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 Growing Partners Program
Growing Partners Program is rural high school employment program employing youth from south Thurston County. Youth who are employed in the program learn job skills and training in addition to learning about inclusion. Youth work with growers lending support to each other while helping to grow vegetables on our 5 acre farm. They are involved in learning about Developmental Disabilities and learning how to best support and be advocates for people with disabilities. We hope the youth who are involved in our program to become advocates in their community to make inclusion a part of everyday life in our culture. Youth Participate in workshops which focus on Development Disabilities, Horticultural Therapy, Communication, Marketing, Costumer Service, Composting, Propagation, Animal Management, American Sign Language, and many more... While on the farm youth work in fields helping us grow organic vegetables. They are responsible for field preparation, transplanting, irrigation, weeding, and harvesting of veggies for market. They also are in charge of the management of our on site market stand. They learn how to market, provide excellent customer service and help manage a successful vegetable market stand.
For more information on the Growing Partner Program contact our volunteer coordinator.
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