Youth 2 Work Update

Youth 2 Work Program (June 8 – July 31, 2015)

Megan Whalen, Youth Services Coordinator

The summer youth employees have been working hard in the Concord Street Community Garden for the past three weeks. The youth workers have not only been working on basic gardening tasks, such as, weeding, planting seeds/flowers, and watering the beds; they have also been participating in educational lessons about gardening.

During the past three weeks, they have been diligently watching the fruit and vegetable garden beds go from seeds to full grown crops. Along with the visual and hands on process in the garden, the youth workers have been connecting with different businesses and people in the city. These connections provide the youth employees with powerful and influential resources along with an opportunity to learn about job readiness and life-skills.