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The face of homelessness

24 June 2010
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The face of Homelessness

I don’t know what I used to think homelessness looked like but I know what I didn’t think it looked like. I didn’t think that homelessness looked like families just like mine but it does. I know homeless people. They are my friends and my supporters. I don’t think any of these people thought they would be homeless but so often bad things happen to good people. I have met children and their families that don’t have a place to call home. It is such a blessing that there are places like the Palmetto House where they can go, eat and live until their situation changes. Next time you see a homeless shelter, think of the people, the families just like yours that are living there. If you have any old toys, clothes, shoes, soaps and of course food and vegetables please donate them to your local shelter and you can help people, people just like you and me.

Please vote for Katie & help start two new vegetable gardens!

24 June 2010
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Thank you to everyone who voted for me in the Farm Rich Kids Who Give Contest. The announcment will be made by Farm Rich on August 27th  if I have been selected to win a $1,000 grant to start two new vegetable gardens. I want you to know I already feel like a winner because of all of your support and kind words.

Thank you!!!!

 

Can you help with the fence?

22 June 2010
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The vegetable garden at the Palmetto House is in desperate need of a fence. Can you help? If you have a fence company and can help us with a fence that will keep the wildlife away from the vegetables please contact us at LaunchKatiesDream@gmail.com or call 843-327-3366.

The garden at the Palmetto House (the Summerville Homeless Shelter/Soup Kitchen) feeds the residents and guests of the Palmetto House. Thank you!!!!!!

Flowertown Garden Center & Katie’s Krops 1 Day of Giving

17 June 2010
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Join Katie at Flowertown Garden Center on

Saturday, July 10th

from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m.

to design and paint your own flower pot with a local art teacher.

Receive a vegetable plant for your pot & then donate the harvest from your plant to your local soup kitchen.


The cost for this event is $10 for 1 person, 2 people $18 or 3 people for $24

To register for this fun event please contact Charlene Sharkey at Flowertown Garden Center

410 East 5th North Street

Summerville, South Carolina

843-725-9383

Thank You Sodexo!

11 June 2010
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A lot of times, you don’t realize what you’ve done or what a difference you’ve made until someone tells you.  On Thursday (June 10) I had the privilege of going to Washington DC to be honored by the Sodexo Foundation and receive the STOP Hunger Grant/Scholarship.  The trip introduced me to so many amazing people. I met employees from Sodexo and four other scholarship recipients, who just like me, have a goal to end hunger. While there, Sodexo made two generous donations, one for Katie’s Krops and another for my education.  I also fit in some sight-seeing, going to the Washington, Lincoln, and World War II memorials as well as a quick trip to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. While I was in D. C I thought of some new fresh ideas and now I’m ready to start taking words into action and start on new projects.  I look forward to working with my new friends and try new strategies to fight hunger.  Thank you Sodexo it is a huge honor to be selected as a Sodexo Scholar and I promise I will make you proud!!!!

My Memorial Day

31 May 2010
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       Today ( Monday May 31st) I took a trip to Tri  County Family Ministries. I donated two giant cabbages, a bag of peppers, a bag of eggplant, and a bag of basil as well as some plants. They have started a small garden in three tiny green boxes. I gave them some herbs, oregono, thyme, and rosemerry to add. I also learned that they are in trouble. Tri County’s donations have gone done close to 25%, they need all the fresh vegetables and canned food they can get. I plan to help them by holding a food drive and donating as many fresh vegetable as I can from my gardens. I hope they get more doantions soon. If you are reading this you can do something to help too. Next time you go to the grocery store, pick up an extra can of food and drop it off at your local soup kitchen because I’m sure they need it too. Those extra vegetables in your garden can also find a home at the soup kitchen as well. No donation is ever to small!

The Right Tool for the Job… Thanks Troy-Bilt

17 May 2010
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My dad always said, “You need the right tool for the job. It will make your work easier and you will work more efficiently.” Well, I had no clue what he was talking about until this spring. In the past we had borrowed tillers from lots of different people to till my gardens. It was a huge challenge to pick them up and move them to where we needed them.   Often they didn’t work all that well. One time the tiller we borrowed broke within the first five minutes of using it. It would take us days to prep just 5 rows for planting.

All of that changed this spring. Troy-Bilt gave me an amazing gift of a shiny red new tiller and a fantastic cultivator. WOW what a difference they have made. We were able to till 12 new rows and guess what it didn’t take days it took just a couple of hours.  Planting was so much easier this spring because the dirt was so loose. I have already noticed a huge difference in the plants. They are growing so much faster and taller. My Master Gardener Ms. Lisa explained that because the Troy-Bilt tiller did such a good job tilling the plants are having an easier time spreading their roots therefore they are growing faster because they don’t have to fight tight packed soil to spread their roots.

To all of my friends at Troy-Bilt, a huge thank you. Your gift has made a huge impact on my gardens and will for years to come. I now understand what my dad was talking about; I now have the right tools for the job all thanks to the wonderful people at Troy-Bilt.

Thanks Mom

13 May 2010
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This Mothers’ Day I want to thank my amazing mom for everything she does for me. She is always at my side, no matter what. She supports me in sports and with my project. She comes to school plays and events. Mom works really hard too. She helps me with my project, which now has become her full time job while balancing a lot of things other moms do, like commuting to and from school, making lunches, cleaning the house, and finding time for her. My mom is wonderful! I couldn’t do half the things I do without her love and support. She deserves a big hug for everything she does for me and my brother John Michael. Everyone deserves an amazing mom like mine; my life would be a lot different without her. I love you mom! Thanks for being the best mom I could ever ask for!