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    Project Community Care is a volunteer stewardship program designed to help care for school grounds!

     

    Project Community Care is a branch of the Districtwide Schoolyard Program and the ‘Inspired, Sustainable, Schoolyards’ priority for the Fund for PPS.  

     

     

    August 2023 Community Care Day Information 

    Event days: Saturday, August 12th & Saturday, August 19th 

    Event time: 10am-12pm

    List of participating sites

    To participate, school sites should:

    • Recruit volunteers through flyers, newsletters, social media posts
    • Ask volunteers to bring any tools for tasks (i.e. gloves, rakes, pruning shears, shovels, wheel barrows, string trimmers/weed wackers)
    • Seek donations for needed extra materials or tools from home supply stores
    • Have volunteers sign-in as they arrive and complete a Participation Liability Waiver, these will be emailed out a week before the event.
    • Organize volunteers to complete tasks such as weeding, litter pick-up, or spreading mulch around flower beds & trees. No interior projects or specialized exterior projects are allowed.

     

    School sites will be provided:

    • Garbage and yard debris waste service
      • Garbage - your current school garbage dumpster will be used. Custodians will unlock it.
      • Yard debris - an open top drop box will be delivered to your site a few days before your event.
      • You will have a custodian onsite if you have any issues with accessing containers.
    • Mulch, 5 cubic yards per site (if requested when signing up)
      • This will be delivered to your site about a week before your event.
    • Yard debris collection bags
      • These will be delivered to your site through the PONY system and delivered to the front office.
    • CUB Permits
      • These are being completed by the CUB Office Team.
    • Restroom access
      • Please work with your custodian so access is clear to which door into the building will be used by volunteers.

  • General Program Information  

Ways To Get Involved

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  • Volunteer at a Community Care event

  • Help organize a work party at your school any time of year

  • Donate!

Contact

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