invoicing for community service hours

[Sherman Garden]

Our school gardens in high-poverty neighborhoods are periodically visited by classrooms of affluent private school students dropping in to do a couple of hours of community service. In the past, we grumbled about how much of our labor it took to coordinate and supervise these groups, who honestly aren't terribly helpful, given their lack of gardening skills and proclivity to stop working and stare at their phones.

I've recently started charging for these visits, which feels more equitable. Does anyone else do this? I'm thinking about how I should describe the service we provide on the invoices. Ideas?

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Christina Abuelo

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Coordinator - (858) 210-2628

Sherman Elementary School Garden & Barrio Botany

www.ShermanGrows.com

www.BarrioBotany.org

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I work for a non-profit education farm so it's a little different from a school garden, but we also charge for experiences where people are helping out.  You could call it a Garden Experience where students connect to food and nature, and learn about being good stewards of the land by helping out in the garden.  

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Julie Johnston