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Welcome to Our Summer Staff!
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Holly Harrison
Youth Gardening Program Instructor
I hail from California, growing up in Bakersfield and then spent 10 years living and gardening next to the ocean in the foggy sand dunes of San Francisco.
Earning a B.A. in Environmental Studies from San Francisco State University in 2006. With a season-long departure to Fairbanks, Alaska in 2009 as a School Garden Coordinator for Calypso Farm and Ecology Center then returned to San Francisco and worked in the retail nursery industry.
I moved to Fort Collins in 2014 to attend Colorado State University to earn a second bachelors degree in Horticultural Therapy.
This is my second season with Loveland Youth Gardeners, I worked with Leaf Out last summer as the group's intern. I will be this season's Youth Gardening Program Instructor and am really excited about this season
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Holly Bandong
Leaf Out Gardening Program Instructor
I joined LYG as a YGP Intern for the 2014 season and was pleased to be offered the position of LOGP Instructor in 2015 and to continue this 2016 season. I earned a Bachelor’s degree from CSU in Art Education and a Holistic Health certification from FRCC. I try to hold a creative approach in my teaching style while also addressing the importance of caring for the environment, communities and self.
I find the natural beauty of the environment to satisfy my sense of wonderment and feel blessed to have found such a wonderful area to call home. I feel it’s important for people to have the opportunity to connect with the land and area where they reside. For this reason I take much pride in the work I am able to perform as an instructor with LOGP, as well as having the opportunity to observe the growth that takes place when dedicated individuals try to make a positive change.
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Brandi Barrett
Branch Out Coordinator
I am a senior at CSU. I graduate in December 2016, and my degree program is Horticultural Therapy. I'm really glad summer is here and excited to be working with LYG.
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Emily Reuell
Leaf Out Intern
I have been with LYG for 5 years. I started in 2012 as a student in the Youth Gardening Program, then moved to the Leaf Out program
2 years later
. Now, I am the Leaf Out Intern for the 2016 season. After this summer, I will be attending Front Range Community College to be a Veterinary Technician.
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Austin Magness
Youth Gardening Program Intern
I was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada and studied at University of Nevada Las Vegas for three years before transferring to Colorado State University. I love it here in Colorado and feel really grateful to be here. I'm also very grateful for the opportunity that Loveland Youth Gardeners has provided me to work with the Youth Gardening Program students this summer.
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The LYG Staff is now CPR & AED trained and certified!
On Tuesday, June 7th, Banner Health came to the LYG office and presented their HeartSaver CPR with AED class. The class was taught by an American Heart Association certified health care professional and covered adult and infant/child CPR, obstructed airway, the Heimlich maneuver, the use of a barrier device, and AED hands on training. Upon completion of the course, each of the LYG staff participants received a Heart Saver course completion card valid for two years.
A great, big THANK YOU to Banner Health for providing us with this invaluable class!
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Our Summer programs
are in full-swing!
The students of the Youth Gardening Program are spending their mornings growing their gardens, developing LYG's grounds, planting the community gardens, and learning invaluable lessons about life and food.
The Leaf Out Program students tend to various gardens in Loveland including their own herb garden and the gardens at Trinity and All Saints churches.
On Thursdays, Leaf Out joins YGP at the LYG office/gardens to collaborate in the gardens and enjoy preparing and eating lunch together.
In addition, on Tuesday afternoons, students from SummitStone Therapy's "Digging Deeper" group meet at LYG for a brief class and to work in their own garden.
Our grounds are slowly being developed; our vision is becoming reality; our gardens are growing; and the lives of youth are being changed and influenced for a better future!
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We LOVE to show off our progress!
If you'd like to join us for a personal tour of the grounds while our students are here,
please contact us via phone or email to schedule a day/time.
We look forward to seeing you!
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Tickets for the
NoCo Urban Homestead Tour
Saturday, July 30th
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Thank You for Your Support!
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Thank you for helping us make a difference in the lives of the youth we serve, the Loveland community, and our planet.
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Loveland Youth Gardeners | 970.669.7182 | Alyssa@LovelandYouthGardeners.org | www.LovelandYouthGardeners.org
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