September: Claire Miziolek

GTECH Strategies
Sustainable Community Fellow

Summary:

September has been a very full month. At GTECH, we have been harvesting the sunflowers at many of the sites that we planted this year. We have been working with community groups to come out and get the sunflower seeds from the sunflowers that grew tall this year. We have found that birds, especially gold finches, have really enjoyed the sunflower seeds this year! While many of the seeds have been pecked away, there still have been a great number a seeds at these sites and many volunteers to show for it.

This Month, I led many volunteer groups in our harvest activities. This included:

--Pulse at Pennley on 9/1

--Shecona Harvest on 9/8 in E. Liberty

--Swissvale Harvest on 9/11

--Millvale harvest on 9/11

--Mowed Millvale and Swissvale on 9/15

--Braddock outreach at the farm stand on 9/16

--Helped get materials together for Jeanette St., event was on 9/18

--Peabody on 9/19 in E. Liberty

--Tarentum on 9/19

--Sharpsburg harvest on 9/22, crazy downpour

--Elizabeth on 9/23, almost 100 preschoolers

--Braddock on 9/25

--Sharpsburg for 9/28

We have many current green economy initiatives. Some events this month included:

--Taking notes and helping facilitating for GJAB on Sept 14th

--Voter Activation Network training for the Urban Leadership Institute program on 9/21

--Green for All event discussion on 9/9, 9/21

--Coro NEXT program special discussion on 9/30

Other administrative duties:

--Collected and compiled GTECH Newsletter articles

--Took notes and compiled them for the GTECH Board Meeting on 9/16

--Took weekly Staff meeting notes and sent out action items

Community Engagement and education events:

--Met with 3 Rivers Connect, discussed education opportunities

--Attend Solutions for Society to hear Cheryl Dorsey speak.