At last Tuesday's meeting, Tonya Schmitt, president of Grow to Share, updated our club on how the organization has used the grant that we awarded them in early 2024. While emphasizing how grateful GtS is for the support, Tonya described how Rotary's grant money has allowed the group to expand both their capabilities and capacity. They have new solar-powered equipment for garden maintenance as well as other food handling and processing equipment, and they have an expanded garden tool inventory that allows them to host larger groups while keeping the visitors involved and busy. They have also increased their donation locations, enabling them to get more food out to the community.
One important detail to note: Tonya said that all of the equipment listed on their grant application has been purchased.
If you scroll down to the "download files" location in this Tidings, you can bring up a pdf of several of the "meatiest" slides in Tonya's presentation. Size limitations prevented downloading the entire presentation.