On Saturday, June 23rd, the Emerging Leaders Council will celebrate United Way's Day of Action: an enterprise-wide effort each year recognizing volunteering as an essential part of our brand promise and engage individuals on our work in education, financial stability and health as we United Against Food Deserts.
This year United Way of San Antonio and Bexar Count's Emerging Leaders Council is partnering with Kellogg's, Gardopia Gardens and Palo Alto College for United Against Food Deserts: a community garden build.
Palo Alto College is located on the Southside of San Antonio, has the cities only horticulture program, has a childcare on-site, and is located in a food desert.
The Palo Alto Student Garden was started by the Horticulture Department for students to get hands on experience in gardening and farming. Each semester a class of students use the garden as an outdoor classroom; Fall is Small Farming, Spring is Organic Gardening and Farming.
Fresh produce from the garden will be used by students at Palo Alto, and for breakfast in the childcare program.
Community volunteers for United Way Day of Action will support the Palo Alto Garden with the following projects:
- Row Crop Optimization
- Produce Wash Station
- Build Picnic Tables
- Fence Completion
- Complete Raise Beds and plant summer crops
