HGTV has selected the Twin Cities for one of their Rebuilding Together projects

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http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/pac_ctnt_988/text/0,,HGTV_22056_67441,00.html

If you would like to learn more about volunteer opportunities:

http://volunteermatch.hgtv.com/results/opp_detail.jsp?oppid=372206
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Organization: Rebuilding Together Twin Cities: Current Projects
Volunteers Needed: 200
Date: Apr 26, 2008 to May 3, 2008
Time: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Estimated Time: 8 hours per Day
Location: 1821 University Ave. W
Suite S-350
St. Paul, MN 55104
Great For: Teens, 55+, Groups
Preferred Partner: Rebuilding Together
Interest Area: Community, Environment
Minimum Age: 14
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Description
A former rail yard, the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary is a 27-acre natural area that provides a habitat for a variety of flora and fauna indigenous to St. Paul. With towering sandstone and limestone bluffs, along with a magnificent forest landscape, the sanctuary offers an opportunity to enjoy nature in the heart of the city. In addition to the sanctuary’s natural importance, it is also historically and culturally significant. Wakan Tipi/Carver’s Cave, a Dakota tribe sacred site and landmark for early European explorers, is also located within the park. Remnants of the land’s rail history and a historic brewery foundation and cave add cultural value to the area. The reclamation and beautification of the sanctuary land has taken place in phases, beginning in the mid-1990s. Since then, community volunteers have removed tons of debris from the site, which had become an illegal dumping ground. In May 2005, the park opened to the public and more than 13,000 plants, trees and shrubs have been planted by community members. Though the park has come a long way since its days as a contaminated rail yard, there is still much to be done and it remains a work in progress. Nature lovers look to HGTV and its partners to aid in their efforts.

http://volunteermatch.hgtv.com/results/opp_detail.jsp?oppid=372206

Organization: Rebuilding Together Twin Cities: Current Projects
Volunteers Needed: 400
Date: Apr 26, 2008 to May 3, 2008
Time: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Estimated Time: 8 hours per Day
Location: 1821 University Ave. W
Suite S-350
St. Paul, MN 55104
Great For: Teens, 55+, Groups
Preferred Partner: Rebuilding Together
Interest Area: Children & Youth, Community, Education & Literacy
Minimum Age: 14
I want to help!
You may also choose to:
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Description
The Wilder Recreation Center and City Academy was designed by the country’s first African American municipal architect, Clarence Wigington, during President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s WPA projects. As the nation’s first charter school, City Academy, located in St. Paul's East Side community, has been educating economically disadvantaged high school students for the past 15 years. School administrators educate their students with a different approach – they highlight the importance of giving back to the community through volunteering and caring for the environment. While the students rely on City Academy for a robust education, the neighborhood residents turn to the Wilder Center for healthy, outdoor activities. All of the most important philosophies and devotees are in place for teaching moral and educational excellence, but it lacks the appropriate facilities. Students involved in the school’s YOUTHBUILD program have already made efforts in improving this site and others in the neighborhood, but residents hope that HGTV and its partners can beautify available spaces and possibly install a garden for students to grow their own lunches!


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