Raising awareness

You never know who in your community will be able to contribute financial or in-kind support for your grounds greening project. Having students design a flyer or write a letter and distribute it to local businesses and community groups helps to raise awareness on what you are trying to accomplish.

You can invite people in the community to attend a presentation and discussion on the project and ask them for their ideas for improving your school grounds.

Support

Students can be very effective in leveraging financial and in-kind project support when they make presentations on their own behalf. For example, they can present to school trustees, municipal decision-makers, local businesses and business associations, service clubs, police and crime prevention groups, horticultural societies and environmental and nature organizations.

Expertise

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You can find out what expertise your school community has by having students organize a Skills Identification Survey.

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Much of the school grounds work can be done with school and community volunteers.

Go on the assumption that everyone has a valuable skill to contribute. You will need to show people how their skills can contribute to the project and ask them to volunteer for specific tasks.

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