Re: growers without homes

**Don Boekelheide d*@yahoo.com**

Hey, Loralee,

Cool! You guys are just down the road - ACGA once
again proves its value.

Not only are we starting something, it's going. Hope
you can come up and visit sometime soon, and I really
like your idea there in Columbia. I suspect the
homeless population of our two cities moves back and
forth somewhat (though I'm amazed at the stability of
our 'village' here).

Don
704-599-9435
or at Urban Ministry Center 704-347-0278

--- Loralee Donath <donathl@carcosa.net> wrote:

> Cynthia, I definitely would like to hear as much
> info as possible. Don,
> please keep us in mind if you develop anything in
> Charlotte.
> 
> We are getting a neighborhood community garden off
> the ground in
> Columbia, SC but hope to eventually have an
> "at-large" garden in the
> city for anyone interested, including people without
> homes. It would be
> a great project to connect with a local weekly food
> sharing I also
> participate in (Food Not Bombs).
> 
> In any case, in the neighborhood garden we will
> likely have many of the
> issues you describe.
> 
> Lori Donath
> Carolina Peace Resource Center
> 
> 
> > > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > > From: Don Boekelheide <dboekelheide@yahoo.com>
> > > To: community_garden@mallorn.com
> > > Subject: [cg] Request for feedback - garden
> programs for homeless
> > > people
> > > Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 10:24:30 -0700 (PDT)
> > > 
> > > Hi, all,
> > > 
> > > Hope you are all doing well - we are hoping for
> rain
> > > today, it has been very dry here (and warm).
> > > 
> > > Question: Is anyone on this list involved in a
> > > community gardening program targeting homeless
> people?
> > > Can you tell me where you are and how your
> program
> > > works? Alternatively, does anyone know of any
> > > community gardening or greening programs with a
> strong
> > > element addressing the needs of homeless people?
> > > 
> > > Thanks!
> > > 
> > > Don Boekelheide
> > > Urban Ministry Center
> > > Charlotte, NC
> > > 
> > email message attachment
> > > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > > From: Jim Call <jimcall@casagarden.com>
> > > To: Don Boekelheide <dboekelheide@yahoo.com>,
> > > community_garden@mallorn.com
> > > Subject: RE: [cg] Request for feedback - garden
> programs for
> > > homeless people
> > > Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 19:44:25 -0500
> > > 
> > > Don, as you, I am interested in finding out if
> there are any "successful"
> > > gardening programs working with the homeless. I
> know there are many CGs (I'm
> > > optimistic here) who donate their surplus
> harvest to food banks and
> > > shelters. I'm not aware of one whose operation
> comes primarily from the
> > > homeless... with it understood that a non-profit
> or some other entity
> > > overseeing their efforts. I believe there was
> one such operation in
> > > California that helped the homeless via
> gardening.
> > > 
> > > This is a link I found while cruising to a
> Homeless Project conducted by a
> > > Jewish organization but its vague at best and
> looks like it never got off
> > > the ground ...
> > > 
> > >
>
http://www.hillel.org/Hillel/exchange.nsf/4631b84b253300e4852568da00675ff6/5
> > > FBF0F751723C86185256958006578F0?OpenDocument
> > > 
> > > We do not have a big homeless populaton here in
> Huntsville as the big
> > > (really big) cities.  We do have shelters for
> them and I inquired once about
> > > the possibility of creating a garden for them at
> their premises if it could
> > > be planted and maintained by the shelter's
> occupants.  I was told by a
> > > person who works in the community with the
> homeless that it would not work
> > > because it wouldn't be maintained properly.  I'm
> not an authoritarian on the
> > > homeless so I have to rely on others experiences
> (for now).
> > > 
> > > Jim
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: community_garden-admin@mallorn.com
> > > [c*@mallorn.com]On
> Behalf Of Don Boekelheide
> > > Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 12:25 PM
> > > To: community_garden@mallorn.com
> > > Subject: [cg] Request for feedback - garden
> programs for homeless people
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi, all,
> > > 
> > > Hope you are all doing well - we are hoping for
> rain
> > > today, it has been very dry here (and warm).
> > > 
> > > Question: Is anyone on this list involved in a
> > > community gardening program targeting homeless
> people?
> > > Can you tell me where you are and how your
> program
> > > works? Alternatively, does anyone know of any
> > > community gardening or greening programs with a
> strong
> > > element addressing the needs of homeless people?
> > > 
> > > Thanks!
> > > 
> > > Don Boekelheide
> > > Urban Ministry Center
> > > Charlotte, NC
> > > 
> > > 
> > >
>
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> > > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > > From: Cynthia Price <skyprice@gmail.com>
> > > To: Jim Call <jimcall@casagarden.com>
> > > Cc: Don Boekelheide <dboekelheide@yahoo.com>,
> > > community_garden@mallorn.com
> > > Subject: [cg] Re: Request for feedback - garden
> programs for
> > > homeless people
> > > Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 21:10:47 -0400
> > > 
> > > Grand Rapids (Michigan) has one garden, the
> Heartside Peace Garden,
> > > that's in a neighborhood where most of the
> people are homeless, and
> > > it's run by someone who's homeless, for the
> benefit of others who are
> > > homeless. The individual who runs it is the
> chair of our community
> > > gardens committee and is on our board. (Can tell
> you more off-list if
> > > you're interested.) He's very reliable and
> dedicated, and a very good
> > > thinker in terms of organizational rules and
> policy. This may not be
> > > exactly the model you're looking for since it
> wasn't started by an
> > > outside organization, but actually it functions
> somewhat that way.
> 
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