CLG Food Giving Program
The Community Life Garden (CLG) Food Giving program serves as a resource to local food charities. The CLG Board of Directors recognizes the need to support these centers that help families with their food and nutritional needs.
The CLG Food Giving Program is using specific areas of our community garden to create produce to donate to local food charities. CLG Volunteer Events help build, maintain and harvest these areas.
The need for fresh food continues. For 2023, we donated over two tons of produce to local food charities.
The CLG Food Giving Program Includes:
Contributing to the food needs of the community by growing vegetables and fruits, that will help supplement the canned & packaged foods that are being distributed through local food distribution organizations near Community Life Garden. Our initial donations were small harvests, however, with volunteer and community support, our harvests continue to grow.
Providing opportunities for Volunteer groups (i.e. students, community service groups, businesses, and others), that help those in need in our community.
Opportunities include:
Adopting a plot to work on and grow produce for food charities. The groups develop their own schedule with gardening education and assistance from Master Gardeners and workshops.
Helping others to access and share in the growing experience. To reach out to those who might not be able to participate without our help.
The CLG Board of Directors continues to work in a collaborative effort with the organizations that distribute food, and to plan our plantings according to the culturally desired foods of our local communities.
The CLG Board of Directors continues to donate to those charities that do regular community food distributions. Having cold storage equipment also helps. Individual community gardeners also have the discretion to distribute their produce as they wish.
Individual and family garden plots will still be available. Volunteers will continue to be sought to assist with our garden growing efforts. Individuals, families and community groups are welcomed to adopt a garden plot.
The CLG Food Giving Program is using specific areas of our community garden to create produce to donate to local food charities. CLG Volunteer Events help build, maintain and harvest these areas.
The need for fresh food continues. For 2023, we donated over two tons of produce to local food charities.
The CLG Food Giving Program Includes:
Contributing to the food needs of the community by growing vegetables and fruits, that will help supplement the canned & packaged foods that are being distributed through local food distribution organizations near Community Life Garden. Our initial donations were small harvests, however, with volunteer and community support, our harvests continue to grow.
Providing opportunities for Volunteer groups (i.e. students, community service groups, businesses, and others), that help those in need in our community.
Opportunities include:
Adopting a plot to work on and grow produce for food charities. The groups develop their own schedule with gardening education and assistance from Master Gardeners and workshops.
Helping others to access and share in the growing experience. To reach out to those who might not be able to participate without our help.
The CLG Board of Directors continues to work in a collaborative effort with the organizations that distribute food, and to plan our plantings according to the culturally desired foods of our local communities.
The CLG Board of Directors continues to donate to those charities that do regular community food distributions. Having cold storage equipment also helps. Individual community gardeners also have the discretion to distribute their produce as they wish.
Individual and family garden plots will still be available. Volunteers will continue to be sought to assist with our garden growing efforts. Individuals, families and community groups are welcomed to adopt a garden plot.
Workshops and Events
CLG BOARD MEETINGS
Our CLG Board Meetings are normally held on the second Friday of the month at 9:00 AM. We normally meet at the garden. We welcome your participation.
If you have ideas, questions or want to learn more, please Contact Us and join us at our meetings.
CLG EDUCATION PROGRAM
CLG believes that successful gardeners need to continue to learn and practice. We are pleased to continue to provide gardening and wellness education workshops that assist member gardeners and local communities grow a sustainable personal garden and learn the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. We hope to continue to provide these workshops at no cost.
We continue to include topics such as gardening fundamentals, healthy garden growing, and gardening wellness. We also provide workshops that promote healthy cooking by sharing receipes and healthy food samples.
Our gardening education workshops are taught by Master Gardeners and local experts. We also provide information on healthy food options and healthy eating tips, sometimes with the assistance of Champions for Change presenters. Refreshments are normally provided. Please visit our Facebook page for upcoming events.
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MOVING FORWARD
Community Life Garden continues to provide informative workshops to community gardeners and the public. We will continue to initiate volunteer and social events that provide volunteers with opportunities to assist. These events focus on the benefits of community gardening, recruiting members, promoting our garden, and fundraising. We believe these events help bring people together for a common purpose that benefits them and their community.
Community Life Garden continues to provide informative workshops to community gardeners and the public. We will continue to initiate volunteer and social events that provide volunteers with opportunities to assist. These events focus on the benefits of community gardening, recruiting members, promoting our garden, and fundraising. We believe these events help bring people together for a common purpose that benefits them and their community.