2026
Annual
Report
2026 was a better year. Still struggling after 2025, but the real stories so far are my engagement numbers, Camp numbers, and the success of the MenTern program and internships. I am gaining steam, but still use help!
2026
Despite the setbacks, with your donations and the fees the parents paid for camps (no grants for scholarships) we bosted our outreach from 4,538 in 2025 to 11,301! That’s another 40% increase in one year.
Your gifts and support allowed Mezzacello, our interns, and MenTerns keep pushing the boundaries of innovation, engagement, getting our name out their in the STEM field.
I hope you never forget how much your investment in Mezzacello Urban Farm has meant to my team and the citizens and school children of Central Ohio!
Top Left: MenTerns teaching Summer Camp kids how to manage Solar and Wind Power and working on understanding the physics, logic, and logistics of 19th Century concepts and 21st Century realities.
Bottom Left: A Girl Scout experiencing a chicken for the first time in her intro to sustainable agriculture camp at Mezzacello Urban Farm. The camp was co-sponsored with Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland.
Top Right: Charles Chickens at Metro Middle School with a middle schooler. They were discussing genetics, DNA, data science and how computer programming exists because of DNA, Data, The transistor and the threat of Nuclear War.
Bottom Right: A visit to the Metro Bodies program at the PAST Innovation Lab. During this session we discussed my medical condition and how as curious and engaged learners we have to sometimes reframe the problem and look at it with a fresh perspective.
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