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HEALTH & WELLNESS
The Watering Can Mentoring
Program gives teens the opportunity
to learn about small engine
maintenance, minor vehicle repair,
basic carpentry and horticulture.
Transforming Park Maintenance
One Seed at a Time
By Thomas White, MPA
I
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used to know nothing about cars. When I first started driving, I
couldn't tell you how to check for air in the tires, how to change
the oil or why you should use unleaded gas instead of diesel fuel.
That changed the first time I noticed that my tire looked strange.
I was alone, leaving work. I had no one to call, no one to rely on for
help. All I had was my knowledge of car mechanics and irrational
panic - only one of which was substantial.
How could I tell if the tire was
flat and not just low on pressure?
What should I even look for to
figure that out? Does a tire need
air to roll? Could I use my ball
pump to get back on the road?
Like many in my generation and
the next, I never learned the skills
or knowledge needed to answer
what someone with slightly more
life experience would consider
basic questions.
Youth Mentorship Through
Park Maintenance
The Watering Can Mentoring
Program is Henry County (Georgia)
Parks and Recreation's endeavor
to fix society's growing
maintenance knowledge deficit.
Through a series of workshops,
clinics and classes, a group of
unconventional programmers
teaches local teenagers small engine
maintenance, minor vehicle
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repair, basic carpentry and horticulture.
" Only
one group of our team
members had the knowledge and
skills to make the Watering Can
a success: Park Maintenance, "
says Jonathon " JP " Penn, Henry
County leisure and public services
cluster lead. " They took an
idea and turned it into a program.
They organized, designed and led
the Watering Can with very little
assistance from our recreation programming
team. They are doing
something that few,
maintenance professionals
if any, park
have
done, and they are changing lives
while they do it. "
Henry County Park Superintendent
Shane Massey sees his new
PHOTO COURTESY OF THOMAS WHITE, HENRY COUNTY, GEORGIA

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