With Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) acting as the kick-off to our project, we will work with youth to prepare the rain barrels for painting. The barrels will be distributed to artists and schools following GYSD where we will provide educational activities and will be presented at an open house event. The Willowell Foundation operates from a 230 acre plot of land that includes a high school place-based education program, a youth-led community garden and a wetland restoration project.
surrounding area is rural/semi-rural with a lot of farmland and homesteads but little is done in the way of using conserved stormwater to benefit the land. By providing fun, educational activities, we will teach local youth and our community about the importance of stormwater conservation. Auctioning the painted rain barrels will not only distribute rain barrels to local citizens, it will allow the Willowell Foundation the funds to continue future rain barrel projects.
