by Kaitlin Harris, Program Manager Every Wednesday and Thursday at around 3:45pm I hear the sounds of excitement, happiness, and laughter carrying around the Garden. It‘s one of my favorite times of the week – After School Program. Through a program called BEACON, the Youth Garden Project offers After School Program to 4-6th graders and… Continue Reading
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Fall Reflections
by Amelia Wurzburg, Fall Garden Classroom Educator Intern There are few things more infectious than the enthusiasm of children. I had the delightful opportunity to learn this lesson over and over again this fall at the Youth Garden Project. My first day teaching a lesson for our Garden Classroom program began with a beautiful early-fall… Continue Reading
Fun Cake
Part 3 of the 2012 Summer Camp Great Story Series by Ruth Linford, Summer Camp Instructor “This is more fun than I thought this was going to be,” London said with his hands folded, knees bent, and body leaning over next to his… Continue Reading
The Little Vegetable-Devourer
Part 2 of the 2012 Summer Camp Great Story Series by Hannah Graham, Summer Camp Instructor One of the many great stories of Summer Camp 2012 took place during theatre week. It is, by tradition and inevitability, a week that wavers back and forth across the line between chaos and…near chaos. This year, the play… Continue Reading
Goodbye, Beetle
Part 1 of the 2012 Summer Camp Great Story Series by Maddy Stokes, Summer Camp Instructor Intern The deeper life lessons wrapped up in the YGP Summer Camp became all too apparent on one particularly Tuesday… It started out during a classic morning bug hunt where four or five children leaned over the knee-height cement… Continue Reading
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