RE: Questions about the Tom's of Maine grant

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Folks,

I called Toms of Maine this morning to find out more info about their grant
and was told that as of July they have discontinued their grants until at
earliest Feb. 2005. I don't know if this grant is a different opportunity
and the receptionist did not know, but that is what I was told. I just
wanted to pass this on to you as you may want to reconsider dropping
everything to apply for this grant. You may also want to check with them on
line at info@tomsofmaine.com
I will send them a message and cc it to the listserve.

Shane
Utah GARDENS 
And ACGA Board Member 

-----Original Message-----
From: community_garden-admin@mallorn.com
[community_garden-admin@mallorn.com] On Behalf Of Alliums
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 7:01 AM
To: Laura Berman; ACGA listserve
Subject: [cg] Questions about the Tom's of Maine grant
Importance: High

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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