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Accokeek Foundation
Apr 23, 20153 min read
Accokeek Foundation Joins Temple Hills Farmers’ Market in Celebrating 5th Year of Sustainabili
Nigel the Lamb is a heritage breed Hog Island Sheep who lives on the farm in Accokeek. The Accokeek Foundation helps to preserve the...
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Accokeek Foundation
Dec 16, 20134 min read
Adopt-a-Trail Program
In partnership with the National Park Service, the Accokeek Foundation maintains six nature trails in Piscataway Park. The Adopt-A-Trail...
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Accokeek Foundation
Nov 5, 20132 min read
Volunteer Gleaning Day on the Ecosystem Farm
It was a beautiful day on the farm last Saturday as 19 volunteers took on the task of freeing fence lines from creeping vegetation and...
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Accokeek Foundation
Oct 22, 20135 min read
Agrarian vs. Industrial
by Holli Elliott As my apprenticeship at Accokeek is drawing to a close, I have been thinking a lot about the value of being connected to...
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Accokeek Foundation
Oct 18, 20131 min read
Foto Friday: Fall Foliage
After 16 days of forced separation from the site, we were finally able to open the gates and return to Piscataway Park last Thursday. The...
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Accokeek Foundation
Oct 15, 20131 min read
The Show Must Go On!
We began recruiting volunteers for this year’s Twilight Tales over the summer, and the dedicated group of people who answered our call...
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Accokeek Foundation
Sep 13, 20131 min read
United Way Day of Caring 2013
Their work on the tobacco barn and Laurel Branch — through the application of “witch’s brew” (turpentine, boiled linseed oil, and pine...
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Accokeek Foundation
May 22, 20131 min read
Livestock Farmhands Volunteers
Godiva, one of our spring Hog Island Sheep lambs. If you love animals and would like to spend a few hours each week working on the farm,...
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Accokeek Foundation
May 20, 20132 min read
It’s Amazing What an Eagle Scout Can Do
In January, a young man named Ian (the son of one of our bluebird monitors) contacted us to see if he could do his Eagle Scout Service...
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Accokeek Foundation
May 20, 20132 min read
Denison Landscaping Selects Accokeek Foundation as a “40 Green Initiatives” Project Site
To commemorate their 40th Anniversary, Denison Landscaping is giving back to the communities it serves by conducting 40 in-kind...
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Accokeek Foundation
Apr 26, 20133 min read
In honor of National Volunteer Week
In the wake of the bombing this month at the Boston Marathon, my facebook newsfeed was inundated with posts and statuses lamenting the...
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Accokeek Foundation
Mar 13, 20133 min read
AmeriCorps Works. No really, it does!
I am five months and two days (is it really already March?!) into my service year with the Accokeek Foundation, Volunteer Maryland, and...
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