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Volunteers still needed for ROOTED in Community Conference!!!

From July 21-25 the DIG youth (along with youth from 3 other local organizations) are hosting the Rooted in Community Conference in Durham.  We are desperately looking for volunteers to help with dinner clean-up from 7-10 pm, this week, Thursday thru  Saturday, July 22,23,& 24.  Call Kavanah Ramsier at 847.757.9514

Rooted in Community (RIC) is a national grassroots network that empowers young people to take leadership in their own communities. We are a diverse movement of youth and adults working together and committed to fostering healthy communities and food justice through urban and rural agriculture, community gardening, food security, and related environmental justice work.  Every year, RIC youth and adults from across the country get together for an annual conference to share our work with each other.

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Wish List:
pruners, olive oil, kitchen equipment, floor buffer, archery equipment, small food processor, office paper shredder, immersion blender, mortar & pestle.

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SEEDS Staff & Contact Info:

• SEEDlings and Volunteer Coordinator:  Heather Hill, hhill@seedsnc.org
• SEEDlings, Urban Earth and YAWYE Coordinator: Thad Bennett, tbennett@seedsnc.org
• DIG and Community Garden Coordinator: Santos Flores, santos@seedsnc.org
  
• DIG and Leigh Farm Coordinator: Kavanah Ramsier, kavanah@seedsnc.org
  
• Garden Manager: Rebekah Resnick, bekah@seedsnc.org
• Admin and IT,Web Master: Monika Parson, mparson@seedsnc.org
• Executive Director:Lucy Harris, lharris@seedsnc.org 
  

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Contact Us

Healthy Food-a-thon

SUPPORT THE DIG YOUTH AS THEY STRIVE TO BE HEALTHY EATERS!  

Last summer DIG youth gave up fast food and soda for one month and raised over $2000 in the process from supporters! 

During their Healthy Food-a Thon the youth had long conversations about the role fast food and soda has on our bodies, our communities, and what we can do to improve our situation.

This year from July 19th through August 17th the DIG youth are giving up soda, fast food AND we have invited youth from other programs (a total of 80 youth!). We are hoping to positively impact our personal diets and we are examining ways to improve our community food resources. The DIG youth are continually studying how to prepare and budget healthy affordable meals and during the Healthy Food-a-Thon, they’ll have a greater incentive to do so.

Please visit the youth at the Durham Farmers Market to read their food autobiographies. Support them by making a pledge per day for how long they can go without fast food and soda. We accept pledges for $.50 on up (last year someone pledged $10!!) a day for 30 days.

Or email Santos@seedsnc.org with your pledge amount TODAY.

We also want to invite YOU to take the Soda & Fast Food Fast!!  Email Santos if you want to accept the challenge and we’ll check in with you throughout the month.

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A low-cost after school program for 1st through 5th graders. The SEEDlings Club teaches children to garden and grow their own healthy foods while fostering respect for nature and each other.  We focus on martial arts and creative movement classes that build confidence and fitness.  The SEEDlings have daily homework tutors and many opportunities to learn about the environment and nutrition in lots of fun ways.  If interested, please call Thaddeus at 683-1197, or email to tbennett@seedsnc.org.

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Do you want to see your plants boost in their yield? Try blanketing the soil surrounding your garden plants with a layer of leaf mulch. About 2-3 inches will do. It helps retain soil moisture, prevent weeds from sprouting and it insulates the soil, cooling the soil on hot days. With less moisture loss you can speed plant growth. Leaf mulching will also attract earthworms and builds good crumbly soil texture.

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SEEDS one of a select few organizations who have been invited to participate in the Village Green at the Jack Johnson concert Saturday, August 21st at the Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion in Raleigh.  Along with this honor, Jack Johnson’s Foundation is matching every gift we receive from now through October 15th up to $2500.

Please make a donation now to help us meet our $2500 goal.  Every person who sends a donation by August 1st, with Jack Johnson in the memo line, will be eligible for a drawing for 2 tickets to the August 15th concert.  And go to www.All AtOnce.org to learn more about how Jack Johnson is contributing to community groups around the world.

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With YOUR VOTE…SEEDS can plant an orchard for the hungry, the community and the youth!  Vote DAILY at http://www.communitiestakeroot.com/Plant/Index.

5 winners are selected each month until August 31! 
Please put the link on your Facebook.  Please forward to family and friends and please Vote Daily

If SEEDS wins…we will plant fruit trees throughout our gardens to support our programs and the larger Durham community and along our streets for our neighbors and anyone who is hungry.