The TFA Graduate Fellows Program at Delta State University partnered with the Rosedale Freedom Project to host a Spring Service Day in the organization’s garden on March 24.
For the the day of service, participating volunteers seeded over 100 plants, weeded the RFP Freedom Garden and built three raised beds.
“It was a truly special experience to have volunteers spend their Saturday helping serve alongside other people who are committed to the betterment of Mississippi,” said Lucas Rapisarda a fellow who works with the RFP.
The TFA Graduate Fellows Program is a two-year fellowship program at Delta State offered to Teach For America alumni, with the goal of retaining TFA alumni in Mississippi.
During the fellowship, selected fellows work to design and implement social entrepreneurship projects to find solutions to some of the toughest challenges facing Mississippi. Each year, the program hosts three service says across the state. Each opportunity is open to TFA Fellows, stakeholders, community members and students. Service says offer the chance to actively support nonprofits by donating time to the community and a showing a willingness to work for the betterment of others.
For more information on service opportunities and the TFA Graduate Fellows Program, visit www.tfafellows.com or find the program on Instagram @tfafellows and Facebook.
The program is funded through a grant from the Robert M. Hearin Foundation. The principal goal of the foundation is to contribute to the overall economic advancement of the state of Mississippi by making funds available to four-year colleges and universities and graduate professional schools located in the state.
