Questions about the Tom's of Maine grant

**A* <g*@earthlink.net>**

Hi, Folks!
I think it's wonderful that Tom's of Maine and ACGA is offering cold hard
cash to community gardens -- God knows *ALL* community gardens need an
influx of cash.
However, I note that the deadline is only 5 days from now, in the height of
the harvest season -- and there is no fax or e-mail address to receive
applications -- only a mailing address.
I'm near Philadelphia and it will take 3 days for such an application to
reach NYC to be postmarked in time for the deadline -- which means I'll
have to have it in the mail by August 12th, preferably the 11th. If I lived
on the West Coast, I'd have to get everything together by, at the latest,
TOMORROW, to be considered for this grant.
If one belongs to an gardening/horticultural/hunger agency, where
priorities can easily be shuffled to apply for much-needed cash, this is
not such a big deal. But, when one runs one's community garden as a
"volunteer" --meaning that one has another cash-paying job, prior
commitments, etc, one's life is not so easily shuffled.
Therefore, I strongly, strongly, STRONGLY urge the ACGA board to provide a
fax number or an e-mail address so that those of us who must juggle the
rest of our lives with our community gardens can apply for this grant over
the weekend and still make the deadline to be considered for the grant.
I thank the Board for its consideration and I look forward to seeing a
posted fax number or e-mail address for this grant application soon. And
do make more such connections in the future -- there are HUNDREDS of worthy
community garden in North America and we all need funds! :-D
Dorene

Dorene Pasekoff, Coordinator
St. John's United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden
A mission of
St. John's United Church of Christ, 315 Gay Street, Phoenixville, PA  19460

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