SKILLS
- Farming
- Animal Care / Handling
- Gardening
- Multi-Tasking
- People Skills
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Public Groups
REQUIREMENTS
- This is a Done in a Day opportunity and there is no prior training or ongoing commitment needed.
- 2 hours
- Family friendly. Volunteers under 18 MUST be accompanied by a chaperone. This can include a parent, grandparent, troop leader, church leader, etc.