New Program for a New Year
Hi this is Samantha Johnson, the Sales, Benefits and Programs Manager for the National Grange and the National Grange is happy to announce our partnership with the America the Beautiful Fund, which will allow Granges to participate in their seed program. Local Granges can get 100 packets of vegetable, flower or herb packets for free only paying $14.95 for shipping and handling. This program’s main goal is benefitting the community, whether it is teaching local school children about growing a garden or growing a vegetable garden to help the local food bank or to fundraise by selling the crops or flowers resulting from the seeds.
How can this benefit your local Grange?
It will allow you to grow your own community garden, have fresh vegetables for your fundraising dinners, fresh flowers at your Grange meetings, give children the chance to learn about gardening, create gardens at a local park, Grange Hall, or a nursing center, and anything else your Grange can dream up.
How do I get started?
All you need to do is write a short letter describing what you will do with the seeds and fill out the application from America the Beautiful Fund. So far this program has saved more than 800 tons of seeds and 7 million flower bulbs from going to waste in landfills and has grown 1.75 billion pounds of food for the hungry.
Click on the links below to get the forms you need for this new exciting program and don’t forget to return the participation form, so the National Grange knows what you’ve been doing. If you need any more information please contact me at 888-4-GRANGE ext. 109 or e-mail sjohnson@nationalgrange.org. |
