Update - July 23, 2012

AACRC Faith & Food Friends,

Garden Helpers

• We thank The Stephenson family for tending the garden last week.

• Marie Shaffer will tend the garden this week.

Garden helpers, please check the compost bin. When it gets full, it needs to be taken to the street on Tuesday for Wed. morning pick-up. Thanks.

Deliveries to Food Gatherers

2 lbs of peas, beans & one tomato were delivered to Food Gatherers last week!

Thanks

We want to thank my husband, Paul Green, for assisting me in fixing the garden gate. It now has a 3rd hinge to help support the its weight and a handle for easy opening. : ) The gate is repaired, for now, but will need replacement at some point in the future.

New News

We have an empty raised bed that will be replanted late Aug./early Sept. with more cool crops. The peas were removed Sat. evening by a new volunteer, Pavan Karthik, and myself. Pavan lives on Broadview and has enjoyed reading under our church trees and watching the garden grow. He contacted me wanting to volunteer. He is a from India and a student at UM. He was the first to volunteer to help repair the gate, but, unfortunately, our timing did not coincide. We welcome our neighbor's help in the garden. He will replace a couple folks who had signed up for multiple weeks.

Also,

De Anna Stephenson has joined the organizers for the Faith and Food Garden. We welcome her help and would like to encourage two more people to volunteer and help with next year's planning and prep. Let me know if you are interested in serving in this way.

Reminder

Please ask for weight receipts when you make a delivery to Food Gatherers and place them in Goddy Okonkwo's church mailbox. Thanks.

Enjoying serving with you. Have a good week,

Cathy Green