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developing a sustainable food farm & bike shop. We helped laying cardboard and wood chips in the garden to help kill the weeds.

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Helped the Village Green Foundation clean up and prepare for greenhouse and garden use. We cleaned up trash, removed weeds, picked up branches, made compost, made trails around the garden by spreading woodchips over cardboard, spread compost over garden beds. The Village Green Foundation is a great place that provides affordable and fresh food to people in its local community. By helping them prepare for the growing season, we aided in making the quality and efficiency of the service they provide, helping the local community.

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I made a difference in the community and it was fun acting like I was on a hippie commune with my friends.

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I cleaned up a cut down peach tree and organized it against the fence line to clean up the garden. Then Danny and I helped load wood chips into wheelbarrows to help create paths in between the garden beds and create a path for people to walk on. We also cleaned up one of the stone walls be pulling ivy off the wall.

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I can now say I’ve volunteered in Cincy and can encourage others to do so

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I helped pick up trash on/around the property so that folks could properly lay wood chips, build garden beds, and allow healthy plant growth

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Our Better Place Project was a positive experience for me. It helped me get involved with the Cincinnati community and help provide to it. I learned more about the excellent local organizations that help out the community.

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Now that the project is over, I just plan on continuing to be a student at UC. I will apply the experience I have gained from our BPP to look for other local organizations to volunteer at.

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I helped the community by pulling weeds and tilling the ground below the raised garden beds. 

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I helped the community by pulling weeds and tilling the ground below the raised garden beds. 

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I enjoyed the project and I think it’s nice because I’m new to the area and it let me interact with the community and get to know more people. 

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I enjoyed the project and I think it’s nice because I’m new to the area and it let me interact with the community and get to know more people. 

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Now I’m going to keep volunteering and getting closer to our group and the community. 

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Now I’m going to keep volunteering and getting closer to our group and the community. 

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The Village Green Foundation was working on improving their garden for the upcoming spring, with the ultimate goal is to grow vegetables to provide to the neighboring community and act as a bike repair station. My role in volunteering was to weed garden beds and transport those weeds to the compost bin, then help cover pathways with woodchips. 

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The Village Green Foundation was working on improving their garden for the upcoming spring, with the ultimate goal is to grow vegetables to provide to the neighboring community and act as a bike repair station. My role in volunteering was to weed garden beds and transport those weeds to the compost bin, then help cover pathways with woodchips. 

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Helped The Village Green Foundation clean up their garden and grew closer to my community.

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At the Village Green Foundation, we helped clean the garden for spring and did any general tasks that needed to get done. My role was to weed the garden and clean it for the spring, as well as prevent weeds from growing by laying cardboard and woodchips down.  

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At the Village Green Foundation, we helped clean the garden for spring and did any general tasks that needed to get done. My role was to weed the garden and clean it for the spring, as well as prevent weeds from growing by laying cardboard and woodchips down.  

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I helped clean up a garden bed and spread mulch to help the decomposition of cardboard. Village Green Foundation's goal is to increase self sufficiency and advocate for a greener world. My role was just a volunteer, and I was learning as I went.

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My general impressions of the Better Place Project was that it was fun and something new, and a way to get students involved in the community. Perspectives that the experience lent to me were that I can volunteer or even run something helpful and unique. I can do anything that I put my mind to! I learned that one can help the community through pursuing their own passions, including me!

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My general impressions of the Better Place Project was that it was fun and something new, and a way to get students involved in the community. Perspectives that the experience lent to me were that I can volunteer or even run something helpful and unique. I can do anything that I put my mind to! I learned that one can help the community through pursuing their own passions, including me!

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I was able to gain more experience with gardening and meet new people.

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Being outside on a beautiful day & wheeling around da wheelbarrow

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My general impression with the of the better place project was letting us have a good time and helping the community we are going to school in. It is getting us involved and showing that UC is willing to help the community that they are in.

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My favorite part of volunteering was finding a snail in the wood chip pile and rescuing them.

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I want to volunteer more and do things like that because I enjoy working outside and doing projects outsides. I will now investigate and try to find places with a similar mission especially places closer to my home to help my own community as I live kind of far from campus and want to help more with the community.

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Now that the project is complete, I’m going to seek out similar opportunities to do on my own or with some friends. I will apply what I learned about gardening to my future backyard. 

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Now that the project is complete, I’m going to seek out similar opportunities to do on my own or with some friends. I will apply what I learned about gardening to my future backyard. 

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VGF’s goal is to provide community gardens, which solve the problem of food insecurity and scarcity and can bring communities together. They seem to be stressed and overstaffed, but very set in their ways and hesitant about accepting help.

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I would love to volunteer with other community gardens in the future, because I now know that I enjoy gardening. UC has some community garden project going on so I will hopefully get involved with it in some way! This volunteer experience was a great way to meet some new people involved in building community gardens.

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Doing good for the community that we are going to school in and helping others.

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My impression of BPP was that it was a community experience that would not only grow connections with people in my learning community, but also support and help organizations in the community. I learned that even for something like a bicycle co-op where a garden may not seem directly related, there are always ways to incorporate better practices for the environment that can also help the business and community as well. 

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My impression of BPP was that it was a community experience that would not only grow connections with people in my learning community, but also support and help organizations in the community. I learned that even for something like a bicycle co-op where a garden may not seem directly related, there are always ways to incorporate better practices for the environment that can also help the business and community as well. 

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I loved meeting new people and getting to work with my friends as well as frequent volunteers at the Village Green Foundation.

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I loved meeting new people and getting to work with my friends as well as frequent volunteers at the Village Green Foundation.

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I will keep volunteering at organizations around Cincinnati. I really liked Tikkun Farm and will be frequenting their volunteer program. It is a very fulfilling experience and i enjoy helping folks.

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I learned about invasive ivy and how hard it is to remove.

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My favorite part was finding a salamander in the wood chip pile.

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My general impressions of the Better Place Project is to get those who are in LC's out into the community, outside of the campus range. I learned that there are people who know the ins and outs of all of the local species in the garden, and they know how to make everything work together.

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I had fun finding spiders in warped vegetable pots, and looking at lizards on the wall outside while we were weeding.

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I think I will volunteer more often for places that may be understaffed or need extra support from their volunteers. I will also help with smaller businesses more and provide support for places in my own community. 

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I think I will volunteer more often for places that may be understaffed or need extra support from their volunteers. I will also help with smaller businesses more and provide support for places in my own community. 

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I'm going to look for similar volunteer opportunities near my parents' house for the summer.

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doing silly little commune things with my pals

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It was fun being outside on a nice day and enjoying the outdoors while also helping the organization.

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It was fun being outside on a nice day and enjoying the outdoors while also helping the organization.

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I learned so much from the VGF, especially about using all parts of the land. For example, all of the leaves that we moved were put into the compost. I'll take the values of the foundation and take it with me.

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Talking to people with accents!

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I enjoyed the project and like that it encourages more people to volunteer and help their communities thrive :)

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My favourite part of this project was spending time outside and meeting a lot of beautiful new people!

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I helped clean up garden beds by removing weeds and raking soil. Along with working with my fellow classmates to spread would chips and dirt to better the garden.