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Katie’s Krops gardens grow with a lot love and support from our amazing volunteers.  We are based in Summerville, South Carolina and we are always in need of volunteers to support our efforts. If you live in the Summerville area how can you help?

Help in the Garden-

On Saturday, March 19th we will host our first garden work day of 2016, in our flagship garden in Summerville. We will prepare our garden for spring planting by: amending rows, cleaning up garden debris, weeding, paint our garden shed, painting and weatherproofing our outdoor furniture and so much more. To sign up to volunteer for this garden work day please e-mail MasterGardener@KatiesKrops.com. Volunteers of all ages are welcome to join us. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. All volunteers must sign up in advance.

Volunteer in our Flagship Garden this Summer:

Summer is our busiest season in the garden. We are always in need of volunteers to help maintaining our garden and help harvest our crops. We organize weekly garden work days over the summer. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all time. To be placed on our volunteer email list please contact MasterGardener@KatiesKrops.com with the subject line, “Please Add Me to The Volunteer List”.

Chair Dive in to End Hunger-

In 2016 we will host the Third Annual Dive in to End Hunger Event in Summerville, South Carolina. This fun event brings our young volunteers and supporters together to raise funds to help us grow. We are looking for an individual who is outgoing, organized who also has ties to the local swim community to chair this event. Dive in to End Hunger will be held in the summer. If you are interested in chairing, or co-chair this fun filled event, please email Stacy@KatiesKrops.com.

Host a Food Drive to Support our Katie’s Krops Dinners-

Once, sometime twice a month we host free garden to table dinners for anyone in need of a healthy meal. In order to offset the cost of the dinners we are always in need of:

Lemonade Mix

Olive Oli

Canola Oil

White Rice

Rotini Pasta

Chicken Broth

Gift Cards to Local Grocery Stores

Large Foil Pans

Salad Dressing- Italian

Red Wine Vinegar

Flour

Canned Kidney Beans

Thank you for helping you grow a health end to hunger! If you have any questions please email Stacy@KatiesKrops.com.

Join us on Thursday, January 28th for the first Katie’s Krops Dinner of the new year. The dinner will be held at Summerville Baptist Church located at 417 Central Avenue in Summerville, South Carolina. Doors will open at 5:30 and dinner will be served at 6:00pm. The dinner is always free and everyone is welcome at the Katie’s Krops dinner table. Reservations are not required or accepted. Spread the word and help us end hunger in the Lowcountry. The dinner is limited to 200 guests. 

Join us at the Katie’s Krops Dinner on Thursday, December 10th as we celebrate the season. As always, the dinner is hot, healthy & free. Everyone is welcome at our dinner table. The dinner will be served at Summerville Baptist Church located at 417 Central Avenue in Summerville, South Carolina. Doors to the Fellowship Hall will open at 5:30pm, and the meal will be served at 6pm. This will be a wonderful dinner for children to attend. Please note the dinner is limited to 200 guests. We recommend arriving early as seats fill quickly. From all of us at Katie’s Krops, we wish you and your family a wonderful holiday season. 

On Thursday, October 22nd we will celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the Katie’s Krops Garden to Table Dinner. As we thought about how we wanted to honor and celebrate this milestone, we thought about the heroes of our community, those individuals who rarely get the praise they deserve, those who serve and protect us every day, those who have been there for Katie’s Krops and the families we serve. The answer became very clear.  For our 5th anniversary dinner we want to celebrate the first responders of our community: the police, the firemen and women and the EMS. 

Thank you for everything you have done for our community, Katie’s Krops and for my family.

Thank you to the Summerville Fire Department for saving our garden at Spann Elementary. When the water at the school was turned off for an extended period of time for construction there was no way to water the garden. We were on the verge of losing all of the crops that feed students in need at the school.  Summerville Fire Station 5 came to the rescue and watered   the raised beds and saved the garden.

The families we help have become our extended family. They are families struggling with hunger, homelessness, illness and poverty. When a family we care deeply for received a welfare check, the deputy looked at their home which was in disrepair and asked if they needed help. The response was grateful yes! That weekend the officer gathered his friends and came back to the home. The team, which was led by the officer cleaned, and made needed repairs to the home for the family.

My brother has been by my side, helping to grow Katie’s Krops since 2008. He works in the garden and helps at the dinners. I would not be where I am today without him. This summer while on the pool deck, he suffered a seizure. Within moments the fire fighters were there to render immediate aid. The EMS workers quickly followed and provided him with excellent care and transported him to the hospital. I am forever grateful for the care my brother received that day.

These are just a few examples of why we want to honor the first responders of our community on October 22nd. 

Our Anniversary Dinner will be held on Thursday, October 22nd in the Fellowship Hall at Summerville Baptist Church. This extra special dinner will be served at 6pm. The doors will open at 5:30pm. As always, the dinner is hot, healthy and free.

Please join us as we celebrate 5 years of our garden to table dinner and those who serve and protect our community. 

We are thrilled to announce 12-year-old Madi Sutton of North Carolina is the 2015 Katie’s Krops Grower of the Year. Madi has been growing with Katie’s Krops for three year. Last year alone, Madi grew and donated 2,400 pounds of produce from her garden. In addition to growing, Madi raised $1,000 for Katie’s Krops by writing and winning a grant that will help keep Katie’s Krops growing. “It feels really good to be able to give back,” said Madi Sutton, “I try to increase how much I grow and how much I donate every year.”

Madi was one of fourteen Katie’s Krops growers chosen to attend the 3rd Annual Katie’s Krops Camp sponsored by W.P. Rawl this July where she was presented with the award. “Madi truly embodies the spirit of Katie’s Krops. She goes above and beyond each and every year. We are thrilled to be able to present her with this award and scholarship,” notes Stacy Stagliano, President of Katie’s Krops.

In addition to growing and raising funds for Katie’s Krops, Madi speaks about her efforts to grow a healthy end to hunger. Madi has shared her story with Upward Elementary School, First Baptist Church East Flat Rock, and also with Vacation Bible School at Mud Creek Baptist Church.

Join us at the Katie’s Krops Dinner table Wednesday, July 22nd at 5:30 p.m. at Summerville Baptist Church located at 417 Central Avenue in Summerville, South Carolina for an extra special dinner. We will gather our harvest & come together to prepare a delicious & free meal for anyone in need in our community. The dinner will also offer a cool location in this period of extreme heat for the homeless & those without air conditioning in our community. We would greatly appreciate your help spreading the word. Everyone is welcome at the Katie’s Krops Dinner table.

Dive in and help us end hunger!

The first annual Katie’s Krops Dive In To End Hunger event last summer was a great success and accomplished our goal to build the fence around the flagship garden to prevent the deer from eating our crops. Many of our supporters urged us to continue this event yearly as a great way to encourage youth to continue supporting their community. We will use this year’s funds to sustain all 80 of the Katie’s Krops gardens across the United States, continue to empower kids to find a healthy way to end hunger, and continue to hold our monthly Katie’s Krops Dinner for our community in need.

The Second Annual Dive in to End Hunger will be held on Tuesday, July 21st at Pine Forest Country Club in Summerville, South Carolina from 4 to 7pm.

Swimmers of all ages and abilities are welcome to participate in this fun and healthy fundraising event! How can you participate?

– Complete the Katie’s Krops Dive In to End Hunger Registration form and send it to us (see details on the form) as soon as possible. Spots are limited. Registration forms should be submitted by Thursday, July 16^th.

-Register as an individual swimmer or gather your friends and co-workers to create a relay team, which will swim during the last event.

We are also in need of prizes for our swimmers. If you would like to donate a prize please contact Stacy@KatiesKrops.com.

Thank you for your support. We are looking forward to a fun and sucessful event!

Click here to download the Registration Form!!

Click here to download the Donation Sheet!!

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