| Service Name: | VEGI Valley Educational Gardens Initiative - La Puente |
| Areas Served: | Alamosa County, Conejos County, Costilla County, Mineral County, Rio Grande County, Saguache County |
| Quick Search: | Children |
| Service Description: | VEGI works to fight hunger by sowing the seeds of education, nutrition, and community through connection with gardening. Students and community members work together to learn more about gardening and provide fresh produce for local hunger relief efforts. Gardens throughout the SLV provide relief for overcoming food insecurity and its complications while encouraging healthy choices by connecting people with the beauty of gardening, from seed to harvest. VEGI is a La Puente program. Make a Donation VEGI can always use your support. Donations of time, garden materials, and financial contributions are all greatly appreciated! TEACH A A LESSON! If you are passionate about gardening and would like to share your knowledge, please contact us about ways to get involved in our educational programming. VOLUNTEER! One of the easiest ways to get involved with the VEGI program is to adopt a bed! By adopting a bed you take responsibility for 1 of 20 beds in the Boyd Garden in Alamosa and help keep our garden productive and beautiful! We can also always use helping hands for planting, weeding, watering, and maintenance. If you are interested in volunteering with VEGI, please call La Puente?s Volunteer Coordination office at 719-587-3499. In partnership with local school and kid?s clubs, VEGI offers dynamic summer programming, giving youth the chance to dig their hands in the soil, harvest what they have planted, and learn through community the process of growing and preparing healthful foods. VEGI recognizes each of its supporters and is appreciative of the combined effort it takes to address the ?root? causes of local food insecurity. Every dollar donated helps plant a seed that can then flourish into an educational opportunity, a gardening resource, or a fresh vegetable for someone in need. There are many ways to support VEGI? from lending a hand in the community garden to planting a seed with a child to offering financial donations, however, big or small- as it takes a community to raise a garden. VEGI is grateful for those who continue to make this work thrive and would like to acknowledge the spirit of giving that makes it all possible.---------- VEGI trabaja para combatir el hambre sembrando las semillas de la educación, la nutrición y la comunidad a través de la conexión con la jardinería. Los estudiantes y miembros de la comunidad trabajan juntos para aprender más sobre jardinería y proporcionar productos frescos para los esfuerzos locales de alivio del hambre. Los jardines en todo el SLV brindan alivio para superar la inseguridad alimentaria y sus complicaciones, al tiempo que fomentan opciones saludables al conectar a las personas con la belleza de la jardinería, desde la semilla hasta la cosecha. VEGI es un programa de La Puente. Haz una donación VEGI siempre puede necesitar su apoyo. ¡Se agradecen mucho las donaciones de tiempo, materiales de jardinería y contribuciones financieras! |
| Website Address: | http://lapuentehome.org/vegi/ |
| Referral Required? | No |
| Service Location Name: | VEGI Valley Educational Gardens Initiative - La Puente |
| Mailing Address: | PO Box 1235 Alamosa, CO 81101 |
| Physical Address: | 513 6th Street Alamosa, CO 81101 Get Map |
| Program Contact Name: | Analyse Baer |
| Program Contact Person: | Director |
| Program Contact Job Title: | Director |
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| Email Address: | director.vegi@lapuente.net |
| Phone: | (719) 589-4567 |