Volunteer

Volunteer Hour Reporting

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Volunteer hour reporting is due in September 30. Forms can be filled out electronically and sent via email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or as a hard copy to Erin LaFaive, 227 First Street West, Altoona, WI, 54720.

Reporting your volunteer hours is very important even if you don't complete the minimum 24 hours for the year. Hours are sent to the Master Gardener Volunteer State program office on the UW-Madison Campus and used to recieve continued monetary support from the State of WI.

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Got Dirt?

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Volunteer to Train Teachers

I will be hosting one Got Dirt? training session in early 2012. Would you like to give a training session too? All the materials and presentation PowerPoints are already created. Having more than one session in the area would be great. Details from the Got Dirt? office are listed below. ~Erin LaFaive

Call for Got Dirt? Trainers

As Master Gardener Volunteers fielding community questions, I imagine you are reminded regularly of what a process it was to gain all the knowledge you have about successful growing. Personally, it took me by surprise to meet an adult who honestly didn’t understand that her carrot was the plant’s root (no, it was not going to “grow back” after picking!), or why she was not likely to get a bumper crop of watermelons out of her 2’ x 2’ x 34” standing planter.

Volunteers Needed at Fair

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H clover1 elp man the Master Gardener Booth at the Eau Claire County Fair on July 29 and 30 at the Expo center. It was a popular event last year and was fun also. Duties include helping answer questions, and offering tours through the Expo gardens and compost areas. There may also be a drawing for a composter. Reference books will be available for use and you will always have another person to help answer questions.

If interested in helping contact Erin LaFaive (715-839-4712). See you there!

Level 1 Master Gardener Volunteer Training

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Master Gardener Volunteer Training Program - Level 1 - This program provides horticultural training to adults who, in turn, volunteer for Eau Claire County UW Extension. The goal is to connect people with resources and research-based information to help people better understand horticulture and their environment.

Level 1 is a new name for General Training.

The application packet can be found at http://eauclaire.uwex.edu/master-gardener-volunteer-program/

Expo Gardens Work Schedule

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Work nights at the Expo Center have been regularly scheduled for the second Wednesday and fourth Tuesday of each growing season month. Rain dates are the following evening. These dates are: June 8, June 28, July 13, July 26, August 10, August 23, September 14, and September 27. There is no "official" start or end time.