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Growing Community One Meal At A Time
Join us for our 2nd monthly potluck!
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Growing Hope's hosting another Community Potluck Thursday,  February 4th 5:30-7pm at the Ypsi Senior Center at 1015 N Congress St.
If you were at last month's potluck, you know the conversation was rich and the food was delicious! Come out and help us grow our community--join us after work--bring the kids, bring friends or come alone!
Please RSVP to info@growinghope.net
or on our Facebook Event page.
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Growing Hope Center Tour
Join us this Wednesday and see what's growing!
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Our monthly tour of the Growing Hope Center is quickly approaching. Missing the sights and smells of springtime? Come out to see the green and smell our fresh herbs at the GHC hoophouse!
Join us Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 4-5PM-- at
the Growing Hope Center 922 West Michigan Avenue, Ypsi for a one hour
tour with our Executive Director, Amanda Edmonds, farm manager JP
Swanson, and a board member.
Please RSVP to info@growinghope.net and bring a friend! Wear appropriate layers and shoes!
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Seed 2 Plate After-school Clubs
Getting kids growing one plant at a time!
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Growing Hope is partnering with U-M Cardiovascular
Center's Project Healthy Schools for the second year of its 'Seed 2
Plate' weekly after-school program. Starting in February, students at
East and West Middle Schools in Ypsilanti will get the opp ortunity to garden, cook, and learn more about nutrition and local food production.
Participants will take field trips to the Growing Hope urban farm, as well as the Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers' Market.
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program will meet Tuesdays at West MS and Wednesdays at East MS.
Contact Gabe Tilove (gabe@growinghope.net) for more information about
participation and volunteer opportunities.
The
Seed 2 Plate Program is seeking volunteers to help, volunteers are
especially needed on Wednesdays. More information and available times
are available at
http://www.growinghope.net/helpusgrow/VolJobschoolyouth.htm
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Community & School Garden Development Institute is Off the Charts!
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Our garden training program is growing
exponentially--this year we recruited a whopping 14 teams from all over
Washtenaw County ready to develop or expand their community, school, or congregational gardening efforts! The first night of our Community School Garden Development Institute (CSGDI) 73 people attended--that's more than double the amount we normally have!
The
feedback so far has been positive and we are learning a lot from the experience that our participants bring. We are
looking forward to our remaining sessions with this year's energetic
group of Garden Teams!
CSGDI covers key aspects of developing, designing and sustaining
community, school, and congregational gardens. This week's session-- organizational structure, volunteer management, and garden elevator pitches! Learn more about CSGDI
at www.growinghope.net
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Growing Hope
Board of Directors
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E. Daniel Ayres
Angela Barbash
Pauline Bigby
Ellen Bunting
Lynne Chaimowitz
Kristen Cuhran
Patty Donahue
Jessica French
Melvin Gaines
David Palmer
Sharon Sheldon
Aubrey Thomason
Amanda Maria Edmonds
Executive Director
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Support Growing Hope with A Gift Today!
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If you support our work and want it to see it continue to blossom, please consider making a tax-deductible online donation today! |
Just a Few of our Volunteer Opportunities
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Growing Hope is looking for helpful hands!
 We are also looking for a volunteer auto mechanic to do some work on the Growing Hope truck, and are always in need of both skilled and unskilled labor at the Growing Hope Center.
In addition, we are also looking for help cleaning and sterilizing seed trays and building light stands for our 2010 Seed Starting Squad. Please note these initial volunteers will receive top priority in joining this year's Squad.
Please contact Jeremy Sobczak at jeremy@growinghope.net or see our website for more information.
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Growing Hope by the Numbers!
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20 urban farmers attend the year's first Ypsi Urban Farmer Breakfast!
14 teams (73 people) are enrolled in CSGDI--the most ever!
35 dedicated friends of Growing Hope turned out in a snow storm for our first Community Potluck!
Thank you for your continuing support!
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Upcoming Local Events
hosted by other groups
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Worm Bin Composting Workshop--February 15, 2010
The City of Ann Arbor is offering its popular once-a-year workshop about worm bin
composting. Vermicompost
expert Sarah Archer will lead an hour-long workshop on indoor worm bin
composting. More info. at: msell@a2gov.org / www.a2gov.org/mrf.
 Help shape Michigan's Good Food Charter! February 25, 2010
Register at www.michiganfood.org for the Michigan Good Food Summit in Lansing, Michigan.
People and organizations involved in food from health, economic or
environmental perspectives will want to join in.Urban Farming Summit--UM Dearborn--February 19, 2010The University of Michigan-Dearborn is holding a one-day summit to explore urban farming and other food-related issues in southeast Michigan. This summit will engage some of the region's key urban farming leaders
in discussion on the growth and challenges of the movement. Register online at http://www.umd.umich.edu/687980/ |
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Become a Fan of our new Facebook PAGE. Please invite your friends & family to join--we're trying to reach 1,000 Fans!
Do you have $5 to help families grow healthy food? Join up with our Facebook Cause if you're not already connected. Make a small gift and encourage your friends to do the same.
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Sincerely,
Amanda (Executive Director), Elissa & Karen (Program Managers), Liz (Office Manager), Jeremy (Volunteer Coordinator), Adrianne (Marketing), Wendy (Community Organizer), Gabe (Youth & Education), JP (Farm Manager) , Ryan (Farmers' Market), and Sarah (MSW Intern)!
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