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Gardening Program for the Hungry

Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html

Hello Gardeners,
As all of you plant your gardens this season,
please consider planting an extra square (4' X 4') or row 
for the hungry and donating the harvest from it
to a local food bank or soup kitchen.  Plant
a Row for the Hungry, a national project sponsored
and nurtured by Garden Writers Assoc. of America (of
which I'm a member) encourages gardeners to help those
who are hungry.  Most food bank clients are working
poor and senior citizens on small fixed incomes.  A
working single mother has a difficult time stretching a 
$6 an hour paycheck to house, clothe and feed growing children
--especially if the kids are teenagers. Senior citizens often 
go without food in order to pay for costly medicines. 

I've participated in Plant a Row since 1995, when it was 
created.  From my SQ FT garden, I often harvest extra squash, 
tomatoes, carrots, cucumbers and peppers--all are taken to the 
local food bank.  To find out where to contribute your extras, 
you can go to our website at:  http://www.gwaa.org or email us at
PAR@gwaa.org  If any of you are in Central Illinois,
email me directly, because I'm the project director for
the 18 counties in the center of the state. 
Doreen Howard


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