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Would you like to volunteer for Garden@Case? If you are affiliated with Case or a nearby organization, we would love to have you participate. Click on "join" above.

Vision
  • To provide food for local neighborhood residents
  • To educate about the health effects of eating fresh food
  • To foster an environment that empowers people to create and sustain community gardens
  • To cultivate support for community gardening

The Garden @ Case envisions local neighborhood residents experiencing positive outcomes of community gardening. Its goal as a grassroots approach includes food production and access, as well as educating about making lifestyle changes through healthy eating and cooking.

Goals
The Garden @ Case began as a pilot program in which the group could learn and grow from their initial efforts. Short and long term goals include:
  • Encourage a group of diverse volunteers and appreciate the contributions of all
  • Foster an environment of interpersonal relationships, group dynamics (planning, organizing, deciding)
  • Cultivate support through networking, advocacy, and activism

Purpose
Grow produce to donate to the needy through a food bank, with extra produce available for the volunteers' own use.

Expectations
The volunteer suggested commitment would be to work a minimum of 2 hrs in a 2-week period, either in the garden itself and/or in garden-related activities (website, fund-raising, communications, etc.).