Weekly Round-Up 10/6/17
What's Happening at Wyoming Food for Thought Project:
Join us October 7th from 10 am to noon for a Garden TLC workshop! Maintain the beauty and growth of your garden through pruning, weeding, composting, and natural pest control techniques. Your tender sprouts will love you back!
For more information, visit our Facebook event page.
Join Wyoming Food for Thought Project this Saturday, October 7 from 9 am till 3 pm as we put the garden to bed for the winter! We will be working in our gardens at James Reeb Park, adjacent to our program center at 900 Saint John in North Casper. A garden is never dormant - there's always work to be done and this Saturday we will finish harvesting our crops, clean out beds, spread mulch, pull weeds, and put seeds down for Spring. Bring your work gloves, and join the fun. This event is good for all ages and abilities. We will provide the dirt! See you this Saturday, from 9 am till 3 pm at 900 Saint John in north Casper! Visit our event page for more info!
Are you looking for ways to get involved with our project?
Join us on Wednesday, October 4th at our Program Center for food bag packing! Packing starts at 4pm, although volunteers are welcome to come in early to help with set up. Everyone is welcome. We need drivers to help us deliver the food bags to schools on Thursday and Friday morning too!
We are also hosting an ongoing Public Art Project to paint a mural at Roosevelt High School. This is an ongoing project and we will be painting whenever the sun is out!
Don't have the time to volunteer? Donate!
Items needed at our program center:
Canning jars
Granola Bars Fruit Cups Soup Chef Boyardee Instant Oatmeal Boxes of Cereal
You can swing by 900 Saint John (our program center), leave it at one of our drop sites in town, or call 307-337-1703 to have someone pick it up!
Just $5 feeds one child for an entire weekend! You can donate funds HERE.
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