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Intro


FRESH.LOCAL.

Youth-Grown.

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Intro


FRESH.LOCAL.

Youth-Grown.

 

Spark-Y is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit empowering youth through hands-on education
rooted in sustainability and entrepreneurship. 

 
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Programs Intro


We empower over 2,500 Twin Cities youth annually.

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Programs Intro


We empower over 2,500 Twin Cities youth annually.

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UAL Intro


Spark-Y's Urban Agriculture Lab employs youth to grow microgreens in our timber-frame aquaponics system.

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UAL Intro


Spark-Y's Urban Agriculture Lab employs youth to grow microgreens in our timber-frame aquaponics system.

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Internship Intro


We offer multiple pathways for youth to engage, learn, and build their resumes.

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Internship Intro


We offer multiple pathways for youth to engage, learn, and build their resumes.

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Open Position: Spark-Y Apprentice
Open Position: Spark-Y Apprentice

Are you curious about sustainability, education, or hands-on projects? Are you interested in getting paid while gaining hard and soft skills and job training? Spark-Y is hiring an Apprentice to help support our work across multiple areas of our organization: hands-on education facilitation, sustainable project deployment, and/or curriculum development.

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Open Position: STEM Educator
Open Position: STEM Educator

Do you enjoy facilitating empowering and hands-on learning experiences for young people? Are you passionate about STEM and sustainability? Spark-Y is hiring a STEM Educator who can facilitate hands-on education for youth that empowers and engages young people in topics of sustainability, STEM, and entrepreneurship.

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And that’s a wrap! Our Science Fair has come and gone and the blog with the winners is up on our website! Congrats to all who participated and a BIG thank-you to everyone who volunteered, the staff who worked for months coaching the scholars an
Spark-Y is looking more like Plant-Y these days. We’ve got microgreens and native plants growing, the plant sale being set-up and centerpieces being arranged all in one day! Thanks team for all the hard work this week putting it all together!
We are now accepting applications for Horticulture, Community Engagement, Curriculum and Education Apprentices. If you are between the ages of 17 and 24 and want to work in Sustainability with local youth, apply on our website today!
The past few weeks students have been exploring how incorporate native flowering plants into fruit and vegetable gardens. Did you know that in addition to being attractive, native flowering plants increase pollinator presence and can increase the y
We have a busy week next week and are looking for volunteers! Sign-up for shifts with our Community Engagement Manager - Mary.N@spark-y.org Shifts on May 11th from 11am-1pm and 1am-4pm, May 12th from 1pm-4pm and May 13th from 9am - 11am and 11am - 2
STEM Fest is this Saturday, May 6th at Target Plaza Commons on Nicollet Mall. Volunteers are still needed to help the students have the best STEM Fest ever! Sign-up at the link in our bio, or by emailing kblood@saoic.org We hope to see you there!
Earth Month is wrapping up! How did you celebrate? We had a great month working with our students and volunteers learning about gardening and the earth.
Just a little over two weeks now until our annual plant sale! Support Spark-Y's awarding winning programming through shopping the sale online and the day-of the event. Or even better, volunteer at the sale! We will need volunteers May 11th-13th to g