Tag: Kraft YMCA
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YMCA CILTs Camp Returns!
Ten young teens from Kraft YMCA CILTS Camp (Campers in Leadership Training) came to the garden Tuesday morning to get their hands dirty with organic gardening. Two of the kids in this camp were here last time (June 16), and this was the third time for one of them. Following a lightning…
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YMCA CILT Camp at the Garden
They couldn’t have picked a better day to come to the garden. Temps in the low seventies and partly cloudy! We enjoyed welcoming back again this year the leadership training youth (ages 13-15) from the Kraft YMCA CILTS Camp (Campers in Leadership Training). They are always a fun group to have, and with…
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YMCA Camp E at the Garden
Future organic gardeners of America! We enjoyed having Kraft YMCA’s Summer Camp E come to the garden this morning for a field trip during Nature Week at the Y. These elementary school kids were immersed in the tools, crops, and maintenance tasks needed to operate a community garden, and by…
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YMCA Camp Rocks at the Garden!
Today was the first of several YMCA of the Triangle Summer Camp visits to Simple Gifts Community Garden planned this year. Todays visiting camp was “CILT Camp” (Campers in Leadership Training), comprised of teens in rising 9th – 10th grade who are looking for opportunities to serve and lead. It’s…