1. Our teens want jobs and need job training. --  Our young adults need jobs and job training. In a recent Polk County Youth Survey, the number one activity youth wanted was job opportunities. (2011/12 PolK County/Extension Youth Needs Assessment)

2. Our teens need to learn about food production and agriculture. -- ”Nowhere is our disconnectedness more evident than in our systems of food and farming. Most consumers, particularly younger consumers, have no sense of where their food actually comes from. They may know that farmers grow crops and livestock, and that someone processes and packages these crops and delivers food to grocery stores and restaurants, but they have little sense of what’s involved in this process.”  (From: Reconnecting Consumers and Farmers in the Food System,  John Ikerd)

3. Our community has a problem with hunger. -- About 1 in 8 Oregon households lacked consistent access to adequate amounts of nutritious food in 2009-2011. About 1 In 20 Oregon households experienced hunger during the same time period. (2013 USDA Hunger Report as reported by Oregon Food Bank)

We built the market garden space behind the Trinity Lutheran Church. 
We provided stipends to six Dallas Area High School students. 
We donated over 800 lbs of fresh produce to the Willamette Valley Food Assistance Program.

We expanded the market garden space behind Trinity Lutheran Church 
We create a small fruit tree orchard in the garden. 
We provided stipends to eight Dallas Area High School Students. 
We donated over 6000 lbs of fresh produce to the Willamette Valley Food Assistance Program. 

We doubled the size of our fruit tree orchard 

We provided stipend so eight Dallas Area High School Students and one alternate 

We improved our supervisor/mentor structure 

We expanded our leadership program 

Our interns did a great job on leadership and teamwork.

We added three fruit trees 
We provided stipend so nine Dallas Area High School Students and one alternate 
We improved updated our management structure 
We completed a great drainage project to improve garden soil 
We donated over 5700 lbs of fresh produce to the Willamette Valley Food Assistance Program.