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Service Project

Uphams Corner Food Forest Work Day - Greater Boston Platoon

August 23, 2025

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Boston Platoon

Event overview

Join the Boston Platoon at the Uphams Corner Food Forest In Dorchester to support one of their weekly community work days. We’re proud to be partnering with The Boston Food Forest Coalition for a day of service! Our projects may include tree care, weeding, planting, harvesting, and much more. Just show up ready to get your hands in the soil and meet some new friends. Be part of the change, let's roll up our sleeves and make an impact!

The Boston Food Forest coalition is a network of neighborhood-based, publicly accessible food gardens located throughout Boston. Since May 2014, the Boston Food Forest Coalition has been gardening the flagship demonstration site at Mass Audubon's Boston Nature Center in Mattapan. Forest gardens are now growing in Mattapan, Jamaica Plain, Dorchester, East Boston, Roxbury, West End, and schools & churches. Place-making parks benefit all Bostonians by reconnecting neighbors to nature and each other, through food, art and community festivals.

**PLEASE NOTE: If you are signing up from a company volunteer portal, an additional step to complete your registration is required. Please complete the following steps:

1. Visit www.missioncontinues.org/service-platoon/Greater-Boston/
2. Locate the event and complete registration

Type

Service Project

What To Wear

TMC blues, Clothes that can get dirty

Who's Invited

Kids (under 13)
Adults (18+)

Event Contact

When and where

Date

August 23, 2025

Time

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)

Location

Uphams Corner Food Forest

11 A Everett Avenue
Boston, MA

Parking Information

Street Parking near Venue

Limited street parking 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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