Abingdon Earth Day Celebration | DonationMatch

Abingdon Earth Day Celebration

Other Event Type for Virginia Congress of Parents & Teachers/ Abingdon Elem PTA
Apr 23, 2023 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Deadline: April 19, 2023

Who's Going
Fundraising Goal $250
Expected Attendance 85
Reach 700
Ticket Price $0
Metro Area Arlington, VA
Exempt Status 501(c)(3) (IRS Form 990 Filed)
Nonprofit Category B - Education
Attendee Gender Ratio 50% Male, 50% Female
Potential Item Uses Raffle/Sweepstakes Volunteer Appreciation
How Donors Promoted Event Program Event Announcement Newsletter Website Email Blast Facebook
Attendee Ages 0-4 Years 5-11 Years 12-17 Years 18-24 Years 25-34 Years 35-44 Years 45-54 Years 55-64 Years 65+ Years
Attendees' Children's Ages 0-4 Years 5-11 Years 12-17 Years 18+ Years
Special Populations Eco-Conscious Active People Foodies
Description

With five major languages spoken by families at Abingdon Elementary - English, Spanish, Amharic, Mongolian, and Arabic - our school garden helps break down these language barriers to engage friends and neighbors within our culturally diverse school community. It is our goal to collaborate with our science teacher and her Eco Action Club to help maintain the garden momentum at our Title I school with 726 students. The school garden requires a year round volunteer base to assist with garden goals, and we aspire for students to enjoy the first hand experience about our food supply while concurrently providing produce to food-insecure families at our school. We like to maintain the garden momentum by providing a special raffle and snacks to our volunteers who show up to help.  At our prior MLK Day of Service Garden Event we hosted 81 volunteers, and we hope to turn out the crowd at our Earth Day event to celebrate our 32nd anniversary of our school garden and to host a ribbon cutting ceremony for an Eagle Scout student who recently build a custom garden shed for our school. We will also be weeding the garden grounds and picking up litter on our school campus.

Abingdon Elementary
3035 S Abingdon Street
Arlington, VA 22206