We’re always amazed at the people who continue to come out, the new faces we meet, and the relationships we continue to foster and grow. We made a strong emphasis on the importance of relationships on Saturday, how through relationships already established and relationships built throughout these three years even, allowed us to make it this far. When we say Together We Grow, it means ALL of us TOGETHER grow our communities, our youth, and each other. We really can't do it all alone.

We also want to thank everyone who came out for our Global Youth Service Day workday in April. It was awesome to see so many young people engaged in service. We want to thank the Sigma Beta Club of Pinellas County for partnering with us and choosing us as the program to support through Youth Service America. One of their youth, Chase, actually wrote the grant proposal and thought of us to include because he loved the work we do. They donated new wheelbarrows, weed suppressant cloth, and farm tools among other supplies. 

If you haven't been to the farm recently, we got 500+ milk crates donated from the St. Pete Free Clinic! We had needed some for our storage shed, but when we were presented with such an abundance we wanted to take it a step further and start a Mini Garden Crate project. We’ll be planting some of our seedlings in the crates to give out to the community to start growing their own food. Come out and get one for your home!

We want to shout out another awesome volunteer group that came out from Catalina Marketing, who brought 30 employees from around the country for a service day at the farm. They were a big help! A couple of them helped us put together our 2 new sifters (see above). We will be welcoming more corporate and group volunteers in the coming months, so if your business, school, or group would like to have a unique and fun team building experience, reach out to us!

We want to highlight our People of Influence series with visits from our last two guest: Senator Darryl Rouson (see above) & Deputy Mayor Stephanie Owens (see left). It's so important for our youth to be exposed to people in public office especially ones who directly impact the work they do for the community.

In other celebratory news! We got to see some of our former Youth Ambassadors graduate this year. We are incredibly proud of them and know they will be doing amazing things with their futures.