Growing Change

Program Description

Growing Change is a program committed to engaging volunteers in important service work with the vibrant agricultural community in the Upper Valley. The different programs engage Dartmouth students in classrooms and in fields and all work to promote a healthy and just food system.

Farm-to-School Programs: Volunteers will work with classes at Dothan Brooke Elementary School to provide weekly lessons on agriculture, healthy eating, food culture and many more exciting topics while adhering to Vermont state curriculum standards in science, math, language arts and social studies.

Farming & Gleaning Programs: Volunteers will work with Willing Hands, a local food salvage organization, to help care for the community garden at Cedar Circle Farm. All crops grown at this garden are donated to shelters and food shelves in the area. The Growing Change team will also provide support, as needed, to major gleaning events throughout the Upper Valley.

Requirements

Time Commitment:

• A mandatory orientation session during your first term volunteering with Growing Change, plus attendance at trainings and reflection meetings
• Requires a minimum of one volunteer session per week for school-based programs, and flexible commitment for farming and gleaning program

Transportation:

• Volunteers are required to become driver approved
• Access to Tucker vehicles (after driver approval) is available and usually a carpool is arranged

For More Information

-Blitz Growing Change

-Call 603-646-3350

-Stop by the Tucker Foundation, South Fairbanks Hall