Cesar Chavez Day of Service 2012
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Confluence AmeriCorps members and Staff honored the life and work of Cesar Chavez on March 31st by dedicating a day of Service at Adelante Mujeres' La Esparanza Farm in Forest Grove.
Rachel Plett, Pritha Golden and Karin Pfeiffer-Hoyt, the Chavez Day committee, worked hard to create a meaningful day of service that was also an opportunity to learn about Chavez's struggle for the rights of farm workers. We helped to clean and organize the farm shed and grounds and made biodegradable pots out of newspaper for the farmers to use to plant their seedlings.
The Oregonian spent the afternoon with us and wrote an article about our service day that includes nice pictures of our members and staff in action!
A big thank you to Dovetail Bakery, Back to Eden and Arbor Lodge for donating vegan pastries and coffee to our event.