"We are so grateful to receive these farm bags. The flowers are a treat for me (mom) that I would never buy for myself. The fresh foods are a blessing to eat and encourage us to embrace variety and try new things. We love them. Thank you so much!!" - A 2024 F2B Recipient
Feed Two Birds brings fresh organic produce, grown by individuals experiencing homelessness in our transitional employment program, to other underserved individuals across Santa Cruz County. Given the rising cost of groceries, access to fresh, organic food for vulnerable populations is especially important.
Food insecurity is still a problem in our community. In the past few years, we increased the program to an all-time high, now contributing 68 shares to 13 organizations, growing from our traditional 30 shares donated to 10 organizations that we provided before the pandemic struck in 2020. This increased donation comes at a real cost for us, so please help us raise the funds necessary to get healthy food distributed to our community. We have a goal of $50,000 to ensure we can continue this program. We have a generous challenge of $10,000 from Patrick Teverbaugh to help us get started and your support will help us reach our goal.
Please consider making a gift that will:
1) Enable Homeless Garden Project trainees to grow thousands of pounds of healthy organic vegetables and fruits, and
2) Allow HGP to distribute the boxed produce to many underserved community members through 13 local community non-profits.
Through the Feed Two Birds program, your donation has double the impact. Each dollar you donate supports the Project’s transitional employment and job training program and allows for the sharing of food grown at the garden throughout the community.
Many people and families will be served by these shares! With this program, our trainees are growing, harvesting and sharing produce with people lacking access to fresh organic produce. Our trainees are part of a solution.
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