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Monday, April 25, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Olympia, we have a problem
Team GRuB has been busy, busy, busy this week.
After demo was finished the team has been working on finalizing our design and beginning the construction process.
Designs will be posted for the public to view on this blog.
Photo of the day:
Stay tuned for more news from Team GRuB!
After demo was finished the team has been working on finalizing our design and beginning the construction process.
Designs will be posted for the public to view on this blog.
Photo of the day:
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| June holds up her catch of the day. A magnet used to find all the nails on site! |
Gettin' Grubby
It finally happened! The shed has come down!
Last Friday, April 15th, our brave team GRuB went out to the farm and took down the shed.
Here are some favorite pictures of the demo but to see the full photo album, hop on over to our Flickr!
To see more pictures of the deconstruction, hop on over to our Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/61789167@N05/
Stay tuned for a .gif image of the official tear down!
Last Friday, April 15th, our brave team GRuB went out to the farm and took down the shed.
Here are some favorite pictures of the demo but to see the full photo album, hop on over to our Flickr!
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| Eric and Julianne begin the demo |
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| Tyler looking fly |
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| Our pro roofers |
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| Roof demo complete! |
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| And it's down for the count! |
Stay tuned for a .gif image of the official tear down!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Schedule
Work has finally begun on the GRuB farm and after a timeline re-assessment we are back on schedule! Take a look at our plans, we hope to see everyone for our ribbon cutting ceremony on the 3rd of June!
Click on the pictures to see them larger.
Click on the pictures to see them larger.
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Work Begins!
Good news everyone! Work has begun on the GRuB farm!
Our team members trekked out and began work on clearing out the shed, tearing out old boards and taking out cabinets left behind. Also the roof was cleared off and assessed for deconstruction. Take a look at our group members having a grand old time.
Our team members trekked out and began work on clearing out the shed, tearing out old boards and taking out cabinets left behind. Also the roof was cleared off and assessed for deconstruction. Take a look at our group members having a grand old time.
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| The gang begins work |
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| Julianne clears needles and moss off the roof |
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| Eric and Keaton get to work tearing out boards |
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| Julianne takes a break |
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| Evan and Eric pull the shelves off the walls |
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| Eric and Julianne show Keaton how real work gets done |
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| Evan, Eric and Keaton tear out more shelves |
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| The boys decide what to do with the cabinet |
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Garden Raised Bounty
At the beginning of the year our program approached members of the community offering our services as first year design students for their projects. One of the groups who approached us was the Garden Raised Bounty (or GRuB) farm located on Elliott Avenue in Olympia, Washington.
GRuB is a grass roots non profit organization dedicated to nourishing a strong community by empowering people and growing good food. GRuB hosts a Cultivating Youth Education Program which focuses on connecting children with the health, self esteem and positive life changes that come with growing and eating good food. The program is centered around elementary and middle school aged children and offers a unique hands on learning experience that teaches not only about growing food but also about growing and working as a team.
GRuB also has a Cultivating Youth Employment & Drop-Out Prevention Program which engages 30+ low income teens each year in land and community based projects. Their curriculum centers on GRuB's core themes of farming self, farming land and farming community. The farming self portion focuses on one on one relationships with the GRuB staff regarding goals in academics and post high school life as well as workshops in public speaking, non violent communication, conflict de-escalation and healthy relationships. The farming land focuses on the production of almost 11,000 pounds of food that is either donated to the local food bank and to the crew members and their families. The farming community is based around in community service either with building free gardens for low income families or hosting workshops to show new gardeners the skills they have learned while with GRuB.
GRuB's Kitchen Garden Project works with Thurston and Mason County low income families building raised garden beds and mentoring on the care and use of the beds. More than 2,000 beds have been installed since 1993!
Overall the members of the GRuB farm have an extremely huge heart and do whatever they can no only for their crew members but also their community. The members of the design team are ecstatic to help them with this design build project and to help out such a deserving organization.
If you would like to know more about GRuB visit their website at: http://www.goodgrub.org/
GRuB is a grass roots non profit organization dedicated to nourishing a strong community by empowering people and growing good food. GRuB hosts a Cultivating Youth Education Program which focuses on connecting children with the health, self esteem and positive life changes that come with growing and eating good food. The program is centered around elementary and middle school aged children and offers a unique hands on learning experience that teaches not only about growing food but also about growing and working as a team.
GRuB also has a Cultivating Youth Employment & Drop-Out Prevention Program which engages 30+ low income teens each year in land and community based projects. Their curriculum centers on GRuB's core themes of farming self, farming land and farming community. The farming self portion focuses on one on one relationships with the GRuB staff regarding goals in academics and post high school life as well as workshops in public speaking, non violent communication, conflict de-escalation and healthy relationships. The farming land focuses on the production of almost 11,000 pounds of food that is either donated to the local food bank and to the crew members and their families. The farming community is based around in community service either with building free gardens for low income families or hosting workshops to show new gardeners the skills they have learned while with GRuB.
GRuB's Kitchen Garden Project works with Thurston and Mason County low income families building raised garden beds and mentoring on the care and use of the beds. More than 2,000 beds have been installed since 1993!
Overall the members of the GRuB farm have an extremely huge heart and do whatever they can no only for their crew members but also their community. The members of the design team are ecstatic to help them with this design build project and to help out such a deserving organization.
If you would like to know more about GRuB visit their website at: http://www.goodgrub.org/
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