Greenfield CSW receives acclaim

Assemblywoman Anna Caballero on Wednesday, June 6 recognized  the  Greenfield Community Science Workshop (Greenfield CSW) as her District's Non-Profit of the Year. The Greenfield CSW is a community-based organization committed to enriching the educational experience of historically underserved youth by providing them with a safe, fun, and stimulating environment where they can explore their world through science.  

The Greenfield CSW first began facilitating hands-on science activities in local public spaces in 2011.  From the beginning, the goal of the program has been that of instilling in their youth an academic appreciation for science.  The Greenfield CSW has established a robust and growing partnership with the Greenfield Union School District and with a number of organizations in the region. The Greenfield CSW currently runs five major programs across South Monterey County through which it serves 15,000 total youth. 

The core program of the Greenfield CSW, this is also what sets the Greenfield CSW apart from other science centers, it’s drop-in program, a making/learning space that is open-structured, open door, and free to families:

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Open-structure: Students are in charge, they get to decide what to do and how to do it

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Open door: Students and families can participate at any time and level during the year

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Free to families: Everybody can participate, regardless of income

All other Greenfield CSW Programs follow a similar approach to science learning, one that gives youth  the  opportunity  to  explore,  discover,  and  learn,  using  all  senses,  from  our  physical  and natural world. 

The Greenfield CSW is part of a state-wide network of science workshops that have been serving youth in California’s most underserved areas for more than 25 years. These organizations include

the Mission and Excelsior Science Workshops in San Francisco, the Watsonville Environmental

Science  Workshop,  the  Fresno  Community  Science  Workshop,  and  the  Salinas  Community 

Science Workshop. 

The  Greenfield  CSW  is  a  program  of  the  City  of  Greenfield  (the  City),  the  City  provides 

essential  support  and  services  that  make  the  existence  and  operation  of  the  Greenfield  CSW 

possible.

Caballero will present a plaque to the Greenfield Community Science Workshop during the grand  opening  of  her  new  office  in  Soledad sometime in late June.  Caballero  is  a  strong advocate  of  agricultural  communities  and  families  and  has  vowed  to  work  with  organizations like  the  Greenfield  CSW  to  engage  kids  of  rural  communities  with  science,  with  the  hope  to 

inspire  them  to  pursue  an  education  and  career  in  science,  engineering,  and  technology, particularly those having to do with agriculture.