Day One We started off with a good few hours of working in the garden. We weeded and we put tomato stakes in the ground so we could prepare for the planting of tomatoes. One of our teams (yellow team) moved beds from under our tent...
Day 1 Today was our first day getting all of our new students and introducing them to different topics that we would go over at our camp. We started with a circle up and we got to know new things about each other like what our...
[embed]https://www.facebook.com/fhcindy/videos/2164156873898201/[/embed] This past weekend we had the opportunity to have a booth at Congressman Carson's Youth Opportunities Fair held at the Indianapolis Central Library from 12pm - 7pm. The lobby of the library was taken over by various local organizations offering youth jobs, internships and volunteer...
[embed]https://www.facebook.com/fhcindy/videos/2196343527254410/[/embed] We finally finished the seven week summer program at Felege Hiywot! During the last week of the camp students presented their long term projects with IUPUI CEES interns. For our long term project we decided to "test out the effects of different lights sources on...
We have some exciting news! During the fifth week our students were able to experience the chickens hatch at our community urban garden. So far we have five colorful and cute chicks. The students enjoyed holding and petting the chickens. Some of our students...
This week the summer program students finished the program with Photographer and Story Teller, Paul Best. This year the photography camp focused dealing with trauma. Our students made coping collages with magazine pages. Our summer program students loved being able to express themselves through the mini...
This week at our community urban garden has been bountiful. wWe have so much produce ready to be harvested! We have kale, collards, cucumbers, tomatoes, and peppers ready to go. The students at our summer program were able to work with IUPUI CEES interns and begin...
Week One: Plant Growth and Development Our community urban garden at The Felege Hiywot Center just kicked off the first few weeks of the 7-week long summer program. Our students have already started making a community impact by working at Unity Park alongside members of the...
Here at Felege Hiywot Center our youth farm program is an integral expression of our mission. Our youth farm leaders are Indianapolis high-schoolers who have completed one or more years as a farm worker in our youth farm program. We are proud of these teens...