Our Goals:
1. Increase access to healthy foods in the inner city.
2. Build community.
3. Improve the self-sufficiency of those involved.
Fall Celebration & Hands On Day | Oct 20, 2009
We had a great turnout this past Saturday despite the crazy cold weather! In the morning we participated in Hands On Greater Richmond’s 2nd annual Hands On Day. Over 1,000 people were a part of this day of service. Volunteers at Shalom Farms helped on site with getting the farm ready for winter and harvested a lot of mustard greens.
In the afternoon friends from CHAT, Belmont UMC, St. Paul’s Episcopal, Camp Westview, Feed More (CVFB) and individuals from around Greater Richmond came out to help celebrate our first season with cider, desserts, a moon bounce, hay ride and PUMPKINS! We harvested 2,737 pounds of pumpkins in record time with lots of hands moving together, then a group of hearty men helped move the flats onto the lift to go to the food bank.
We’ll have some more greens to harvest, and fall broccoli should bring our total numbers for the season to just under 3 tons! Thanks so much for your help making this project a success. Please be sure to check out photos from Saturday!
In the afternoon friends from CHAT, Belmont UMC, St. Paul’s Episcopal, Camp Westview, Feed More (CVFB) and individuals from around Greater Richmond came out to help celebrate our first season with cider, desserts, a moon bounce, hay ride and PUMPKINS! We harvested 2,737 pounds of pumpkins in record time with lots of hands moving together, then a group of hearty men helped move the flats onto the lift to go to the food bank.
We’ll have some more greens to harvest, and fall broccoli should bring our total numbers for the season to just under 3 tons! Thanks so much for your help making this project a success. Please be sure to check out photos from Saturday!
