Gardening for Good at SCAD Community Garden 9.23.21 (SAVANNAH)

Lend a Helping Hand at the SCAD Community Garden, SCAD's very own sustainable, organic, container garden and on Thursday morning from 8 am to 10 am. 

Volunteers will work to harvest produce, maintain the gardens, and tend to the plants growing this season. SCADBack40 and the SCAD Community Garden produces tons of produce and honey that is donated to the kitchen of Park Place Outreach, a local youth emergency shelter focused on "ensuring youth have safety, guidance, and caring adults". Help make this possible by volunteering your time. 

Volunteers will meet in front of SCAD Mail Center, 201 W. Boundary St. at 8:00 am. Please wear clothes that will allow you to get dirty, and also to protect you from the natural environment we will be working in. We will be working in gardens and in community with active bee hives. THIS EVENT TAKES PLACE IN COMMUNITY WITH LIVE BEES, PLEASE CONSIDER THIS FACT IF YOU HAVE ANY BEE ALLERGIES.

Prepare for working in the sun as well, a hat will be helpful for sun protection. Shirts with sleeves and pants or shorts that allow for bending, sitting, and moving is helpful. Wearing a SCAD SERVE shirt or other SCAD apparel is helpful for pictures and to create a unified look. Please plan to wear closed toe shoes for your protection, and masks are required for this event. Volunteers should also bring a reusable water bottle to refresh themselves at a distance far away from the group. The activity will conclude at 10 am. 

All volunteers must be in good health, pass their SCAD daily health screening, and not experience any symptoms of illness. If you are unwell, do not come to the event! Instead, seek medical attention and contact SCAD SERVE Farm Manager, Matt DeRose 912.477.9649. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Lauren Slaydon at 912.247.8917 or LSlaydon@scad.edu.