Project Self-Sufficiency is seeking volunteers to assist with planting,
maintenance and harvesting of fruits and vegetables from the community gardens
at the agency’s Newton campus.
Volunteers would work alongside seasoned horticultural professionals on
Monday – Thursday mornings, from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Volunteers must be at least 17 years of
age. No experience is required.
Project Self-Sufficiency’s Newton campus is home to numerous vegetable
gardens which bear all kinds of crops for consumption by the agency’s
low-income participants. During the
summer, hundreds of potted tomato plants also wreath the sidewalks throughout
the 5-acre campus. Produce will be harvested
daily and offered to agency participants as they enter the lobby at Project
Self-Sufficiency. Baskets will also be provided
for families to cart the bounty home and share with their children. Participants are given tips on cooking and
nutrition along with the food, and the children at the agency’s Little Sprouts
Early Learning Center help with the harvest while learning about healthy eating
habits.
Project Self-Sufficiency is a private non-profit community-based
organization dedicated to improving the lives of low-income families residing
in northwestern New Jersey. The agency’s
mission is to provide a broad spectrum of holistic, respectful, and
comprehensive services enabling low-income single parents, teen parents,
two-parent families, and displaced homemakers to improve their lives and the
lives of their children through the achievement of personal and economic
self-sufficiency and family stability.
Since 1986 Project Self-Sufficiency has served more than 25,000 families.
To volunteer to work in Project Self-Sufficiency’s community gardens, or
to find out more information about the programs and services available at
Project Self-Sufficiency, visit the agency’s website www.projectselfsufficiency.org
or call the agency at 973-940-3500 or 844-807-3500.
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