2021 Grow-A-Row Commitment Form

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Every year, Allen Neighborhood Center partners with the Michigan Community Service Commission and Youth Service America to host a large, youth focused volunteer event in Edible Park, our free-to-all community garden in Hunter Park. Last year, gathering fifty+ youth together physically wasn't possible, so we decided to partner with the Greater Lansing Food Bank Garden Project to find ways to still involve our community's youth in direct service to feed their neighbors.

And thus, the Grow-A-Row Commitment Drive was born!

The Greater Lansing Food Bank's Grow-a-Row program is a people-helping-people program to assist in feeding those in need in our own community through commitments to plant, grow and harvest an extra row of specific vegetables for local food banks and soup kitchens. Families and Individuals are asked to connect with their local food pantry directly, to ensure their produce will be able to be utilized, and is donated at the right time and place. This is a safe and impactful program to participate in during the COVID-19 pandemic. This project supports the continued development of a positive and lasting relationship between our community and its food pantries.

Allen Neighborhood Center is hoping to get at least fifty families and individuals to commit to participating. To facilitate this goal, we will donate up to fifty grow-a-row kits to participating gardeners- enough plants or seeds to plant a ten foot garden row. Kits will be distributed in late May or the beginning of June, through curbside pickup in Hunter Park.

If you're a home or community gardener (even if it's your first year!) and you'd like to commit to donating a portion of your harvest, please fill out this commitment form.

To find your fresh produce drop-off location and time, what produce is preferred for certain locations, and other information specific to the Lansing program, follow the link below:

https://greaterlansingfoodbank.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Grow-A-Row-listing-2020-FINAL.pdf

**Allen Neighborhood Center's weekly food pantry, Breadbasket, is also a drop-off option! Drop offs can be made Monday from 10a-12p. Contact pantry manager Julia Kramer @ Juliak@allenneighborhoodcenter.org to coordinate drop offs.***

Email *

First Name *

Last Name *

Phone Number *

Zip Code *

Are there any members of your household under the age of 25? *

Yes

If youth 25 and under will be participating please list the number of youth and ages. (This commitment drive is a Global Youth Service Day Project, tracking youth involvement is important to our funders)

Do you commit to directly donating the harvest from a portion of your home or community garden to your local food pantry? *

Yes

Required

Will you respond to a short mid-season and post-season survey from Allen Neighborhood center staff? This helps us gauge the impact of our work, and know how to improve in the future. *

Yes

Which food pantry or soup kitchen do you plan on donating to? (Check the link in the intro to find your nearest participating pantry!)

Would you like to be provided with a Grow-A-Row kit (enough supplies to plant a ten-foot garden row)? *

Yes

Thank you for committing to the Greater Lansing Food Bank's Grow-A-Row Program!

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