For the 2017 Day of Service, ALCC’s Southern and Denver Chapters helped local high schools move their training programs forward by creating outdoor areas where students will learn and practice hands-on skills.

In Lakewood, Denver Chapter members returned to Green Mountain High School to expand work begun during last year’s Day of Service to build more outdoor learning areas. They completed Phase I of a two-year project and now instructor Courtney Mayo’s students have seven raised garden beds, graded areas to place a hoop house and chicken coop – plus pathways connecting all the stations. Mayo said he was in awe of all that industry pros could accomplish in one day. Several students were selected by their teachers to work alongside industry volunteers.

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