project leader
Kyle G
location
225 Adelphi Street
(Fort Greene)
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the project

PS 20 Green Arts is an interdisciplinary hands-on educational approach that broadens student’s thinking and problem-solving abilities thanks to Art and Gardening. The Arts and Gardening instructors work closely with the class room teachers to ensure that what the children do outside in the garden and in the art studio informs and complements the work that is done in the classroom. While the kids are digging in the dirt and expressing themselves in the art studio they are also building on what they have learned in social studies, science, and other core subjects. Green Arts is also a great way to build student’s awareness about sustainability, what they can do to protect the Earth and how art and science mingle.

Thanks to the ongoing support of the PTA and local partners, the 550+ kids of PS 20 can now dig in the dirt, plant seeds they helped save in the fall, and then sample the fruits of their labors in the form of herbs, mixed greens, pea shoots, tomatoes, and much more. Students experience this outdoors, in spaces that are open to the community, providing the opportunity for environmental education and urban farming to jump the fence into the wider community.

We need your support to sustain and expand our Green Arts program.

Instructors: We have an amazing gardening instructor and are in the process of both hiring a part time art instructor and bringing in new visual arts residency program. With your support, we will be able to continue funding gardening and arts classes for every child in our school. 

Bees and Garden maintenance supplies: thanks to your support in the last 3 years and to our local partner, City Growers, we set up 3 beehives on the rooftop. We even had our first honey harvest last year. In order to continue taking great care of our beehives and gardens, we need a few supplies (such as a new queen and outfits for our volunteers).

Tree Benches: We would like to build new benches for each of the tree pits surrounding our school. This will provide a great place to rest for parents and caretakers during drop off/pickup, as well as neighbors grabbing a coffee or just enjoying a nice day.

the steps

March/April:

  • Repairing and planting gardens for spring.

May/June:

  • Conduct maintenance work on gardens

September - June:

  • Deliver gardening classes

why we're doing it

Ignorance is the single largest environmental problem facing us today. Lack of direct connection to farming and exposure to fresh, local food are a common problem in urban areas.  This disconnection is one of the biggest challenges to the environment, because if people can’t see the interconnectedness of the planet, they will not move forward in greening it.

At Green Arts we are dedicated to providing environmental education to the diverse student body of PS 20: The Clinton Hill School, located in the heart of Brooklyn. We have already provided some of our students with this exposure over the last seven years, and with your help we want to do more. Learning about the food cycle and experiencing it first hand through sprouting, growing, harvesting, seed saving and composting gives students an invaluable opportunity. They are empowered to teach their parents and their neighbors about fresh, local food, interconnectedness and sustainability. Seeing the fruits of students’ labor growing in the school grounds surrounding PS 20 will not only expose students to this, but also draw our larger community into the process, providing informal environmental education to neighbors and passersby.

budget

DISBURSED BUDGET

$7,250 - Gardening and Art instructors salaries

$400 - Bees and gardening supplies



TOTAL RAISED = $7,650.00
ioby Fiscal Sponsorship Fee (5%) N/A
ioby Donation Processing Fee (3%) $139.50
TOTAL TO DISBURSE= $7,510.50

 

SUBMITTED BUDGET

$13,000 - Gardening and Art instructors salaries

$2,000 - Bee and gardening supplies



TOTAL PROJECT FUNDING NEEDED $15,000
ioby Fiscal Sponsorship Fee (5%) N/A
ioby Donation Processing Fee (3%)
(Donation processing fee does not apply to match funding.)
$369
TOTAL TO RAISE= $15,369

Donation processing fees apply to donations only. 100% of match funding goes to projects. Please note, fees are estimated here and final numbers may change based on the final amount raised and amount of match funding applied to this campaign.

 

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donors

  • VALENTINA CANAVESIO
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  • Peggy F.
  • Grandparents of Zoe Minnick
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  • Margo Rivera Power
  • Auntie Kate!
  • Aaron P.
  • Andy O.
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  • Lena B.
  • Amanda J.
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  • Eli / Ethan mom
  • Lindsay C.
  • Shameka Kemp
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  • G+G
  • Charles C.
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  • Sarah Swift
  • Kate
  • Mark S.
  • Archie & Sadie family
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  • Erin E.
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  • michelle M.
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  • Claire G.
  • Eric H.
  • Amelia Ross & Callie Napolitano
  • Rachelle Dupere
  • Snigdha K.
  • Ross Family
  • Anonymous
  • Anne Williams
  • Chloe J.
  • Brian and Blair Blessinger
  • Allison P.
  • Fatima F.
  • Amy Phillips
  • Jonathan N.
  • Jazmine A.
  • The Merrills
  • Tatiana G.
  • Abbas H.