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WSU Extension Master Gardener Program: Volunteer Community Educators– cultivating plants, people, and communities since 1973.

WSU Extension Master Gardeners, MG Foundations

and the MOAs that bind them

WSU Extension Master Gardener Program: Volunteer Community Educators– cultivating plants, people, and communities since 1973.

MG Volunteers and MG Foundation Members!

Same people, different hats

WSU Extension Master Gardener Program: Volunteer Community Educators– cultivating plants, people, and communities since 1973.

Someone once said that Extension MG Volunteers are like a symphony and the Foundation is like a

“Friends of the Symphony” organization.

It can get confusing, though, when the same people are in

both groups. What is the difference?

WSU Extension Master Gardener Program: Volunteer Community Educators– cultivating plants, people, and communities since 1973.

When you use the Master Gardener title, you are

identifying yourself as a volunteer certified to

teach in the WSU Extension MG program.

Master Gardeners engage people in learning to use

research-based gardening practices.

WSU Extension Master Gardener Program: Volunteer Community Educators– cultivating plants, people, and communities since 1973.

A Foundation is..a nonprofit organization that typically donates funds to another organization.

Foundation members are MGs who support their local program by funding outreach activities, demo gardens, program promotion, and other deliverables as agreed upon between Extension and the MG Foundation.

WSU Extension Master Gardener Program: Volunteer Community Educators– cultivating plants, people, and communities since 1973.

In a nutshell…

MG Volunteers “work” for WSU Extension as community educators

Foundation members “work” to support local MG programs

WSU Extension Master Gardener Program: Volunteer Community Educators– cultivating plants, people, and communities since 1973.

Master Gardeners are

trained by WSU Extension faculty

and staff via online and classroom

presentations.

Let’s talk about what Extension MG Volunteers do…

WSU Extension Master Gardener Program: Volunteer Community Educators– cultivating plants, people, and communities since 1973.

After training, Master Gardeners take a final exam and begin volunteering for WSU.

WSU Extension Master Gardener Program: Volunteer Community Educators– cultivating plants, people, and communities since 1973.

Master Gardener Volunteers answer questions at Plant Clinics and community events.

WSU Extension Master Gardener Program: Volunteer Community Educators– cultivating plants, people, and communities since 1973.

Master Gardeners provide and demonstrate science-based

education.

WSU Extension Master Gardener Program: Volunteer Community Educators– cultivating plants, people, and communities since 1973.

Master Gardeners teach youth about gardening and natural resources in schools and at community events.

WSU Extension Master Gardener Program: Volunteer Community Educators– cultivating plants, people, and communities since 1973.

Master Gardener Volunteers give a minimum of 40 hours of volunteer service

to the local WSU Extension Master Gardener Program to become a certified

MG

WSU Extension Master Gardener Program: Volunteer Community Educators– cultivating plants, people, and communities since 1973.

Master Gardener Program Coordinators may limit how many program support

hours count toward certification

WSU Extension Master Gardener Program: Volunteer Community Educators– cultivating plants, people, and communities since 1973.

Master Gardener Foundations/Association

s

WSU Extension Master Gardener Program: Volunteer Community Educators– cultivating plants, people, and communities since 1973.

A Foundation is..a nonprofit organization that typically donates funds to another organization.

Foundation members are MGs who support their local program by funding outreach activities, demo gardens, program promotion, and more.

WSU Extension Master Gardener Program: Volunteer Community Educators– cultivating plants, people, and communities since 1973.

A Memorandum of Agreement is… a written contract or

MOA. It is required when University resources are exchanged with another entity. The MOA is signed by a University officer who is a delegated authority

from the Board of Regents or the President.

WSU Extension Master Gardener Program: Volunteer Community Educators– cultivating plants, people, and communities since 1973.

What is being exchanged?

University resources: office space, newsletters, faculty and staff time and expertise, volunteer credit, property, equipment, the name ‘Master Gardener’

Foundation resources: financial support; hosting of social events; promotion of MG programs; donations of plants, funding for books, computers, garden supplies

• Fundraising, • Social and

promotional events• Supports local

program how?

•Annual Conference•Awards•Scholarships•Newsletter, state listserv

•Mtgs for County Fdn.reps

•Local F2F Training•Volunteer Mgmt•Community activities•Reporting local impacts

•Curriculum, OLT •Certification•Policies•Coord training•University relations

•Program Impacts•Branding

WSU Ext MG

Program

County Ext. MG Program

County MG

Foundation

State MG Foundatio

n

WSU Extension Master Gardener Program: Volunteer Community Educators– cultivating plants, people, and communities since 1973.

What is the purpose of your foundation?

What are requirements of its members?

Do you have a current Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) ?

What does your Foundation do?What does WSU Extension do?

Washington State University Contracts Office

• http://contracts.wsu.edu/• Forms/Templates• Standard Contract Terms

• Extension/Master Gardener Agreements – a contract entered into by local Extension Offices which supports the mission of WSU Extension and/or the Master Gardener Program

Contracting steps:1. Negotiation between Ext office and Foundation.

2. Drafting of document using template in Contracts office

3. Review by County Director, State MG Leader, Contracts office

4. Approval by all parties.

5. Performance

WSU Extension Master Gardener Program: Volunteer Community Educators– cultivating plants, people, and communities since 1973.

In Summary..Extension MG volunteers deliver outreach

Foundation Members support the program

Same people, different hats