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Renee's Garden Seeds Makes A Difference
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Every year, Renee's Garden donates seeds to a wide variety of organizations and
educational programs worldwide that strive to improve social, economic and health
conditions, and promote sustainable organic
gardening. We also encourage retailers to donate unsold Renee's Garden seeds to
local non-profit organizations at the end of the season. We are
pleased to share their successful outcomes.
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Community &
Youth Gardening - Sustainable Food Center Austin, TX Over 350 Austin
area elementary school kids have been learning how to grow fruits and vegetables. With guidance from Sustainable Food Center staff,
they have participated in every step of the food system from seed planting to harvest, tasting new foods like radishes and kale along the way. Students elected to donate produce from their gardens to
Casa Marianella,
which provides shelter and services to immigrants.
- Emily Neiman |
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Seeds of Hope Project
Honduras
"These
photos are of school garden projects using your seeds initiated by Peace Corps volunteers in
Honduras. The images are from El Carbonal, Marcala, and
Trujillo, Honduras, on the Caribbean coast. The Peace Corps volunteer in Marcala
has been working with Funisas, a local NGO in Honduras in establishing 5 school
gardens."
- Paul Hansen,
outreach coordinator |
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Queen Alexandra School Garden
Vancouver, Canada
"Renee had kindly sent me a number of packages of seeds
for our school program and germination rates were excellent! Here's some of the
kindergarten girls."
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Sharon Hanna, Director |
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Flying Doctors of America
Women's Prison Project in Bolivia
"Hello from the
Amazon. Right now, I am in the Amazon Basin in Bolivia and will be heading up to
the Amazon Brazil in the next month. Please thank Renee for the seeds. We
finished the work in the women's prison a few weeks ago. "
- Dr. Allan M. Gathercoal |
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Healthy
Schools Project in Honduras
"Here are some
photos of the Escuelas Saludables (Healthy
Schools) Project in Honduras from this past year. There were 800 gardens planted
in the public schools. The goal for 2007 is to have 2000 gardens throughout the
country. Your seed will be a major part of this international project, which has
been a coordinated effort between Rotary Clubs in the U.S., Canada, and
Honduras, and the office of the First Lady of Honduras."
Mel Hansen,
West Coast Coordinator |
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Uganda Garden Program
An education project that teaches families devastated by the effects
of the AIDs epidemic to be more
self sufficient by growing a wide variety of
nutritious vegetables.
"I am writing on behalf of CETRUD Uganda to thank you for the donation
of seeds to our program to help our rural families - these seeds make a huge
difference in what we can accomplish."
Godfrey D. Kasozi, Director
Center for Environment, Technology
and Rural Development
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Common Ground Garden Program
Los Angeles,CA
Volunteers of the Common Ground Garden Program help low-income and
limited-resource residents of Los Angeles County to grow and eat more nutritious
vegetables and fruits.
"Here’re some of the gardeners from community, school, and battered
women’s shelters who benefit from Renee’s seeds! "
-Yvonne Savio, Common Ground Garden Program Manager,
Los Angeles, CA |
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Lihue School Garden Project
Kauai, HawaiiThe seeds arrived! WOW-What a lot of them! The children & I are having fun
counting, sorting and classifying them before we plant. Thanks so much! We
really appreciate your generosity! With Aloha." Penni Taketa, Lihue
Elementary School, Kauai, HI |
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Some of the other fine
organizations that receive our seeds include:
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City Slickers Farms,
Oakland, CA
Providing access to affordable organic food, nutrition information, and
free organic gardening supplies for low-income families
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- Capital District Community Gardens Troy, NY
Turned 46 vacant lots in the Albany NY area into organic gardens for
over 800 families
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- Fellowship of Christian Farmers, Int'l.
Trumansburg, NY
Vegetable
seeds for rural villages in Albania
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- National Gardening Association
School Gardens Program
South Burlington,VT
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- Zuni Conservation Program
Pueblo of Zuni,AZ
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