Suzannah Holsenbeck, CT Schoolyards Program Manager

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Angela Fernandez-Ayala Thursday at the animal shelter.


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In 2012 a team of Common Ground high school seniors focused their senior project on food

Job Title: CT Schoolyards Program Coordinator
To Apply: Please email resume and cover letter to Suzannah.holsenbeck@commongroundct.org and include “CT Schoolyards Program

Meeting of the New Haven Ecology Project Board of Directors
May 20, 2019
Present: Bob Parker, Wendy Battles, Michael Doolittle, Brian Springsteen,