- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Help build our community garden brick raised beds
ORGANIZATION: LEGACY HERITAGE
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
The area we serve is underprivileged and a large percentage of the population are senior citizens, female head households and or non-family households where many cases of food insecurity go unreported. The long neglected and disparaged African American communities of female, senior citizen and non-family led households not receiving SNAP benefits, living at or below the poverty line in the Historical Communities of Newtown, live in a constant state of habitually faltering fresh food options leading to long term health issues like diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure and heart defects that have been exacerbated by the trauma left behind from Covid-19. Food security gardens are critically needed to fill this glaring void. This is an opportunity to construct raised brick beds for our community garden, teach our staff a lifelong skill in maintaining our beds and be the change you want to see.
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About LEGACY HERITAGE
Location:
980 N McDonough, Montgomery, AL 36110, US
Mission Statement
Develop a life empowering, leadership skill set for impoverished minority communities by establishing a working knowledge of personalized and community gardens in District 3.
Description
Legacy Heritage was founded in 2020 by Consuelo Bradley in Montgomery (Montgomery County) Alabama. For the past 11 years she has been an accomplished African American entrepreneur. The vision of this 501 (c) 3 organization emerged during the height of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Mrs. Bradley took the lead in developing green spaces for public gardens and meeting areas to share the therapeutic and medical benefits she derived during quarantine.
Project Goals and Intended Outcomes
The Newtown Redevelopment Community Garden will strengthen availability to the fresh produce for over 1900 low-income households in District 3.
Goal 1: Provide clients with self-sufficiency training and applied living models.
Goal 2: Deliver outreach strategies to new gardeners via the Legacy Heritage website.
Goal 3: Develop supplement home gardens for personal cultivation.
Plan of Action: The Newtown Redevelopment Community Garden has three strategies. They include:
Land Development
Social Intervention
Organizational Change and Development
achievements of Legacy Heritage
- Procured land for Community Garden
- Donate 10% or more of annual proceeds to District 3 start up foods trucks and food cart by donating selling space
- Community Day event organized to bring the candidates of District 3
- Received proclamations from Alabama officials
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1722 Withers StreetMontgomery, AL 36104
DATE POSTED
July 6, 2021
SKILLS
- Marketing Strategy & Planning
- Public Relations
- Landscaping
- Construction
- Advertising
- Urban Planning
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Must be at least 18
- The time required to learn the skill and construct one bed is approximately 3 1/2 hours. No training needed? 2 hours per bed.
- Must sign waiver against injury. Masonry experience needed not preferred.