Announcements and Asks

Good afternoon We Can Grow followers!


We’re starting to get really fired up here at We Can Grow.  Spring and the up-coming planting season are soon to start. We have a couple of announcements. First, we have teamed up with Gardening Matters and their Local Resource Hubs to provide our clients with the seeds and seedlings they’ll need to succeed. Using the Local Resource Hubs was a no brainer for us. Our clients will conveniently access their seeds and plants as well as any additional resources such as classes and their tool lending library. We’re very excited to be working with such an awesome collaborator and feel that together we can advance local food and food security for everyone citywide.

 You may have seen our Fund Razr or other fund raising tools we’re using, but right now Mike and I have been brain-storming strategies for funding the We Can Grow program. Up until now everything we’ve done has been pro bono as a labor of love because this is something we both believe will better our community. However, it is time to get serious about funding and making this initiative happen in a big way. We estimate $10,000-12,000 dollars will be needed to build the 150+ raised bed gardens we intend to install in the community this spring.  That being said, we’ll probably have to make a couple shameless asks  for donations over the next couple months and we apologize for that now. Yet, we wouldn’t do this if wouldn't do this unless it was absolutely necessary. So please,  give what you can to get us to our goals, and we will do our best to return the favor to the community.


Thanks everyone,

The We Can Grow Team