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Share Food Program - Nice Roots Farm

Grows fresh fruits and vegetables that are donated to the community, affiliated pantries, and mutual aid networks. Also provides volunteer opportunities. Offers community farming days monthly for volunteers and serves as educational demonstration on farming for community members.

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Volunteer Opportunities
Community Gardening
Fresh Food

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

Grow Pittsburgh - School and Community Garden Support

Builds and supports gardens for schools, early childhood centers, and low-income communities throughout Allegheny County. We also provide technical and material mini-grants to established gardens throughout the county, and offer workshops for gardeners of all skill levels.

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Community Gardening

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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Neighborhood Improvement Groups
Community Gardening
Neighborhood Multipurpose Centers

Rodale Institute - School 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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Extended Child Care
Youth Enrichment Programs
Community Gardening

Rodale Institute - Community Garden

Community Garden

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Community Gardening

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

Bernardine Center - Vegetable Garden

Plants, oversees, and harvests organically grown vegetables that are given to our food center families and used in preparation of some of the meals for our Westside Brunch.

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Community Gardening
Fresh Food

Rodale Institute - Community Carden

Community Garden

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Community Gardening

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

Rodale Institute - ABC Daycare Garden

Community Garden

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Community Gardening

Manheim Township Parks and Recreation - Manheim Township Parks and Recreation

Offers many diverse fitness activities for all ages, including aquatics, dance, gymnastics, yoga, softball, volleyball, basketball, and a variety of enrichment classes, such as woodshop, art, computers, and personal financial planning. Sponsors summer day camps at the Overlook Activities Center. Offers meeting space for various community groups and sponsors bus trips throughout the year. Also acts as the managing body for the following facilities: Skyline Pool, Overlook Pool, Overlook Activities Center and Roller Rink. Scheduling of Township sports field, pavilions and gardens, park and other rental facilities.

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Recreational/Leisure/Arts Instruction
Physical Fitness
Recreational Activities/Sports
Recreation Centers
Neighborhood Multipurpose Centers
Day Camps
Community Gardening

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

Friends of Donegal - Donegal Community Garden

Community garden that provides fresh produce and garden plots to community members

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Fresh Food
Community Gardening

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

Conococheague Audubon Society - Norlo Park Native Plants Garden

Maintains a native plants garden near the farmhouse.

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Community Gardening
Public Parks
Special Interest Clubs
Botanical Gardens/Arboreta

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

Rodale Institute - Community 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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Extended Child Care
Youth Enrichment Programs
Community Gardening

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

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

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

Rodale Institute - Jordan Heights Garden

International Refugee Community Garden

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Community Gardening

Penn State Cooperative Extension - South Central - Yard and Garden

Provides information regarding gardening and environment including composting and soil, flowers, fruits, gardening, indoor plants, lawns and grass, pesticides, trees and shrubs, vegetable and herbs, water and ponds, and wildlife damage management.

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Community Gardening