From: Yvonne Savio <ydsavio@ucdavis.edu>
Subject: Offer of Reading Garden to school in Carson, Long Beach, Torrance, Gardena
To: "Yvonne work" <ydsavio@ucdavis.edu>
Cc: "'Gloria King'" <gking@lagalaxy.com>
Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 12:40 PM

Hi, All—

 

See below my signature info for offer.

 

For more information, contact Gloria King directly.

 

Note January 15 deadline.

 

Ciao for now.

 

Yvonne Savio

Common Ground Garden Program Manager

University of California Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County

PO Box 22255

4800 E. Cesar E. Chavez Avenue

Los Angeles CA 90022

Phone:   323-260-3407

Fax:       323-881-0067

Email:    ydsavio@ucdavis.edu

Website: http://celosangeles.ucdavis.edu/Common_Ground_Garden_Program/

Master Gardener Email Gardening helpline:  mglosangeleshelpline@ucdavis.edu

Master Gardener Phone Gardening helpline:  323-260-3238

 

2007 Lifetime Achievement Award, Los Angeles Community Garden Council

2007 Certificate of Commendation, Los Angeles Unified School District

2006 Certificate of Appreciation, City of Los Angeles

2004 "Feeding the Hungry" Garden Crusader Award, Gardener's Supply Company

 

Since 1978, the Common Ground Garden program has helped Los Angeles County residents to garden, grow their own food, and healthfully prepare it.  Our targeted audience and priority are to serve limited-resource residents and those traditionally underrepresented.  By training community volunteers, we empower neighborhoods to create their own solutions.  Our Master Gardener volunteers work primarily with community gardens, school gardens, seniors, and homeless and battered women's shelters.

 

In 2008, 181 Master Gardeners volunteered 9,272 hours serving 87,376 low-income gardeners in Los Angeles County at 28 community gardens, 46 school gardens, 15 shelter gardens, 5 senior gardens, and 13 fairs and farmers markets.

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The Los Angeles Galaxy Foundation, The Home Depot Center Chartable Foundation, and The Home Depot are offering Carson, Long Beach , Torrance , Gardena area elementary schools the opportunity to have a Reading Garden installed at their school. Only one school will be selected.

All interested schools must meet the following criteria (additional restrictions may apply):

·         Have a viable 40' x 30' grass or dirt space available for the Reading Garden

·         Prior LAUSD/District approval for the build

·         Staff available to maintain the garden

·         Agreement to review of garden maintenance

·         Available for installation late February – March 2009

One (1) school will be selected.  Schools meeting the criteria need to submit the following information by 9:00am on Thursday, January 15^th:

·         School Name, Address and Phone Number

·         Principal Name

·         Digital photo of potential Reading Garden area

·         Include a paragraph (100 words or less) on what the Reading Garden would mean to  

       the school and its students

 

Please submit the information via email to Gloria King at gking@lagalaxy.com and Tamala Lewis at tlewis@homedepotcenter.com