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Support Event

Gardopia Gardens Kickoff

March 31, 2018

10:00 AM - 02:00 PM CDT

San Antonio Platoon

Event overview

SA 1st Platoon, The Mission Continues is excited to announce our newset partnership in with Gardopia Garden! This is our first event in efforts to spearhead neighborhood revitalization through community and school gardens! This exciting venture will allow for the community to learn about wellness and improve their quality of life. This event will involve improvements to the Gardopia location itself and also clean up and prepping their newest site where will host our big service project for Earth Day! Tentative Tasks to be Completed: Moving and installing new chicken coop Weeding/Planting in Garden (KID FRIENDLY) Revamping a small stage Removing trash and debri (KID FRIENDLY) Reorganizing shipping container Prepping new site with cardboard/compost Children are welcome to attend also. To learn more about Gardopia, read below! I have included the link to Gardopia Gardens to better understand their history and vision. I am really looking forward to seeing you there! ABOUT GARDOPIA: Gardopia began in 2015, to address health disparities in a high-crime corridor on the near Eastside of San Antonio. Initially funded with the Bryne grant through the San Antonio Housing Authority (SAHA), Gardopia implemented Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) as a methodology for crime reduction. Working with SAHA, Gardopia became the Eastside's first Garden Utopia, where members of the community began growing their own food on an abandon lot. http://www.gardopiagardens.org/

Type

Support Event

What To Wear

TMC Shirt is you have one and comfy shoes and trousers ready to get dirty.

What to Bring

Water Bottle, Your Family, and Friends!

Inclement Weather

Event will be rescheduled, if rain.

Event Contact

When and where

Date

March 31, 2018

Time

10:00 AM - 02:00 PM (CDT)

Location

Gardopia Gardens

619 N New Braunfels
San Antonio, TX 78202

Parking Information

Parking is limited but street parking is available.

Who We Are

The Mission Continues is a national non-profit that empowers veterans to continue serving in our nation’s under-resourced communities, giving veterans the opportunity to keep serving even after the uniform comes off, right here at home. Our programs deploy veterans and volunteers to work alongside nonprofit partners and community leaders to improve educational resources, tackle food insecurity, foster neighborhood identity, and more.  

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