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Take care of Kinship Community Food Center’s (Kinship) urban farm hoop houses and help them harvest healthy flowers, fruits, and veggies! Kinship’s hoop houses provide fresh and local food to those in need. Volunteers will cultivate, plant, water, and harvest fresh produce that will be provided to families facing food insecurity in the area.
Activities
Kids will be gardening inside the hoop houses and planting, harvesting, weeding, moving soil, and all things related to the general maintenance of the site. Please prepare for an indoor/outdoor experience.
Impact
Enjoy a fun, hands-on experience gardening while learning about food insecurity in our local community. Plus a little gardening and physical activity is healthy too!
When & Where
Thursday, October 24 from 9-10:30 a.m.
Maglio Tomato Building
4287 N. Port Washington Rd
Milwaukee, WI 53212
Please park in the lot on the North side of the building and walk through the fence to the big hoop houses.
Registration Information
Participants: 12 families or small groups
Ages: All ages welcome
Cost: Free
Materials: Be ready to get dirty! Dress in layers as the hoop houses tent do be hotter than outside temperatures. In addition, please be prepared to bring a water bottle, closed-toed and water-proof shoes, gardening gloves, sunscreen, and anything else you and your family may need for a two-hour event.
Questions: Please contact Senta Metz at [email protected] with any questions. We will send you an email to confirm registration and touch base before the event.
Cancellations: Please contact Senta Metz at [email protected] asap in the event of a cancellation so we can add waitlisted families to the event.
Our Partner
Kinship Community Food Center engages volunteers and neighborhood residents to end hunger, isolation, and poverty. Their innovative programs nourish food security and wellness, foster belonging and community engagement, and empower stability, and economic prosperity in the city of Milwaukee. Learn more about Kinship Community Food Center and their urban farming here.
Young Changemakers’ Week
Trick-or-Treat at Eastcastle Place is one of the events in the Young Changemakers’ Week. This week includes a variety of service opportunities that are designed to ignite a passion for service in our youngest community members (ages newborn to kindergarten). Join us for a week focused on our littlest helping hands!
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- – Trick-or-Treat at Eastcastle Place | Oct. 24 from 4-5 p.m.
- – Intergenerational Music Together | Oct. 28 from 10-10:45 a.m.
- – Intergenerational Dance Hall | Oct. 29 from 10-10:45 a.m.
- – Mini-Makers at Museum of Wisconsin Art | Oct. 30 from 10 a.m.-Noon
- – Trick-or-Treat at Saint John’s on the Lake | Oct. 31 from 4-5 p.m.
- – Craft & Play for Good | Nov. 1 from 12:30-2 p.m.