Markets & Programs
Application Forms: Growing Healthy Kids | Youth Farm Stand
Youth Programs
Earthworks
hosts two youth programs, Growing Healthy Kids and Youth Farm Stand from
February through November. 2007 was our first year experimenting with summer camps and we're happy to announce that we're running them again in 2008. Youth
living within two miles of the Capuchin Soup Kitchen are invited to
register for our youth programs. If you live outside of our
neighborhood we'd love to talk with you about sponsoring a youth
gardening program in your community.
Growing Healthy Kids – a program for 5- to 10-year-olds learn the basics of gardening, nutrition, cultural awareness, environmental stewardship and healthy living in our weekly classes. Held on-site at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen on Meldrum, we start each day with a healthy snack, outdoor play time, or coloring. Our main activities include planning our flower and vegetable garden, painting garden signs, cooking pancakes, extracting honey and starting seed transplants in our greenhouse. International Food Night is a favorite as kids stamp their passports and "visit" countries from around the world by tasting ethnic cuisines. The season culminates in an End of the Year Celebration with kids and families. The program is free to all families, although if you are able to contribute, we suggest a donation of $
5 per season, or $15 for the year, per family.
Growing Healthy Kids is held on Thursdays 5-7 p.m., February through November. Applications can be returned to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Attention: Earthworks, 1820 Mt. Elliott, Detroit, MI 48207.
Growing Healthy Kids Summer camp 2008: June 23-27, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. most days, Monday through Friday.
Youth Farm Stand – 11- to 16-year-olds are engaged in farming, marketing, personal development and learning about our community food system. Participants help in our greenhouse, learn about plant lifecycles, help with our value added products, help harvest and prepare vegetables from our field for market and attend market days with our staff (please see the calendar for a list of market days. We developed the Youth Farm Stand program when we realized that many Growing 
Healthy Kids participants were in need of more advanced programming and simply needed to have their own older kids group. 2005 was our pilot year, during which we distributed food from our garden and local farmers to more than 780 food stamp eligible adults. In 2008, we're partnering with The Greening of Detroit to establish Youth Growing Detroit, a collection of youth farm stand sites around Detroit. We'll be hosting two Youth Growing Detroit summits for all teens participating in the city in addition to sharing market tables among all the sites during the summer. Youth participants receive stipends for their market work. The program is free to all families, although if you are able to contribute, we suggest a donation of $5 per season, or $15 for the year, per family.
Youth Farm Stand is held on Tuesdays 5-7 pm, February through November. Applications can be returned to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Attention: Earthworks, 1820 Mt. Elliott, Detroit, MI 48207.
Youth Farm Stand Summer camp 2008: July 7-11 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. most days, Monday through Friday.