GreenWorks! Grant Awardees - Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Woodfield Center School (Beresford, SD):
Students will conduct “Extreme Makeover: Yard Edition” by identifying areas in their community that need help with landscaping or maintenance, including the local day care center and senior citizen center. The students will then plan what work needs to be done and carry it out with the help of teachers and community volunteers.

The Outdoor Campus (Sioux Falls, SD):
The Outdoor Campus will work with third-graders at Lowell Elementary Math, Science and Technology School on the Urban Garden Cooperative Project to help native and migrating birds and butterflies. The 2007-2008 third-graders will also work with Cliff Avenue Greenhouse to start garden. The 2008-2009 third-graders will take up the project, harvesting cuttings and seedlings to plant in the spring of 2009.

Press Release for South Dakota