Articles filed under Giving Garden
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Itasca Giving Garden having its best year yetJul 16, 2010 11:00 pm - From the trading pit at the Board of Trade to the community garden plots in Itasca. That's how far Marty Lundeen has come since walking away from his career as a bond tr...
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Working farm donates three times a weekJul 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Officials with Loaves & Fishes Community Food Pantry in Naperville know the drill: They visit nearby Mayneland Farm three times a week to pick up donations of fresh prod...
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Intergenerational group works together for Giving GardenJun 25, 2010 11:00 pm - A dream of planting a vegetable garden for Schaumburg Township's food pantry drew an unusual group of constituents to the table: Hoover Elementary School students and Fr...
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Gardeners share their bounty with those in needMay 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Volunteers at Willow Creek Community Church's Care Center in Hoffman Estates, which houses its industrial-sized food pantry, have made a familiar observation: numbers of...
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Batavia community garden taking shapeApr 24, 2010 11:00 pm - There were no honorary, gold-painted shovels at the dedication ceremony for the Batavia "Come Grow With Us" community garden Saturday morning. Instead, Mayor Jeff Schiel...
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Summer finishes with harvests aplenty for Giving GardenSep 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Say what you will about this summer's unpredictable weather, but this much food pantry coordinators know: Conditions were ripe for harvesting fresh produce. A random sam...
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Palatine man takes backyard gardening to a new levelSep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Tom Anderson of Palatine has taken backyard gardening to a whole new level. With his nearly 300 feet of land filled with vegetable plots and fruit trees, the term, gentl...
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Community gardners team up to tend Giving GardenAug 28, 2009 11:00 pm - The Community Garden in Itasca goes back more than 40 years, but an initiative this summer has given it new life: members started a Giving Garden, with some of its harve...
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Toiling in the garden for body and soulAug 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Steve Wilcox of Roselle serves in a variety of ministries at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, but only one provides food for the body and soul: the chu...
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Growing trend allows clients to make own choices at food pantriesJul 31, 2009 11:00 pm - A trend seems to be growing among area food pantries. From Naperville to Palatine, agencies have moved toward more of a "client choice" system, as opposed to the pre-bag...