20 Groundwork Youth Leaders from across the country are traveling to a training camp in Harper, Texas, to strengthen their construction and leadership skills in environmental restoration work.The youth leaders lead teams of youth called “Green Teams” who work to build pocket parks, install community gardens, improve urban trails, plant trees, and green the landscape of their neighborhoods.These funds will enable our youth leaders to travel to Texas for the training, learn pertinent skills taught by professionals and build confidence to expand their work opportunities. Bringing our leaders together also connects and strengthens the Groundwork network by providing a forum for sharing knowledge and resources and for building enduring and life-long relationships.

Groundwork USA is a national network of 20 local non-profits (called Trusts), engaging residents, youth, businesses and government officials to revitalize distressed neighborhoods by transforming community liabilities into ‘green’ assets. Our model youth conservation program, the Green Team, works with (and pays) over 200 youth ages 14 to 18 each year, on community environmental restoration projects and leadership skills - in Bridgeport, CT, Buffalo, NY, Cincinnati, OH, Dallas, TX, Denver, CO, Elizabeth, NJ, Jacksonville, FL, Las Cruces, NM, Lawrence, MA, Milwaukee, WI, New Orleans, LA, Portland, OR, Providence, RI, Richmond, CA, Richmond, VA, San Diego, CA, Somerville, MA, Washington DC, Wyoming County, WV, Yonkers, NY, and Newburgh, NY.