After School Volunteer Activities

Assist After School Garden Instructors

This volunteer opportunity entails assisting any of the 19 after school garden instructors that service HISD’s 21^st Century Grant After School Programs. This volunteer opportunity could be a regular assistant that attends all of an instructor(s) hands-on gardening after school classes with activities in science, math, and other core subjects as well as planting, growing, and harvesting of seasonal vegetables and fruit, or it could be a volunteer that specifically help with cooking activities, garden maintenance, or curriculum assistance on an as needed basis. This volunteer opportunity requires a $25 refundable deposit to be used for the processing of a background check. The schools are in HISD’s north, central, and east regions and held between the times of 3pm and 6:30 pm.

Garden Builds

This volunteer opportunity allows volunteers to help build school gardens that are used as outdoor classrooms for the HISD schools that Urban Harvest services.

General Office Assistance for Youth Gardening Programs

This volunteer opportunity asks volunteers to assist at the Urban Harvest offices with general data input, filing, and other general office tasks.

Outreach and Publicity for Youth Gardening Programs

This volunteer opportunity asks for assistance in media activities contributed to and facilitated by Urban Harvest. Activities for this volunteer opportunity might include photography, web design, publicity, and journalism.