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Here's our press release about "Seeds of Encouragement" Grant we received this week! Dorene Pasekoff, Coordinator St. John's United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden and Labyrinth A mission of St. John's United Church of Christ, 315 Gay Street, Phoenixville, PA 19460 *********************************************************************** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: St. John's United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden and Labyrinth, and its Coordinator, Dorene Pasekoff, have been awarded a "Seeds of Encouragement" Grant by the Community Gardens As Appleseeds Foundation of Los Gatos, California. The grant was awarded for Pasekoff's advice and encouragement provided on the American Community Gardening Association's Listserv (the professional society for community gardeners in the US and Canada, available at http://www.communitygarden.org/connect/listserv.php) and to the gardeners of St. John's United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden and Labyrinth for their exemplary service to the Phoenixville community. "It's an 'atta boy' from your peers," says Pasekoff. "If your peers approve of you nationally and recognize the community garden you serve among the thousands throughout the United States and Canada, then we in Phoenixville must be doing something right." The Community Gardens As Appleseeds Foundation <http://communitygardensasappleseeds.info/index.html> offers $50 "Seeds of Encouragement" grants nationwide to encourage individuals and groups to promote community gardening or congratulate those who considered outstanding examples of the ideals of community gardening. The grants are may be "used for anything that might help promote community gardens including seeds, plants, books, soil amendments, tools or anything else you think might help your efforts." With the gardeners' planning to visit the Philadelphia Flower Show on March 5th, this unrestricted grant couldn't have come at a better time, according to Pasekoff. "Our Audubon Society members have been lobbying hard for a quality bird bath," says Pasekoff. "We'll wander around the Marketplace, poll the gardeners who come with us to the Flower Show and see what we come home with." Whatever is purchased will be installed on April 5th when the community garden opens for the 2008 season. The labyrinth is open year-round during daylight hours. Plots at St. John's United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden and Labyrinth are available to anyone who wishes to grow their own food organically and agrees to donate at least 10% (the Biblical Tithe) to anyone in need or a local agency. Through its gardeners' efforts, the community garden is the primary source of in-season fresh produce to the food bank at Phoenixville Area Community Services (PACS). The turf labyrinth was dedicated in 2005 as a gift to the community to encourage walking meditation and creative problems solving for anyone who would like to walk its path For more information about St. John's United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden, contact St. John's United Church of Christ, 315 Gay Street, Phoenixville, PA at 610-933-5311 or the Pastor, the Rev. Linda Gruber at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20080221/01cf91a2/attachment.html _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
