During the needs assessment portion of our project, we were given many ideas from the staff of the Boys and Girls Club at The Salvation Army. These ideas ranged from taking the children on field trips to bringing in guest speakers, but all of the ideas had the end all goal of teaching these children lessons while they are at the program that they will use for many years to come. With these in mind, we ultimately decided to speak with Mr. Scott, the Director of the Boys and Girls Club, to determine what their greatest need was. He said their biggest need was a solution to the groundhog problem in the organization’s community garden, as they have lost some of the harvests to these rodents. This garden is tended to by the children of the Boys and Girls Club, but feeds the children as well as the members of The Salvation Army’s lodge.
Along with the fence itself, we did not want to ignore the requests of the staff to provide these children with some form of life guidance. They presented the need that these children rarely get exposed to education outside of the classroom, and wanted to provide that for them. To respond to this need, we incorporated the plan to bring in a speaker from an organization, Seedleaf, to teach these children gardening tips and techniques, or lessons about how agriculture and food sources impact the community. Our project was to benefit the Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club by raising the necessary funds to purchase the materials to build this fence around their small outdoor garden. We installed the fence around the garden ourselves by using wire fencing and stakes. We have also scheduled for May a professional from Seedleaf to come in and teach the children the skills required to manage a garden. The fence is needed due to a ground hog problem in the area. All of the food from the garden goes to the lodge to help them feed the residents of the shelter and the children of the Club. Below are some pictures of our team carrying out our project.
Along with the fence itself, we did not want to ignore the requests of the staff to provide these children with some form of life guidance. They presented the need that these children rarely get exposed to education outside of the classroom, and wanted to provide that for them. To respond to this need, we incorporated the plan to bring in a speaker from an organization, Seedleaf, to teach these children gardening tips and techniques, or lessons about how agriculture and food sources impact the community. Our project was to benefit the Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club by raising the necessary funds to purchase the materials to build this fence around their small outdoor garden. We installed the fence around the garden ourselves by using wire fencing and stakes. We have also scheduled for May a professional from Seedleaf to come in and teach the children the skills required to manage a garden. The fence is needed due to a ground hog problem in the area. All of the food from the garden goes to the lodge to help them feed the residents of the shelter and the children of the Club. Below are some pictures of our team carrying out our project.