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Community Outreach Services

ODBCOS actively engages in their community and provides community outreach through the folllowing programs:  

Food Bank and Food Box Distribution

  • US Department of Agriculture: The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)
  • Emergency food boxes that include all the basic food groups
  • Free weekly saturday morning breakfast
  • Daily nutritious snack pack
  • Distribution of basic needs including water and hygiene supplies

Self-sustainability through the Community Garden (CG)

  • Planning and budgeting techniques
  • Procurement concepts
  • Project Management thru design / build construction using GREEN technology concepts 
  • Accountability thru garden maintenance
  • Evaluation and statistics thru harvest evaluation
  • Fre enterprise (entrepreneurship)

Afterschool program:

  • Students from the local High School Jobs for Arizona Graduates (JAG) program contribute to the CG program through strategic partnerships that aligns with the ODBCOS Community Garden mentoring, leadership and accountability aspects.
  • High School JAG students help to establish a legacy of mentoring, leadership, and accountability for succession of the CG as it relates to present and future instruction of self-sustainability.

Postsecondary education scholarship

  • Academically based
  • Community service mandate
  • High academic achievement requirements

 

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