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Are you ready to lead?
Growing Hope accepting applications for
board and committee service!
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| Growing Hope is accepting applications for volunteer service on it's board of directors and committees!
Our board of directors primary responsibilities are Fundraising, Ambassadorship, & Governance. If you're ready to dig in and raise financial and other support for the organization, connect & spread the word about GH in the community, or lending financial/legal/managment skills to the organization, please apply! Our board also has a lot of fun as they work to grow and sustain our blossoming organization. We're also accepting non-board committee members in fund development.  If you are ready to jump into philanthropy or share your experience in raising financial resources, consider joining one of our teams. Our Growing Hope Fund Development and Growing Hope Center Capital Campaign committees are accepting applications for membership! If you are interested in applying to be a board or committee member, email your resume and a brief note about your interest to amanda@growinghope.net.
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Sustainable Food Systems Tour &
A Concert Both Coming Up in July!
We need your volunteer support for
Tour de Fresh & the Jack Johnson concert!
| | Planning is underway for Tour de Fresh! This year's annual tour of Ypsilanti sustainable urban agriculture and healthy food systems on Tuesday, July 20th. The evening tour will begin at the Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers' Market and will culminate in a potluck at our urban farm under development, the Growing Hope Center-- see gardens, urban farms, chickens, bees, and more in community, business and homes in our area! We need your help-- join the planning team or help on the day or evening of the event. Fill out our Volunteer Application if you haven't before, or if you're already a registered volunteer email jeremy@growinghope.net to get involved.
Also needed are a few lucky volunteers to represent Growing Hope at the Jack Johnson concert at the DTE Music Theater on July 20th! See the show for free after tabling with many other regional organizations-- last year's volunteers got to meet Jack Johnson! Contact our volunteer coordinator if you are available for either opportunities at jeremy@growinghope.net. |
GH Executive Director Amanda Edmonds Honored by The Twilight Foundation!
Attend the Sat. June 12th Annual Twilght Benefit Gala
| | The Twilight Foundation Community Leadership Awards recognize individuals and organizations whose leadership has made a significant impact in their particular Detroit metro area communities. This work may confront societal or civic issues, address health or environmental concerns, or promote arts and humanities. This year our very own Executive Director Amanda Edmonds will be honored as one of ten community leaders that will receive awards at the Twilight Foundation Gala on Sat. June 12th! Other honorees include Charles Pugh and Mike Babcock. For more information about the award or the event, go to their website to learn more! If you'd like to purchase a ticket to attend the benefit, please let amanda@growinghope.net know so you can be seated at a table of people there to recognize the honoring of our Executive Director. The Twilight Foundation and tickets to this event benefit research to end childhood leukemia.
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Thank You for Celebrating
Growing Hope's 7th Birthday!
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The Birthday Party celebration at the Growing Hope Center last weekend was one you didn't want to miss! Thanks toSilvio and his family and crew from Silvio's Organic Pizza, we fired up the adobe oven and ate delicous fresh baked pizza topped with freshly harvested greens from the hoophouse! Followed by snacking on desserts and drinks from Terry's Bakery, Old World Bakery & Bombadill's Neighborhood Coffee House. 
Thank you also to the the University of Michigan School of Social Work Alumni volunteers who helped prepare the Growing Hope Center for the big event and everyone who donated and participated in our silent auction. Thanks, too, to GH alum Dan Bair and GH Board & VISTA members for their volunteer support to make the event happen! Thank you all for contributing and supporting Growing Hope to make our work possible!
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| Vegetable Garden Installation Program Still Accepting Applications!
Do you need gardening support this season? | | We still have a few open slots for our Free Raised Beds Installs and free seedlings for low-income and no-income households!
In exchange, participants are asked to weigh & track their harvests for the growing season. We have already built over 60 garden beds with over 20 households this spring!
To apply to the program or request free seeds or seedlings, call Wendy at 786-8401 or fill out the Growing Gardens application for individuals/ households, and we'll be in touch if space and supplies are still available! |
Looking for a Place to Grow this Season?
Community Garden Plots Still Available
in Parkridge Park @ Perry and Midtown Garden!
| | Good news everybody - it's not to late to grab some garden space this year! There is over 750 sq feet of new community garden space available at the new and improved Perry/Parkridge Community Garden - located between the Perry Child Development Center and Parkridge Park in Ypsilanti's Southside. Raised beds are divided into 4 x 4 plots and individuals can have up to three plots, and groups up to six. Plot fees are $3 - $10 on a sliding scale.
Download the application on our Find A Garden page if you are interested having a plot! There are also a few plots still available in the Midtown Community Garden. |
Growing Hope
Board of Directors
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E. Daniel Ayres
Angela Barbash
Mark Barbieri
Pauline Bigby
Ellen Bunting
Lynne Chaimowitz
Kristen Cuhran
Patty Donahue
Jessica French
Melvin Gaines
David Palmer
Sharon Sheldon
Amanda Maria Edmonds
Executive Director
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June Potluck Time!
Thursday, June 3rd 6-8pm @ GHC |
Join us for our monthly Community Potluck on Thursday, June 3rd from 6-8pm at the Growing Hope Center Center! RSVP to let us know you're coming. Families and children welcome! Note this is a change in location from the last few potlucks at the Ypsi Senior Center, and if raining will still be on-- in the hoophouse! |
| Volunteer of the Month for June! | |
Congratulations to Dan Carroll, our Growing Hope Volunteer of the Month for June 2010! Look for a feature on Dan and his contributions in our next eblast.
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Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers' Market is Open for Business!
Every Tuesday 2-6pm
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Come join us at the Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers' Market every Tuesday evening from 2-6pm! Fresh foods, prepared foods, crafts, starter plants, and more...
Volunteers are required to make this market possible! Roles include morning harvesting, market set-up, counting attendees, and clean-up. Join in the fun! Apply now to volunteer. |
Gardening in the City!
Mondays 9am-12pm
Wednesdays 9am-4pm |
Get your hands dirty helping develop our urban farm, located at 922 W. Michigan Ave. in Ypsilanti! Farmer JP is at the Growing Hope Center every Monday from 9am-12pm and all day on Wednesdays from 9am-4pm. We need your help getting the site in order and getting things growing. Get started by filling out our Volunteer Application or call to let us know you want to come out! |
Will Allen Coming to Detroit & D-Town Farm
June 4th-June 6th!
| | On Friday June 4, 2010, Will Allen, a nationally and internationally recognized leader on food security, and urban agriculture will be in lecture at Nsoroma Institute in Detroit from 7pm-9pm. Admission is $20. On Saturday June 5 and Sunday June 6, from 9am-6pm each day, he will lead workshops on hoop house construction and vermicomposting at Growing Power's Regional Outreach Training Center Detroit Facility, D-Town Farm. Admission to the two day workshop series is $100. For more info, call 313 345-FOOD or go to www.detroitblackfoodsecurity.org. |
Canning for Commercial Sales Class on June 14th!
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MSU Extension Food and Nutrition is offering a one-time class on the basics of home preservation, specifically for those interested in canning for commerical sales! Class will be held on June 14th from 5:30-7:30pm at 705 N. Zeed Rd. in Ann Arbor. For more information or to register call Joan Miller at 734-997-1678. |
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Become a Fan of our 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. |
Growing Hope
By the Numbers
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Over 40 middle school students participated in our after-school gardening and nutrition education program, Seed 2 Plate, at East and West Middle Schools in Ypsilanti from February through May this year!
The program culminated in a field trip to the Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers' Market where youth talked to local farmers and took home vegetable seedlings!
Thank you for your continued support and dedication to our community!
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Sincerely,
Amanda (Executive Director), Elissa & Karen (Program Managers), Liz (Office Manager),
Jeremy (Volunteer Coordinator), Wendy (Community Organizer), Gabe (Youth & Education), JP (Farm Manager) , Ryan (Farmers' Market), Sarah (MSW Intern), and our new crew of Summer VISTAs!
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