Acting and Eating Locally

for a Sustainable World: SHS

Garden

*To feed hungry people in Westchester

*To facilitate a sustainability curriculum in Scarsdale

*To provide students with valuable life skills and an enthusiasm for

establishing sustainable communities

Our Garden’s Three Goals:

People Are Hungry in Westchester?

Being “hungry” means your family doesn’t have enough money to provide three meals a day.

The Food Bank for Westchester estimates that there are 200,000 Westchester residents hungry or at risk of hunger.

Who is Hungry?• 36% are kids• 28% are kids ages 6-18• 30% are senior citizens• 71% have a household

income below the federal poverty level ($21,000 for a family of four)

• 41% have at least one full-time employed family member

Why Does Hunger Matter?

• Kids who are hungry or poorly nutritioned cannot focus in school, do not have much energy, are more likely to act badly toward each other, and give themselves low scores when rating future success.

What can we do about it?

• The Food Bank of Westchester distributed 780,769 pounds of fresh garden produce last year, and over 4 million pounds of food overall.

• 700 pounds of that food were grown right here.

• Another 500 pounds of food were delivered from SHS to White Plains and Peekskill directly

About Our Garden Club

• We are committed to:– Helping our community– Helping our environment– Building a caring club

spirit– Carrying what we’ve

learned to our future communities and families

In 2011, an Eagle Scout and volunteers built a fence…the day the hurricane started

In 2012, we planted four apple trees—a gift from Cornell University…

…And found a mascot

Our Future Plans:

*¼ of our garden will get cover crops each year to

help it regenerate

*¼ of our garden will be perennial herbs

*Next year we will add to the perennials and

start our raspberries and blueberries.

How You Can Help:

*Donate Funds

*Donate Time

*Donate Equipment or Pathworks

Visit our booth outside:

*Transplant your own tomatoes and peppers!

*Buy plants for your garden or window-box

*Sign up to work this summer

*Donate!

We Rely On Your Support, And the help of many others:

*Al Krautter and Sprain Brook Nursery*Susan Brown and Kevin Maloney of Cornell University’s

School of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS)*Todd Wolleman, parent and CALS Alumni Assoc. Pres.

*Anna Snider of Cornell University’s Westchester County Extension Service

*Paul Desrochers of Purity 18th c Farm, Moosup, CT*Scarsdale Schools Buildings and Grounds Dept.

*Scarsdale District and High School Administration*Garden Club parents

*Russell Greenleaf

Thank you!!