Community Garden Collective Spring Fundraiser!

CGC is having a spring fundraiser!

What: Flatbread Company benefit night

Date: Tuesday, April 17

Time: After 5 p.m. until closing

Location: 72 Commercial Street

Plenty of parking is located in the Casco Bay Ferry Terminal Parking Garage

Have a delicious flatbread dinner and help us raise funds to finish building the Community Garden in South Portland at Hamlin School!

The Flatbread Company in Portland supports local organizations that have an impact on our community. The primary way they accomplish this is through benefit nights that are held on Tuesdays at their restaurants. The Community Garden Collective (CGC) will be the non-profit group on April 17.

The Flatbread Company will donate $3.50 for each large flatbread and $1.75 for each small flatbread sold during the benefit. This money will be used by CGC to fund the irrigation system, tool shed and the fence as well as other garden needs.

CGC will also take donations for a raffle of a beautiful painting donated by Ellen Thayer, artist and gardener. You can either donate money or pick up a Clynk bag at the event with the promise to fill the bag with 5 cent (or 15 cent) recyclables when you go home. Once you bring the filled bag to any Hannaford the funds from your returnable cans and bottles will go into an account for CGC! It's a great way for CGC to raise money and for you to have a nice meal out with friends!

Please spread the word and let your friends know on Facebook by putting our website link on your Facebook page: www.communitygardencollective.org. We hope to raise much needed funds for the garden, and your help is essential!

CGC also has a few beds left for rental. If you would like to rent a bed for the summer of 2012 please contact Helen or Susan at communitygardencollective@gmail.com or call Helen at 207-408-1039. We can always use donations of time, labor or materials. We can also use some gardening tools that are in good shape. If you would like to donate some tools please contact us. You can also drop off tools at Crystal's house at 17 Highland Ave. Just leave them in the breezeway!

Contact us if you would like to help in any way!

If you have never been to Flatbread Company take a look at their menu and learn more about how they use local and natural sources of food for their flatbread, salads and other menu items by going to: www.flatbreadcompany.com.

The Confirmation E-mail Has Been Sent!

Hello CGC 2012 Gardeners,
for those of you who have e-mail you should have received a notification from CGC from our garden coordinators Helen Slocum and Susan Chase - the planting season will soon be upon us!

Check your inbox for the details of how to pay the rent for your garden bed, how to attend a mandatory orientation meeting, and how to help CGC raise funds for the completion of and the operation of the garden at Hamlin School!

Please contact CGC if you have any questions or concerns at communitygardencollective@gmail.com.

Thank you!
Helen and Susan

Upcoming Events and News

Hello Everyone!

It's been a busy summer since we had our open house in the spring, and lots of things have happened. We are in the midst of grant writing, fundraising, spreading the word about CGC and getting ready to build the first garden at Hamlin School this fall!

The Community Garden Collective will be at the Art In the Park event this Saturday August 13th. We will be under a tent at a table near the  "Officials" so please drop by! We will have a supply of Clynk bags for you to take home, fill with your returnable cans and bottles and take to Hannaford. The barcode on the bag will give CGC credit for your returnables, a great way for us to continually raise funds!

Art In the Park

Date: Saturday, August 13

Location: Mill Creek Park

Time: 9 am to 4 pm

Community Garden Collective will be under the tent near the "Officials"

Take some Clynk bags home and choose a seedling plant to take home as a thank you for your support!

Bring your friends and help us spread the word about community gardens. We will need lots of help in Sept/Oct as we “Raise the beds and prepare the soil”. 

CLYNK Bags - Ongoing Fundraiser

If you would like some bags NOW I can drop them off at your house. Just email me at this address with how many you would like and your address and I will arrange for you to get a few. You can also pick them up at my house at 17 Highland Ave. Just let me know how many you need and I will leave them in my breezeway with your name on them. Email communitygardencollective@gmail.com to let us know when you need more! You can also call me at 671-6393 and let me know.

Bayside Bowling Fundraiser

On Monday, August 1 we had our fundraiser at Bayside Bowling in Portland. The event had light attendance, but the lanes were busy with league members. We will know by next week how much money will be donated to CGC by Bayside Bowling. When you want to spend a night out doing something fun support the businesses who support CGC, Bayside Bowling is a lot of fun and they have great food! Thanks to those who attended!

Garden Building and More!

We will need help this fall building the garden beds and preparing the garden! Please keep updated through Facebook and our emails for  opportunities to help! We have a very motivated group of supporters and we look forward to working with you even more!

Please contact the group with any questions at this email. If you want to reach a specific board member please indicate their name in the email and it will be forwarded to them. 

Thank you!

Crystal

Plant Sale to Benefit the CGC!

WHAT: Plant Sale / Small Yard Sale - a few gardening items
(There are perennials only - no veggies or annuals, sorry!)

WHEN: Saturday, May 28 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

WHERE: 17 Highland Ave, Crystal Goodrich's house.

FOR: Community Garden Collective Fundraiser!

RAIN OR SHINE!

Please park at Cottage Road Service Station on the corner of Highland and Cottage Rd. and walk over! The sale is in the white ranch with the garage behind the service station.

See you there!

Hamlin Garden Fundraiser at Hannaford Mill Creek - Month of May

Please forward this to your friends - so we can get the most donations possible! Thank you!

 

Community Garden Collective is having a fund raiser to support the Hamlin School Garden!

For the month of May at Hannaford in Mill Creek you can donate your returnable cans to our efforts to build the Hamlin Garden!

Please go to Hannaford - Mill Creek and print our your Clynk / can returnable slips and donate the slips to the Community Garden Collective!

Right after the cash registers there is a small kiosk and you can can drop cash donations into it as well as Clynk slips. 

The CGC will receive 100% of the donations in the kiosk for the entire month of May!

This is our first fundraiser and we hope to get the ball rolling with some money to get materials purchased so we can begin building later this summer and fall. 

Also think about where you can get more can donations - from work, family and friends? Get those cans to Clynk and we can get the proceeds!

If you don't have a Clynk account - cans can be dropped off at my house,

17 Highland Ave., South Portland (the corner of Highland and Cottage Road)

. I am two doors down from the Main Library parking lot, and directly behind the old Cottage Road Service Station. You can call for directions: 671-6393.

Cans can be left in my yard or in the breezeway anytime.

Please make sure you get down to Clynk and donate your slips and have your friends do the same! Every bit helps!

Please pass the information on to others, we need all the support we can get!