posted 05/28/10 10:10 AM | updated 05/28/10 10:11 AM
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Hope Is On Its Way

By The Hunger Coalition
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 The Hunger Coalition Invites You To Get Involved

The Hope Garden is becoming a reality as the once-empty corner lot at Walnut and First Avenue in Hailey is transformed into an inviting collection of garden beds and pathways.  In the coming weeks, The Hunger Coalition willhost work parties and invites the entire community to lend a hand.  Beginning Sunday, June 6 with a day in the garden dedicated to “Laying Pathways”, work parties will occur on weekends and occasional Thursday evenings through Saturday, June 19. 

Hallie Reikowsky, Garden & Education Manager, has compiled a Wish List to get our Garden growing.  We would greatly appreciate the donation of any of the items listed below.

 

  • Freestanding shed
  • Spades, dandelion pickers & other small hand-tools
  • Four wheeled garden cart/wagon
  • Hand shears (short handled)
  • Scissors
  • Various hoes (diamond, loop, circle & classic)
  • Large plastic harvesting containers (bins, buckets)
  • Large flat basket/woven plate for herb harvest
  • 5 gallon bucket
  • Lengths of hose
  • Large stainless steel gardening/culinary sink
  • Galvanized steel mesh gardening table
  • Mountable 1st aid kit (for the outside of the shed in case folks are locked out of it)
  • Gardening, composting, and soil books (it would be great to build a little library to loan to folks and use ourselves!)
  • "Field knife" (hand machete) for squash & melon harvest
  • Earth way Vegetable Bed Seeder
  • Free-standing bench swing
  • Large planter boxes &/or 1/2 wine barrel planters
  • 5 gallon water coolers (2 or 3)
  • Outdoor cork pin-board kiosk
  • Fish emulsion, bone meal, & blood meal fertilizers
  • Rolls of Agra-bond frost cloth
  • Roll of black plastic ground cover

Please contact Halle at 788-0121 x. 311 or hreikowsky@thehungercoalition.org to donate.  The Saw tooth Botanical Garden has kindly offered to be another drop-off location for these donations.  They are also soliciting old garden supplies to sell at a yard sale.  You can help both organizations at once by dropping your tools and supplies at SBG and labeling those items intended for The Hunger Coalition. 

Local businesses, such as Big Wood Landscaping, Wood River Organic Recycling, and Saw tooth Wood Products have already shown their support of The Hunger Coalition’s efforts through donations of gardening tools, compost and discounted fencing.  Businesses and individuals interested in making significant contributions should contact Halle for more information at 788-0121 x. 311.

Green flyers announcing the dates and times of each scheduled work party are posted at businesses, coffee shops, community bulletin boards, and garden centers throughout the Wood River Valley.  A complete Work Party schedule and Wish List can also be viewed on our website.  

Founded in 2003, the Blaine County Hunger Coalition strives to end hunger in our community by providing wholesome food to those in need and by promoting solutions to the underlying causes of hunger through collaboration, education and advocacy.  For more information, visit www.thehungercoalition.org or call 788-0121.

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