Master Composter Volunteer Opportunities

It has been almost a year since you completed your Master Composter training. You also committed to doing 30 hours of volunteer time. Since this is the first year of the program, Ron has suggested that we use September 15 as a deadline for completing and submitting your hours. We will have your badges and certificates ready for you at the October 24 Master Gardeners monthly meeting.

The following are volunteer opportunities. Not all of them will be before September 15.

Garfield Park Demo Garden

August 22, Tuesday - 10:00- 11:30 a.m. -"Compost, why and how to use"

Sept 26, Tuesday - 10:00 -11:30 a.m. - "Harvesting and Using compost for Fall Clean up"

For other volunteer opportunities at Garfield Park, contact Harmony at hpicciuca@garfieldpark.org

Eli Cheesecake Farmers Market

August 3

September 14

October 12

Hours flexible. Contact Elizabeth at ebruhns@sbcglobal.net

Master Composters at Ag School

We need a couple of Master Composters to manage the three composting structures and wooden worm bin in the Compost Education Center. Please call Nancy Kreith at 773-233-0476 or email her at kreith@uiuc.edu.

2006 Compost Bin Sale

Please keep Saturday, August 19 open for the 2006 Bin Sale. We will need 8 volunteers at each of the three locations: Ag School, Garfield Park and North Park Nature Center.This will be a good way to earn at least 6 hours, maybe more.

Nancy still has Master Composter T-shirts, if you have not yet gotten yours, contact her at 773-233-0476 or kreith@uiuc.edu

We do not have a special reporting form for Composter hours. If you have the old paper MG reporting form use that, or a simple sheet of paper.

Report should contain:

Type of demonstration

Location

Address, zip code- (especially important)

# of Clients

Racial make up of clients

Number of volunteer hours

Send your report to:

Ron Wolford

UIUC Extension

3807W. 111th St.

Chicago, IL 60655

Or email to Nancy at kreith@uiuc.edu

Elizabeth Bruhns, Chicago Master Gardener Coordinator - ebruhns@sbcglobal.net

Posted by Ron Wolford at 2:28 PM |