Sometimes one day volunteer opportunities can seem like a waste of time, or can be disorganized, but at Urban Tree Connection they put us right to work at the Uber Street Garden in North Philadelphia. We mulched and tore down a fence alongside Skip, the founder of UTC, two of their employees, the block captain, and several of the kids who lived on the block. Our group of 15 got a good deal accomplished in a few hours, and got a chance to see the solidarity that makes Urban Tree Connection work-- the people taking time to invest in their own neighborhoods, transforming dangerous spaces into productive, beautiful community projects.
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- EIN 23-2889697
- (215) 877-7203
- 1445 N 52nd St Philadelphia PA 19131-4435 USA
- www.urbantreeconnection.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Job Training
Mission: Urban tree connection (utc) is a nonprofit corporation
Programs: In working closely with the community to transform vacant lots into safe and functional places, utc served residents by conducting childrens' programs, mobilized the community to embrace and take ownership of specific greening projects (primarily in the haddington section of west philadelphia), and introduced and engaged the community in urban farming to promote healthy living and good nutrition.
neighborhood foods has established a market-rate farmers' market on tuesdays and saturdays in rittenhouse and reduced-price community based farm stands in partnership with north philadelphia ymca, west philadelphia ymca, first african presbyterian church, and their saturday market at neighborhood foods farm. Utc ran a mix of market-rate and low-income csa shares, with a focus on low-income shares. Utc's focus on distribution was in targeted areas with limited access to healthy foods, and utc set