Organizations Filed Purposes:
Educating and empowering youth through gardening to help prepare them as the stewards of a sustainable future for humanity.
SCHOOL & YOUTH GARDENS-Growing healthy food, habitat and kids. School garden program provides students and school communities with an engaging outdoor learning environment where young people can learn to use tools and practice creative problem solving as the urban land stewards of their school campus. Terra BIRDS also gives logistical and project management support so that school gardens can be long term assets within a school. Educational projects include leading 250 students at 4 schools in the Flagstaff Unified School District and Coconino County Regional Accomodation School District. School gardening enriches students and connects them to the ecosystems that surround them. Students transform themselves while transforming school grounds.
GREEN JOBS program provided short-term, green collar employment, vocational and life skills development and on-the-job training for at-risk youth. In 2020 Terra BIRDS provided temporary jobs, mentorship and networking support to 12 young people between the ages of 15 and 21 years old. Terra BIRDS partnered with the following entities to provide job training and in-the-field experiences: County Juvenile Detention Center, Ponderosa High School, City of Flagstaff Community Gardens and the City of Flagstaff. Terra BIRDS invests in practical work and life skills development for young people, while simultaneously making improvements towards more sustainable community infrastructure.
COMMUNITY GARDENS provide Flagstaffs urban gardners with a place to grow, harvest and learn together. Community gardens are an excellent place to meet the needs of Flagstaff residents in a multitude of ways. 126 community gardeners at 3 community gardens participated in 2020 and grew hundreds of pounds of food for their families, friends and community. K-12 students and college students came together to plant crops and do general garden maintenance. Other organizations, businesses and individuals also volunteered to assist with the gardens.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| John Taylor | PRESIDENT | 40 | $37,245 |
| Elizabeth Taylor | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Alissa Chambers | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Ted Martinez | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
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