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Coraopolis Community Development Corporation - Community Garden

Provides volunteer opportunities for members of the community to develop gardening skills and teach children about assisting those in need. Produce is given to the CCDC Food Pantry for local families in need.

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Volunteer Opportunities
Community Gardening

Fulton County Food Basket - Food Pantry and Nutritional Education

Provides food, nutritional education program (Fulton County Super Cupboard), gardening program each Spring, Summer school lunch program, school backpack program, and budget/lifestyle counseling.

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Summer Food Service Programs
School Supplies
Nutrition Education
Personal Financial Counseling
Community Gardening
Food Pantries

Pennypack Farm & Education Center - Community Supported Agriculture

Provides organically grown vegetables to families who purchase a season-long foodshare, usually paying in full before May. Households come to the farm weekly for 24 weeks to pick up their share. Some items are U-pick, and most items have been harvested and bunched in to units. Families are expected to contribute at least 4 hours of volunteer labor at some activity to support the farm's operation.

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Food Pantries
Community Gardening

Grow Pittsburgh - Garden Resource Center

Provides a tool lending library and bulk garden materials depot. Seeks to reduce barriers to growing food by making it easier for gardeners in the region to access the tools and supplies they need to grow successful home and community gardens. For a sliding scale annual membership fee, the GRC allows patrons to access free garden tool rentals and bulk materials such as organic compost, mulch, and soil amendments.

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Home Gardening Assistance/Supplies
Community Gardening

Penn State Cooperative Extension - South Central - Gardening Program

Provides educational information, literature on gardening and related topics, and master gardener program.

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Community Gardening
Recreational/Leisure/Arts Instruction

Bayfront East Side Taskforce - Neighborhood Building Activities

Offers numerous events to build the community and allow neighbors to meet one another such as community gardens, outdoor movie nights and participate in National Night Out which features live music and a large picnic for all neighbors.

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Community Gardening
Cultural Heritage Groups

Rodale Institute - ABC Daycare Garden

Community Garden

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Community Gardening

Rodale Institute - Community Garden

Community Garden

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Community Gardening

Meadville Neighborhood Center - Meadville Neighborhood Center

Works to engage the community for the success of its students and neighbors. Organizes and promotes community program such as the Music for Lunch series, Second Saturday Night Live Concerts, block parties and park parties, Grow Meadville, Pop-Up shops, Thankful Thursdays, Meadville Calendar.com, and Community Coordinator position.

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Community Involvement Programs
Youth Enrichment Programs
Community Gardening
Special Events

East Snyder Community Garden - East Snyder Community Garden

Maintains the grounds of a community garden. Pursues the goal of offering a safe and attractive environment to people desiring a place to grow edible produce and/or flowers. Requests that gardeners plant extra and donate produce to local organizations.

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Community Gardening

Penn State Cooperative Extension - South Central - Cooperative Learning and Master Gardeners

The York county Master Gardeners provide horticulture information and education to home gardeners based on proven research specific to the local climate, soils and plants. Master gardeners answer gardening questions and diagnosis insect and plant problems via the garden hotline, Monday through Friday 9:00 am - 12:30 pm. Teach community and urban gardening to youth and adults. Maintain the gardens at john Rudy Park where gardeners can learn about annuals, perennials, vegetables and herbs for York county. Offer the annual "garden wise" educational conference - a one-day event with workshops and speakers. Speakers bureau provides speakers on garden topics for community groups. Teach composting. For more information please, feel free to contact: Constance Schmotzer Consumer Horticulture Educator [email protected] 717-840-7408

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Cooperative Extension Service Education Programs
Community Gardening
Recreational/Leisure/Arts Instruction

Northeast Neighborhood Association - Northeast Neighborhood Association

Manages a community garden, sponsors community events, provides opportunities for completing community service requirements, partners with other groups and organizations on additional programs, and serves as an advocate, educator, and liaison for neighborhood families.

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Community Gardening
Neighborhood Improvement Groups
Neighborhood Multipurpose Centers

Oxford SILO - Community Garden

Cultivates a community garden. Distributes produce to community members in need. Provides volunteer opportunities.

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Community Gardening
Volunteer Opportunities

Norris Square Neighborhood Project - After School Program for High School Students

Offers a youth leadership building program focusing on arts, entrepreneurship, Puerto Rican culture, and gardening. Also offers homework help, college prep, work readiness, and outdoor experiences such as photography, gardening, camping, and canoeing.

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Community Gardening
Day Camps
Youth Employment Programs
Summer Camps
Youth Enrichment Programs

Greater Philadelphia Community Alliance - Out of School Time (OST)

Provides safe spaces and enriching activities for youth after school that support critical thinking, social skills, and academic achievement. Located at these schools: George W. Childs, Newlin Fell, Southwark Elementary, Vare-Washington Elementary, and Horace Howard Furness High - 21st Century Community Learning Center. Also located at Mamie Nichols Center.

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Community Gardening
Extended Child Care
Youth Enrichment Programs

Salvation Army - Williamsport - Red Shield Community Garden

Provides the opportunity to plant, grow, and harvest own produce through use of plot in community garden space. Provides education on the value of gardening. Also provides donations of surplus produce to local non-profit food pantries and soup kitchens when possible.

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Community Gardening
Nutrition Education

Allison Hill Community Ministry - Victory Gardening Program

Offers two garden lots available for residents and/or others interested in a gardening plot.

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Community Gardening

Berks Nature - The Nature Place

Nature center free for an educational experience in nature Their educational lobby offers hands-on activities, a live honeybee observation hive, a store, a critter hunt, and much more.

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Preschools
Conservation
Community Gardening

Norris Square Neighborhood Project - Campesinx

Offers garden plots in the Las Parcelas garden for rent and includes use of water, tools, and kitchens. Also offers workshops to learn about gardening and composting.

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Community Gardening

Rodale Institute - Casa Guadalupe Garden

Community Garden

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Community Gardening

Greater Philadelphia Community Alliance - Out of School Time (OST)

Provides safe spaces and enriching activities for youth after school that support critical thinking, social skills, and academic achievement. Located at these schools: George W. Childs, Newlin Fell, Southwark Elementary, Vare-Washington Elementary, and Horace Howard Furness High - 21st Century Community Learning Center. Also located at Mamie Nichols Center.

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Community Gardening
Extended Child Care
Youth Enrichment Programs

Sisters of Saint Joseph (SSJ) Neighborhood Network - Community Services

Provides individualized and small group programming for youth and adults, help with diapers, a weekly soup kitchen, crime reduction efforts, neighborhood watch, referrals, housing improvement programs, community gardens, farmers market, mural art, streetscape improvements.

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Community Gardening
Cleaning Products
Personal/Grooming Supplies
Diapers
Youth Employment Programs
Soup Kitchens
Farmers Markets
Personal Financial Counseling
Volunteer Opportunities

Young Chances Foundation - Community Engagement Center

Offers year round youth educational-recreational programs, community events for parents and seniors, and life skills information for residents of all ages in the Grays Ferry and surrounding South Philadelphia neighborhoods. Also works to reduce teen violence and alleviate neighborhood tensions. Provides mentoring, food and clothing giveaways, and maintains Tynirah's Community Welcome Garden.

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Neighborhood Multipurpose Centers
Mentoring Programs
Community Gardening
Youth Enrichment Programs
Neighborhood Dispute Resolution Services
Youth Centers

Penn State Cooperative Extension - Columbia County - Master Gardener Program

Serves the home gardening public by answering questions, speaking to groups, working with 4-H horticultural projects, participating in civic beautification, maintaining demonstration gardens, teaching plant sciences, and horticulture.

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Community Gardening

Rodale Institute - Community Garden

Community Garden

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Community Gardening