Nourish My Soul, our Granby partner organization, is hosting an online cooking class on Tuesday to help folks use up their winter squash, navigate their pantries with ease, and figure out how to blend flavors so that they work in the chef’s mouth. Check out their post and see if this class might work forContinue reading “Upcoming online session: Cooking up that squash”
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January Newsletter 2022
Gratefully receiving guidance from the Nonprofit Accountability Group (NAG, donate here), the CT Youth Food Program Alliance is sharing accessible-by-screenreader newsletters based on information shared in our monthly meetings. These newsletters will feature image descriptions for blind and low-vision users. At this time, I do not have access to translation services. If someone is ableContinue reading “January Newsletter 2022”
Nonprofit Accountability Group (NAG) newsletters: You should be following!
The Nonprofit Accountability Group (NAG), a partner in the CT Youth Food Program Alliance, is bridging the gaps between basic human needs (like food and housing) and the organizing work in Hartford, CT. Each week, NAG puts a newsletter together to share information, upcoming events, opportunities for learning and connecting, and the ever-important wisdom “drinkContinue reading “Nonprofit Accountability Group (NAG) newsletters: You should be following!”
Efforts for the future
Work to keep the Alliance moving forward, rather than standing still, have always been unfolding. They have led us to Washington DC to talk with the USDA. They’ve sent some of us to Portland, OR to talk with academics about how we do what we do and why it matters. They have kept us talkingContinue reading “Efforts for the future”
Volunteer Workday in Willimantic
Join us this Saturday, November 6th, at the Thread City Family Garden for a Volunteer workday! As the season comes to an end, we have a lot of things to do! Everyone is welcome, and everything is provided! 9 A.M. to 12 P.M.
Grow Hartford Movie Night
The Grow Hartford youth are sharing a movie night with everyone. On Friday, 10/29/21 at 4 pm, you are invited to watch “The Invisible Vegan”, a documentary about African Americans taking back their health. RSVP with Shanelle for zoom information!
Hartford garden bed applications
Grow Hartford is excited to announce our garden bed giveaway for Hartford youth and families. This is a chance for Hartford residents to grow their very own fruits and vegetables and even learn how to sell their produce at a farmer’s market. Please pass on the application to any Hartford youth that you know andContinue reading “Hartford garden bed applications”
Settling into a Covid world
Zoom meetings. Hand washing. SO much hand washing. Masks, masks, masks. Lines at Rentschlur Field for food boxes. These are only some of the changes the pandemic has made to our daily lives. Gardens still need planning. Mutual aid is popping up in all of our communities. We are suddenly so much more aware ofContinue reading “Settling into a Covid world”
Summer programs update
During this unusual summer, the coordinator has been connecting with program staff via one-on-one phone calls so that updates can continue to flow. Thanks to the recent hurricane, even that proved too much to ask! Now with summer program graduations on the approaching horizon, here are the updates: -GVI youth are digging into what foodContinue reading “Summer programs update”
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