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Katie’s Krops is thrilled to announce that Fall Creek Farm & Nursery in Oregon is donating 700 blueberry bushes to help us feed the Lowcountry! On Saturday March 3rd, we will be having a planting party & we need lots of amazing volunteers to come out and help us plant to feed families in need in the Lowcountry. Please join us, invite your friends and come have some fun while making a huge impact on hunger in the Lowcountry!

When:

Saturday, March 3rd

Time:

 10 am until the last bush is planted

Where:

Pinewood Prep School Garden

End of Willow Oaks Lane

Summerville

Who:

Everyone is welcome to come out and help. Please wear closed toe shoes, long pants and clothes that you don’t mind getting a little dirty. Garden gloves are great too!

B.Y.O.S – Bring Your Own Shovel!!!!!!

RSVP- Katie@KatiesKrops.com

Planting the Seeds for a New Garden

I learned what I think most of us already know — that cancer is a horrible disease. Cancer takes a toll financially on patients and their families. Often caregivers are forced to give up their jobs to care for their loved ones. The financial burdens of the disease can be overwhelming and, as a result, families battling cancer sometimes struggle to put food on their tables. When you are fighting any disease or caring for someone in the fight of their life, proper nutrition is of the utmost importance.

That is when I put the pieces of the puzzle together: Katie’s Krops would start a vegetable garden to provide cancer patients and their families with healthy, fresh produce.

Katie’s Krops mission is to grow vegetable gardens to feed people in need, and I can see no greater need than growing produce to provide nutritious fruits and vegetables to cancer patients and their families. In 2012, I will start a Katie’s Krops garden dedicated to feeding people who are fighting cancer. The harvest will provide patients with healthy produce, and it will be a tribute to honor those who are battling this terrible disease and those who have passed because of cancer.

We are now trying to locate an area to plant our garden in Boston. If you have a suggestion, have land we can borrow or would like to help make our first Katie’s Krops Garden dedicated to cancer patients a reality please contact us at Katie@KatiesKrops.com.

We are thrilled to announce that in 2012 Katie’s Krops will be hosting monthly dinner for anyone in need of a hot & healthy meal on the 3rd Thursday of every month. The dinners will be held at Summerville Baptist Church in the Fellowship Hall. Dinner will be served at 6:00 p.m. To go meals are available on request. All dinners will be based on what is available to harvest in the Katie’s Krops gardens. Families are encouraged to come. There are activities for children and all dinners are healthy & made with love by the Katie’s Krops crew. If you have questions about the dinners, would like to volunteer or would like to make a donation to continue to make these dinners possible please contact Katie@KatiesKrops.com.

Katie’s Krops is thrilled to announce that we are a finalist for a grant from the Tom’s of Maine 50 States for Good! This is a national initiative to support the goodness behind grassroots community projects! Six organizations will share in Tom’s of Maine $150,000 sponsorship fund, including one organization that will be given $50,000.  Katie needs your help! Place your vote at www.50statesforgood.com. 

Click Here to Vote now and Vote Often!
You can vote once a day until September 13th!
 

A huge thank you to everyone who voted for Katie’s Krops in the Tom’s of Maine 50 States for Good. We did not come in the top 6 but your support of our efforts has been priceless. We may not be receiving a big check but we have made so many new friends, raised awareness of our efforts and learned just how blessed we are to have so many amazing people believe in us. Congratulations to the winners and most importantly ‘Thank you’!

Through Katie’s Krops and my gardening adventures I have met so many amazing people. I especially love meeting other kids who are making a difference in the world. In 2009 I was honored as Build a Bear Huggable Hero along with 14 other amazing individuals. We spend 3 days together bonding and learning about each other efforts.

I was thrill when several weeks ago one of my fellow 2009 Huggable Heroes contacted me about starting a Katie’s Krops garden in New Jersey. Jenny and I have joined forces and last weekend the first official Katie’s Krops garden in the garden state has tilled ground. I want to thank Jenny and all of the New Jersey volunteers for help Katie’s Krops grow and expand. I look forward to sharing photos and stories from the new garden. Thank you Jenny!

Selecting the winners of the spring 2011 Katie’s Krops grants was a huge challenge. We received over 200 fantastic grant applications. The plan was to select just two winners but that proved impossible. There were seven applications that stood out and the decision was made to give all seven applicants the grant. There were also three applications that I couldn’t afford to give a full grant to but wanted to help. They received a mini grant.

The winners are:

-Aiden from New York

-Ms. Babin’s Class from Georgia

-Chance, Canyon & Hunter from Arkansas

-Martha from North Carolina

-Phoebe from Massachusetts

-Rockella from New York

-Ms. Smith’s Class from Kentucky  

-The mini grant winners-

-Dominic from Georgia

-Ted from Wisconsin

-Zachary from Pennsylvania  

Please check back to read about the winners gardening adventures and about the people they help in their communities. They will be writing blogs for Katie’s Krops and sharing their photos.

It is my dream to be able to fund additional grants. If you are interested in receiving a grant from Katie’s Krops to start a garden to feed people please continue to check the website for details. If you are interested in making a donation to help fund garden grants please contact us at LaunchKatiesDream@Gmail.com.  

Please note this event has been postponed due to a scheduling conflict. Check back for our new date.

Join us to support Katie’s Krops and have some fun! Flowertown Garden Center in Summerville will be hosting a family fun fundraiser to benefit Katie’s Krops. Carnival games, food, music, a silent auction and so much more. Be sure to mark your calendars and if you would like to help in ANY way please e-mail us at LaunchKatiesDream@Gmail.com. We are in need of volunteers to help plan and work the day of the event. If you would like to donate an item to the silent auction we would be thrilled. Check back for further details.

Hope to see you on June 4th!