Caleb Green Team Meeting Thursday Oct.7th

Our first Caleb Green Team Informational Meeting willbe held on Thursday Oct. 7th @ 8:15 a.m. in the cafetria or 6 p.m. @ Starbucks on H & Elvas St. We will be discussing the Educational Gardening Volunteer Handbook, Waste Reduction, and other Green Team projects for the 2010-2011 school year! Hope to see you there!If you have any questions please contact Kim Felix: kjfelix73@hotmail.com

Caleb Green Team Meeting Agenda Oct. 7, 2010

I. Introductions

II. Mission & Goals for Green Team 2010-2011

III. Waste Reduction:
1) Compost Bins
Build, location (access to H20!) maintaining? (grade level, classroom, group of volunteers including students) Worm Bins in classrooms? Mr. Myers-yes, others?
2) Recycling Bins & Signage
Set-up (free bins/posters) around school & rooms
3) Capri Sun Recycling Project
Lunch volunteers (to gather), empty!, ship to Teracycle for money to school

IV. Educational Gardening:
1) Winter Vegetable Gardens
What classrooms? Garden Docents? Seeds for indoor containers (broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower) Plant in October. Plant seeds directly in gardens as well (carrots, radishes, beets, lettuce, onions, peas, chard, kale, garlic) with students!
2) Winter Garden Work Days (Preparing gardens for winter planting-weed, harvest,add soil, fertilizer, etc.) Thursday October 14th (9-12 p.m.) & October 15th (9-12 p.m.)
3) Volunteer Handbook: Review

V. Materials, Shed Project for Green Team:
1) P.T.S.O summary: $
2) Shed: Shelves for materials, organize, labels
3) Materials: Donate, purchase items
4) Outdoor classroom? tent/shelter?

VI. Grants & Fundraisers
1) Need help with writing grants for the green team! (http://www.kidsgardening.com/kgn-current.html)
2) Fundraisers (Fall festival- sunflowers seeds, Papa Murphy’s, GreenRaising, Holiday Breakfast/Run, Laptop Lunch Box, Earth week, Spring/Art Auction)

VII. Educational Gardens Field Trips! Theodore Judah, Davis, etc.
1) Set up date for trip(s)

Green Docents 2010-2011

Please help Caleb’s Green Team!

As a Green Docent you will teach or help teacher with lessons/activities on environmental education (recycling, composting, gardening). As well as help maintain classroom garden plot(s). All lessons will be ready with activity and materials before you begin!!

Please contact Kim Felix for more information
email: kjfelix73@hotmail.com