Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 59.85
Liaison Lisa Lonie
Submission Date Aug. 29, 2024

STARS v2.2

Haverford College
EN-10: Community Partnerships

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.00 / 3.00 Jesse Lytle
VP and Chief of Staff
Office of the President
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1st Partnership 

Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability :
Ardmore Victory Gardens

Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? :
Yes

Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe?:
Multi-year or ongoing

Which of the following best describes the partnership?:
Sustainability-focused

Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? :
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability:
Ardmore victory gardens are a project of the Bethel AME church. We have an ongoing partnership with the church in which students go and volunteer at the church. Also, while they are doing construction to their property, we will be housing their garden on our campus. Further, the congregants of the church are primarily people of color.

https://www.ardmorevictorygardens.org/

2nd Partnership

Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):
Carousel Connections

Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (2nd partnership):
Yes

Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (2nd partnership):
Multi-year or ongoing

Which of the following best describes the partnership’s sustainability focus? (2nd partnership):
Sustainability-related

Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (2nd partnership):
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (2nd partnership):
Haverford College partners with Carousel Connections to provide educational opportunities, work training, and facilities for the organization's intellectually disabled clientele. This includes Arboretum programming, garden tending, and work with the aerobic digestor.
http://www.carouselconnections.com/community-building-employment-opportunities/

3rd Partnership 

Name of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):
Mainline Greenway

Does the institution provide financial or material support for the partnership? (3rd partnership):
Yes

Which of the following best describes the partnership timeframe? (3rd partnership):
Multi-year or ongoing

Which of the following best describes the partnership? (3rd partnership):
Sustainability-focused

Are underrepresented groups and/or vulnerable populations engaged as equal partners? (3rd partnership):
Not Sure

A brief description of the institution’s formal community partnership to advance sustainability (3rd partnership):
Mainline greenway promotes active transportation alternatives in the community. We let cyclist use our roads as bike paths. We allow the organization to use our campus on their bike route to connect one end of Lower Merion to the other.

https://mainlinegreenway.com/

Optional Fields 

A brief description of the institution’s other community partnerships to advance sustainability:
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Website URL where information about the institution’s community partnerships to advance sustainability is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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