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From: Bates-Benetua, Michelle <michelleb@solid-ground.org>
Date: Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:13 AM
Subject: [cagj-fjp] work with kids at Marra Farm!
To: Food Justice Project list-serve Project list-serve <cagj-fjp@lists.riseup.net>

Hello food justice friends,

Lettuce Link is looking for volunteers to help us teach garden and nutrition education at Marra Farm this spring. More info: http://www.idealist.org/view/volop/ZHFZkBsj5PbD/ and also below.

Please pass along to family, friends, and others in your communities whose skills, availability and interests are a good match.

Do you like working with kids outside? Lettuce Link, a program of Solid Ground, is looking for volunteers with our kids' garden and nutrition education classes this spring. We work with elementary school students to plant gardens, cook healthy snacks, and read culturally relevant stories to learn about soil, plant parts, ecosystems and more.

We are seeking volunteers to assist in teaching classes, engage with students, and share their enthusiasm for healthy eating and gardening. This is a great fit if you're energetic, have experience working with kids, are passionate about educating through an anti-oppression framework, and like the outdoors!

Volunteers need to commit to come regularly to one of the class series, fill out a volunteer application and pass a Washington State Patrol background check.

Volunteer Requirements:

Ability to attend the volunteer orientation the first week and commit to coming regularly to at least 7 of the classes
Some experience working with kids
Energetic and like to eat vegetables!
Ability to pass a Washington State Patrol background check

Marra Farm is located in the South Park neighborhood of Seattle (9026 4^th Ave S).

Classes

Tuesdays, April 3rd-June 12th, 1:30-4:45pm; 2nd grade students.

Wednesdays, April 4th-June 13th, 9:30am-11:30am; 3rd grade students
Wednesdays, April 4th-June 13th, 12:30-3:30pm; 5th grade students.

We are looking for 1-4 dedicated, thoughtful, reliable volunteers for each of our garden education sessions. If this sounds like a good fit for you, please fill out a volunteer application and return to Robin at lettucelink@solid-ground.org.

Michelle Bates-Benetua, Lettuce Link Program Manager
206-694-6754

http://lettucelink.blogspot.com/

http://www.solid-ground.org/Programs/Nutrition/Lettuce

From: cagj-fjp-owner@lists.riseup.net [mailto:cagj-fjp-owner@lists.riseup.net] On Behalf Of Heather Day
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 2:41 PM
To: Food Justice Project list-serve Project list-serve; steering committee cagj; Advisory Board
Subject: [cagj-fjp] City Listening Sessions on FOOD!

CAGJ needs to have a presence, who can go?

Thanks!

Heather

Begin forwarded message:

From:

"Simmons, Jill" <Jill.Simmons@seattle.gov>

Date:

February 22, 2012 2:36:57 PM PST

To:

"Simmons, Jill" <Jill.Simmons@seattle.gov>

Subject: Please Join Us: Our City, Our Food, Our Future Listening Sessions

Reply-To:

"Lerman, Sharon" <Sharon.Lerman@seattle.gov>

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and the Seattle City Council invite you to participate in Our City, Our Food, Our Future: listening sessions on food in our community. The City of Seattle envisions a just, sustainable, and resilient food system where:

· All Seattleites have enough to eat and have access to affordable, local, healthy, culturally appropriate food.

· It is easy to sell local and healthy food in Seattle.

· It is easy to grow food in Seattle, whether for personal use or for business purposes.

· The City provides sustainable ways to prevent and deal with food waste.

· Our community is educated about eating local and healthy food.

We hope you or a designated representative are able to attend one of three public meetings (listed below) the Seattle Office of Sustainability & Environment is hosting to receive feedback on what the City should do next to meet these goals.

· Tuesday March 13, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Ravenna Eckstein Community Center (6535 Ravenna Ave NE)

· Friday March 16, 1:00-4:00 p.m.

City Hall, Bertha Knight Landes Room (600 4^th Avenue)

· Monday March 19, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Southside Commons (3518 S Edmunds Street)

Space is limited. Please RSVP by March 2^nd to reserve your spot. Contact Sharon Lerman at foodpolicy@seattle.gov with any questions. If you are unable to attend, there will be an opportunity to add your perspective online at www.seattle.gov/food.

For more information on the City's Local Food Action Initiative and the listening sessions, please visit: www.seattle.gov/food. We look forward to hearing from you on where the City's Local Food Action Initiative should go in the future.