What’s Happening
CALL TO ACTION: Your support is requested and greatly appreciated!
Amazing news! Seeds For Change is proud to announce that our “Food as Fuel” projects have been selected for Shell FuellingChange competiton~ an exciting program supporting environmental projects and organizations where Shell will grant a total of $2 million annually to projects that improve and restore Canada’s environment.
FuellingChange empowers Canadians to make a difference by supporting projects that matter most. The public has a chance to VOTE for their favourite projects from three areas – Land, Air and Water. The projects with the most votes at the end of each cycle will receive grants in the amounts of $25,000, $50,000 and $100,000.
Please take a moment and cast your VOTE for our Initiative “Food as Fuel”.
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Student needed! Summer Community Garden Student Position available. For more information please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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Please check out our CALENDAR for the upcoming Garden Launches, Workshops and Events across York Region!
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Seeds For Change along with, York Region Food Network (YRFN), Town of Markham, Heart and Stroke Foundation, Healthyork and United Way have begun collaborating to create a Food Charter for York Region.
On March 1st, we hosted ‘Food For Change’ Action Day! The York Region Food Action Committee is currently developing a Food Charter to advance local food policies, programs, and initiatives for communities across York Region.
March 28th, we are hosting an all-day working session to draft our York Region Food Charter to take on the road, for input from all nine municipalities.
Food is a basic necessity for life, and yet we see people going hungry in our communities, chronic illnesses on the rise, and farmers struggling to earn a living. Food touches all our lives in a variety of ways, several times each day. It creates community connections, cultural understanding, and is an economic driver. Our panel will provide a look at several aspects of our food system and participants will then provide their energy and ideas to create an improved food system that is healthy, equitable, sustainable and financially viable.
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We would like you to consider making a one-time or monthly donation. Your contribution will go straight to the core of our work to build more gardens, provide the tools and resources needed to teach more people important food growing skills and engage new people in the local food movement!
Our goal is to sign up 100 people for monthly donations of $5 (Just $60 for the year). That would mean a whopping $500 coming into Seeds For Change each month that we we can use to:
* build garden infrastructure
* plant and design our three NEW gardens
* teach kids to grow food and eat healthy snacks
* provide gardening and cooking workshops to people in our community
* grow the network, spread the word and sprout this food revolution!
All of our monthly donors will receive invitations to special events, advance registration for workshops and training sessions, and a quarterly update how your contribution made a difference in our community.
It is REALLY easy to donate. Just go to YRFN.CA and click the ‘donate now” button on the right.
Please make sure to indicate “Seeds For Change” in the message line.All donors will receive a charitable tax receipt from the York Region Food Network.
Please help us spread the word… Pass this on to your friends and family - because with everyone’s help, we can sprout the food revolution and really make some positive change!
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Our amazing student Intern Nicole is a high school student who is passionate about environmental sustainability and education. She believes that she has the power to make a difference in the world and will be taking her passion to Ecuador this summer!
Nicole is planning to raise 100% of the cost of this trip with the help of her community. Please check out her BLOG to see what fundraisers/events she is hosting, to donate or simply track her progress as she works towards her goal! We wish her the VERY best and are 100% behind her!
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In the News
SNAP’d at SFC’s Introduction to the Chef program - October 4th, 2011
Garden Hop- Thornhill Liberal; July 21st
Growing Healthier Neighbourhoods; blog
Snap Magazine Coverage of Firehall Car Wash Fundraiser
Continuous coverage with Thornhill Liberal- May 26th (Fire men’s Car wash Fundraiser) and June 4th (Firehall Garden Installation) postings
Coun Burke City Post Magazine Apr 2011
“Seeds For Change creates healthy neighbourhoods”- April 8th, 2011
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