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Donate Now & Double Your Impact!
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Do you spend $25 on a
nice meal out, or evening at the bar? For Growing Hope, $25 builds one
raised vegetable bed for a low-income family, helping families eat healthier year after year.  Right now, each $25 donation to GH can let us build two raised beds. Thanks to musician Jack Johnson's All At Once Campaign
the Jack Johnson's Ohana Charitable Foundation will dollar for dollar
match any donations we receive before July 20th-- up to $2500! Make sure to write "All At Once" on the memo line of your donation. Please make a contribution now so we can leverage up to $5000 to keep growing healthy communities!
Would you like to help us in this campaign to leverage this matching
support via facebook cause donations or among other social networking sites! If so please get in touch and let us know!
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Celebrating Dan Carroll!
Our June Volunteer Of The Month is the go-to guy for spring projects!
| | Whether building raised bed kits, light stands for the Seed Starting Squad, installing home gardens for low-income participants, or helping harvest at the Growing Hope Center, Dan Carroll h as been one of our go-to volunteers this spring. His initiative and follow-through make our hearts swell in joy, as well as his dedication--Dan has already logged over 75 hours so far in 2010! Volunteer Coordinator Jeremy Sobczak presented Dan with a strawberry plant as a token of our appreciation at our Seventh Birthday Party--a small gesture for a BIG thank-you!
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West Willow Kick-Off!
Summer Garden Program Opens
| | This past Tuesday we launched our second Nutrition Based Gardening Program in partnership with the New West Willow Neighbo rhood Association and Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation! Growing Hope VISTA members and staff are working with youth ages 5-17 every Tuesday and Thursday to help them learn where food comes from and how to grow and eat healty fruits and vegetables. Youth participants plant and
harvest their very own crops, many for the first time! We kicked-off our first workshop this week when 12 campers joined us to plant seeds in hand made newspaper pots and then had a chance to try a handful of delicious edible sunflower seeds. The first day was a wonderful success and we are looking forward to a great summer full of fresh, home grown produce and fun!
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Summer Solstice Wine Tasting
Celebrate the Solstice in style at Everyday Wines, June 26th, 6:30-8:30pm
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| Celebrate the solstice in style this Saturday at the Summer Solstice Wine Tasting event, courtesy of Everyday Wines! This outdoor event in the Kerrytown courtyard features Everyday Wines' selection of wines from around the world, Michigan beers, and Sangria, all paired with tasty bites from Kerrytown's very own Durham's Tracklements. 
Tickets are $25 per person for an evening of delicious food and drink-- only a few left so get yours fast! Best of all, the proceeds from this event will benefit Growing Hope! Find out who's coming and invite your friends via our Facebook event. Get your tickets before they run out by stopping in at Everyday Wines in the Kerrytown Shops or by calling Everyday Wines at (734)-827-9463.
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Tour de Fresh July 20th!
Reserve your spot and get involved!
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This year's annual Tour de Fresh of Ypsilanti sustainable urban agriculture and healthy food systems will be on Tuesday, July 20th from 5:30-8:30pm. Reserve your spot in the bicycle or vanpool version of the tour now!
The evening tour will begin at the Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers' Market and will culminate at our urban farm under development, the Growing Hope Center-- see gardens, urban farms, chickens, bees, and learn about creative ways people in our community are working together! In order to make this tour possible we need volunteers for the evening of the event-- including volunteers with a chauffeur's licence to help drive small vans to take people to visit sites on the tour. Fill out our Volunteer Application if you haven't before, or email Jeremy or call 734-786-8401 to get involved.
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| GH Featured at US Social Forum Panel!
"Re-Localization and the Role of the Rust Belt"
| | Growing Hope staff member Farmer JP participated in a panel on June 23rd,  organized by Stefanie Stauffer in collaboration with the Michigan Young Farmer Coalition. Panelists including representatives from EMU's Giving Garden and Pontiac's Haven Shelter Garden answered in-depth questions from audience members and discussed how the Rust Belt is playing a critical role in the urban farming movement. Check in with Farmer JP at the July Potluck to learn more and continue the discussion! The USSF is in full swing in Detroit until June 26th.
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| Hope's Harvest Tickets for Sale!
Get Early Bird prices while they last!
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Early Bird ticket prices are available for the 6th Annual Hope's Harvest Benefit DinnerSunday, September 19 at
the future home of the Growing Hope Center-- 922 W. Michigan Avenue in
Ypsilanti, MI. This delicious event is not to be missed! 
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July Potluck Time!
Thursday, June 1st
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Join us for our monthly Community Potluck on Thursday, July1st from 6-8pm at the Growing Hope Center Center! RSVP to let us know you're coming. Families and children welcome! We'll be extending a special invitation to volunteers and participants in our raised bed installation program. |
Get the latest
GH tweets!
| | We've finally joined the latest trend in communication and gotten a Twitter account! Find our GrowingTheHope feed on Twitter and choose "follow" to keep updated on the most breaking news from Growing Hope!
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Discover what's in season with Real Time Farms!
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Find out what's fresh at the Downtown Ypsi Farmers' Market by checking out RealTimeFarms.com! Real Time Farms is a live, local food guide for tailored to your zip code! We're big fans, and you should be, too-- make your own username and you can upload real time pics when you're visiting local farmers' markets. |
Growing Hope
By the Numbers
| Growing Hope staff members and dedicated volunteers have installed 102 raised beds in the homes of 34 low-income families this spring!
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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. |
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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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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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