The Green Team

Soup Day is a Springhurst tradition. Every October, almost 900 students, staff, and faculty are served Vegetable Soup made from vegetables grown in the Springhurst Outdoor Classroom & Garden. Vegetables are harvested by students. PTSA volunteers chop and prepare vegetables for the soup and serve it to the school community. This educational and fun event is a partnership between the Outdoor Classroom and the PTSA Green Team.

Held the week after Halloween and several weeks after the PTSA Pumpkin Fair families bring their pumpkins to smash for composting at Springhurst. Families bring a smashing tool of their choice. Last year over 45 pumpkins were smashed for composting during this event. Compost is used in the Springhurst garden. This educational and fun event is a partnership between the PTSA Green Team and the Springhurst Outdoor Classroom & Garden.

The clothing swap is a community event where kids' clothing is swapped within our community and given a new life. In November 2023 over 370 lbs of clothing were diverted from landfills and kept within our community. The PTSA Green Team partnered with SPRING and Sustainable Dobbs within our community. A sustainable Fashion table also was featured at this event. Leftover clothing from the swap was picked up by BINs.

The first annual Eco Fair, presented by the DFPTSA Green Team, will take place in May. This event is focused on sustainability with things like crayon recycling, stuffed animal mending, composting education, clean skincare products and Lego recycling. There will also be fun things like a scavenger hunt, bake sale, raffles, music and more to make this a fun day out that celebrates sustainable practices and provides people with some education on what they can do to help our planet.

Salad Day is held every June. Students are served fresh produce harvested from the garden served alongside tastings of pesto pasta, herb olive oils with breads and homemade salad dressings. Vegetables are grown and harvested from the Springhurst Outdoor Classroom & Garden by students. PTSA volunteers prepare and serve the salad. This educational and fun event is a partnership between the Springhurst Outdoor Classroom & Garden and the PTSA Green Team.

The PTSA Green Team created an event checklist in 2023 to help support the PTSA at large with zero-waste event planning. Zero Waste event planning means that the materials used at the events are reusable, recyclable or compostable as much as possible. The Dobbs Ferry PTSA uses these compostable paper products and cutlery at all events. The PTSA Green team also volunteers whenever possible to support school events with recycling and composting.