We are providing essential services and will continue to safely serve during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Growing Neighbors is growing healthy neighborhoods through urban farming and community development. We are collaborating with a variety of community partners to equip neighbors to grow and share healthy food and relationships.
Please RSVP at least a day or two prior to scheduled gatherings.
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Serve as a Block Leader: to reach out to local neighbors, collect contact info, help folks get their needs met and share their gifts and resources more effectively
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Little Free Pantries: help fund, build, paint, install, promote, and/or stock these neighborhood pantries to provide 24/7, low-barrier access to food.
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Outdoor Community Dinner and Food to-go: Help prep the space or food, welcome guests, clean-up, and/or distribute food to go. Dinner will be served each Tuesday starting 4/13/21.
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Food Delivery and Community Composting via Bicycle: Help promote the program, prepare the supplies, deliver meals, seeds, and plant starts, pick up compostables, or build or manage the community composting systems at our Hub locations.
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Urban Farming each Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30-5:30 (April-October). Meet at SPPC at 5508 N. Alberta St.
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Farming/Gardening opportunities are available anytime, including opportunities at 40+ growing spaces. We would love to help you connect with a Farmyard near you to help care for your local neighbors and environment.
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Virtual options and options for working from home are also available. See list below.
Here are a few additional ongoing needs/projects:
- Spring-Fall: Sod Cutting, rototilling, and moving compost, soil, and wood chips to gardens in need
- Grant writing, event planning, and other fundraising/development
- Requesting Donations from local businesses
- Building Community Partnerships
- Data Management
- Writing Thank You Notes
- Organizing Volunteers
- Website design and data entry
- Managing communications via email/website contacts
- Preparing garden designs, planting schedules, communication between volunteers
- Planning and leading neighbor gatherings
- Bicycle generator/battery charger and produce delivery trailer.
- Building projects (compost bins, chicken coops, yard signs, wash stations, pantries, greenhouses, raised beds)
