"In Our Back Yard"
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Connecting the Blake community, near and far, through service.
Make a difference and have fun by joining us for the first-ever
Blake Service Day.
8:30 a.m., Saturday, April 14
to 8:30 a.m. Sunday, April 15, 2007
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To our alumni who do not live in the Twin Cities: Be a part of Blake's inaugural Service day, "In Our Backyard" by participating in a service activity in your backyard. Sleep out in a tent in the back yard, volunteer at a local food shelf or help clean up a local park. Whether you are in New York City or San Francisco, Tokyo or Paris - mark the date today, grab some friends and make a difference.
Needed: City-leaders! Interested in spreading the word to fellow alumni and/or identifying service agencies in your city, please contact us at the email below. To learn more, find out how to hook up with fellow alumni in your community, e-mail us at alumniassoc@blakeschool.org.
To our local alumni, students, parents, faculty and friends: Bring the whole family or a friend … Participate in the morning or afternoon, on one project or all … Join us at Wayzata or Minneapolis … Pick a passion and make a difference.
The schedule and service work for the day includes the following. All events are family friendly.
- Stewarding Our Urban Watershed in and around Northrop 8:30 am -12:00 pm at the Northrop Campus
CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
- Registration
- Sign in and choose a work location at the West Entrance to the Northrop Campus
- Come dressed for gardening work
- 8:30-9:30 am
- Slide presentation in the Science Wing about the history of the Northrop Campus watershed area and other urban watersheds
- 9:30-11:30 am
- Spring Lake: [The lake across the street from Northrop] Plant, water, mulch, fence, chip trails, clean up, pull non-native species
- Sculpture Garden: Help renovate a greenhouse
- Loring Park: Prepare the perennial beds for spring
- 11:30 am-12:00 pm
- Celebrate as Blake "adopts" Spring Lake
- Enjoy a hot dog roast
- Watch the Minneapolis Park Board burn buckthorn piles
- Facing Hunger in our Community
- 1:30 pm-3:30 pm at Highcroft
- Homelessness Awareness 5:30 pm Saturday through 8:30 am Sunday at Hopkins
Please bring tents and shelters that would be appropriate for cold or inclement weather.
- 5:30-6:00 pm
- Registration and tent/shelter set-up at and around the Aamoth Stadium
- 6:00-6:45 pm
- Dinner and speakers from Simpson Housing, Avenues for Homeless Youth, and Interfaith Outreach
- 6:45-8:15 pm
- Poverty simulation presented by Urban Immersion; Families with young children play on the playground
- 8:30-10:00 pm
- Bonfire with music and artistic expression [Bring a guitar or an instrument, prepare a song or a poem]
- 10:00 pm
- Main track: Return to tents/shelters around the Aamoth Stadium
- Challenge track: Report to lower fields to simulate sleeping in an insecure environment
- 7:30 am April 15th
- Breakfast, report outs, next steps
Important reminders:
- Bring your own shelter and sleeping gear
- Only Upper School students may attend the program without a parent/guardian
- Upper School students need a signed/guardian parent permission slip, returned to US main office by Friday, April 13, to sleep out
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