EVENT:
Up on the Roof...
"GREEN KEEPERS," FORMERLY HOMELESS ADULTS LIVING WITH
MENTAL ILLNESS, BEAUTIFY A ROOFTOP GARDEN
Participants in Goddard Riverside Community Center’s
Green Keepers
program maintain a rooftop garden they originally
designed and planted. With 24 window boxes, roses,
large potted annuals and a variety of plants, the
Green Keepers’
garden boasts beautiful views of the Hudson River
and Westside skyline. The program helps individuals
who are living with mental illness and have interrupted
or no work histories enter the workforce through meaningful
employment opportunities.
Green Keepers
are trained in beautification services including landscaping,
planting, mulching, soil preparation, weeding, pruning
and watering. Through Green Keepers, Goddard Riverside
offers a way for these individuals to work on projects
in a supportive environment while building confidence,
self-esteem and community reintegration.
DATE:
Wednesday, August 9, 2006
TIME:
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
PLACE:
Williams Memorial Residence / Rooftop Garden
720 West End Avenue (between 95 & 96 Streets)
Green Keepers
is Goddard Riverside’s social purpose business
that provides horticulture and sanitation services
throughout the New York City area. Green
Keepers was established in 1995 and operates
under the TOP Opportunities program, Goddard Riverside’s
job training and placement program for adults living
with mental illness. Green
Keepers’ customers include business improvement
districts, neighborhood block associations, businesses,
cooperative housing associations, and private homeowners.
Green Keepers
begin the program earning a stipend and quickly advance
to competitive wage, and sometimes to supervisory
positions.
Goddard Riverside Community Center provides services
to 16,000 people annually from Manhattan’s Upper
West Side and Harlem. The agency manages 600 units
of affordable housing. Goddard Riverside advocates
for justice and enriches community life with recreational,
cultural and arts activities. Twenty-two programs
at 16 sites reach out to children and youth, homeless
people and older adults.
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