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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
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As a college student, I can be the first to admit that I spend way too much time inside, glued to a computer screen, or texting on my cell phone. Adults struggle with getting outdoors and in turn, children are having the same struggle. Ronda Grimes, in the video posted below, gets right to the point when she says that our children are living in a world of technology that hinders their ability to get outside and actually enjoy that time outdoors. Here at REAL School Gardens, we think it's not only important for kids to be outdoors but ...
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
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REAL School Gardens, Surgical Care Affiliates, The United Way and Richardson Bike Mart were part of an amazing occasion held on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at the Gaylord Texan Resort for the children of the organization, Bea’s Kids. This event was created to increase interest in the subjects of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, also known as STEM. This event not only reached out to the areas of STEM, but it also gave the kids confidence and a feeling of accomplishment after creating each project. With around 200 volunteers and about eighty children involved, ...
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'" On Monday, January 21, 2013, our nation celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service in honor of Dr. King Jr.’s legacy. Each year, Americans across the country answer that question by coming together on the MLK Holiday to serve their neighbors and communities. [http://mlkday.gov/] Going beyond providing community service on just one day out of the year, Dr. King Jr. calls us to continue to serve our neighbors and communities throughout the year. 
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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Saturday was my first “Big Dig” with REAL School Gardens. Those are the days where we join our partners to create a learning garden at a low income school. It was cold. It was rainy. It was muddy. And I loved it. 
As the new marketing and communications director, I was there to get a sense of how these community-powered events work. I was also getting some fresh photos for the website. To get these pictures, I asked one of our educators, Eric Vanderbeck (a.k.a. Mr. V), to do some of his hands-on lessons with 12 kids whose ...
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Tuesday, October 02, 2012
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A recent assessment of student performance over the first six years of our program (2003-2009) showed that schools with a REAL School Garden had average passing rates on the Science TAKS test that were more than 5% higher than those without a learning garden. The assessment was conducted by Professor Dale Boisso at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Before a school gets to benefit from their learning garden a lot has to happen! For example, at William Cabell Elementary in Dallas, with generous donations from United Way and Bank of America, we are preparing their large courtyard for their ...
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Friday, August 31, 2012
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Texas’ long, hot summer is almost over, and with it so is the waiting process for the children and teachers at Dallas ISD’s William L. Cabell Elementary School. The Cabell Elementary community received the good news in May that they had been accepted into partnership with REAL School Gardens and would likely receive their own learning garden the following school year. Then, the wait began, as the RSG team worked hard to find the right partners to help bring the learning garden to life. Thanks to the generosity of Bank of America and United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Cabell’s ...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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In its first year, the national volunteer initiative, FoodCorps, sent over 50 volunteer service members to sites across 10 states. With a mission to give all youth an enduring relationship with healthy food, young volunteers across the nation set out to: - Teach kids about what healthy food is and where it comes from
- Build and tend school gardens
- Bring high-quality local food into public school cafeterias
FoodCorps is a part of the AmeriCorps network, a national volunteer service organization that puts over 70,000 service members to work across the nation each year. AmeriCorp service members can get ...
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
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Our school gardens are all about broadening perspectives and exploring new ideas. In this way, a very local, familiar, daily experience for our students expands their thinking far beyond school walls and neighborhood boundaries. Questions about why okra can grow in our hot Texas summers lead to discussions of the plant's origins in Africa. And lessons on creating paint from rocks are overlaid with stories of Native American artistry.  Just as our students are able to use something tangible in their outdoor classroom to take learning to a new level, our corporate partners are exhibiting a similar trend of ...
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Wednesday, June 06, 2012
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Pardon my grammar in the title of this post, but I just had to emphasize that we are so lucky here at REAL School Gardens to work with some incredibly talented volunteers. We, of course, have to give a shout-out to all our volunteers with landscaping and gardening skills like Rain Scholars (shown above), Blooms Landcare, Bamboo Builders Supply, and Water Gardens Galore, to name but a few. But I also want to brag about some unique volunteers who apply more indoor-oriented skill sets to support outdoor learning... 
Many of you have probably heard of the ...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
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Volunteers are found at the core of every successful nonprofit organization, and REAL School Gardens is no exception to that. Without the dedicated service offered by our community volunteers, we would be much further away from accomplishing our mission of creating learning gardens that grow successful students. REAL School Gardens would like to send out a well-deserved, special “Thank You” to each individual who has generously donated their time and service to help install and sustain beautiful, dynamic school gardens, provide garden support for North Texas elementary schools and administrative and special event support to REAL School Gardens. Our ...
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