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KU Med Boosts Urban Farmers
KU Med Boosts Urban Farmers
75 KUMC volunteers have ten urban farms to choose from as they prepare for their July 29 Volunteer Day.
Diane Hentges, Director of the United Way of Wyandotte County Volunteer Center,
made the match based on a smaller event she arranged this spring -- after nine KUMC volunteers reported they "had a blast" helping low-income urban farmers in Northeast Kansas City, Kansas.
She recognized when she was contacted by Grahovac's Army of Volunteers that helping urban farmers was a worthwhile cause and volunteer opportunity. Paul Grahovac's group is focused on helping urban farmers in KCK's inner-city -- the Oak Grove neighborhood around 5th & Quindaro.
"We knew we could handle 20 volunteers, but when Diane asked if we could handle 75, I got KCCUA involved," says Grahovac. The Oak Grove Farm Business Program is led by Isaac Jefferson and is an Affiliate Farm of the Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture (KCCUA) located in Kansas City, Kansas.
Katherine Kelley, KCCUA Executive Director, quickly tasked Ami Freeberg and the rest of her staff with allocating volunteers to ten urban farms in Wyandotte County. See list below.
"With the growing interest in healthy eating, chemical-free vegetables, and local food production, I think we're going to see more and more people want to be part of it through volunteering," said Grahovac, who will lead the Oak Grove KUMC volunteers when they meet at 5th & Haskell in KCK at 9:30 am on the 29th.
Contact:
Paul Grahovac
Olathe, Kansas
grahovac8 (@) gmail. com
913-660-4692 cell
www.meetup.com/Grahovacs-Army-
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3830 N. 55th Street, KCK
Huns’ Family Garden
4730 Metropolitan Ave., KCK
J-14 Farm & Ranch, Joe Jennings
4600 Sortor Drive, KCK
Kansas City Community Farm, Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture
4223 Gibbs Road, KCK
Natural Grown Farm, Warren Messinger—5 volunteers
6131 Long, Shawnee, KS
New Roots for Refugees, Catholic Charities of NE Kansas and KCCUA
N. 1st Street and Richmond Avenue, KCK
Oak Grove Affiliate Program, Isaac Jefferson
5th and Haskell
Quindaro Elementary School KCK Community Gardens Project, Mark Manning
Various sites, KCK
TSCOG Salt of the Earth Youth Market Garden, Angela Greene
N 1st Street and Richmond Avenue
Yia Herr—5 volunteers
530 N. 61st Street, KCK
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Contact:
Paul Grahovac
Olathe, Kansas
913-660-4692 cell
http://www.meetup.com/Grahovacs-Army-
KCCUA / KCCF in Facebook:
Grahovac's Army of Volunteers - Facebook Group
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