<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Erik,<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </span><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Yes, We thought we had a great theme last year, <font face="arial, sans-serif">“Connections through Gardening: Plants, People and the Environment.” So as you say, it's a year for it, so we're using that theme this year!</font></div><font color="#888888"><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Lorraine</font></div></font></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 1:09 PM Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com" target="_blank">lxkells@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Andrea,<div><br></div><div>We have come up with two community gardens in the 60630 zip code that you may be interested in joining or contacting to see if there is a volunteer opportunity. Both community gardens are supported by Neighbor-Space, so we suggest you check out their website, or email them at <font face="arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(158,100,66)" size="2"><a href="mailto:info@neighbor-space.org" style="box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;margin:0px;outline:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(158,100,66)" target="_blank">info@neighbor-space.org</a></font></div><div><br></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">The gardens are SRB Community Spirit Garden, <span style="color:rgb(32,33,36)">4935 N Central Ave, Chicago, IL, 60630 and </span>Dunning Community Garden at <span style="color:rgb(32,33,36)">4235 N Neenah Ave, Chicago, IL 60634 You might even try a walk-by the gardens to see if they are what you have in mind, or if there is a sign to indicate how else you might contact them.</span></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">As for other volunteer opportunities, those are in the making. There are a number of school gardens that have not had sufficient volunteer help at the schools since they've been operating remotely. We're looking at an "adopt a school garden" volunteer group for spring 2021. So keep an eye out and watch CCGA FB and our website for updates.</font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Thanks for your interest,</font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Lorraine Kells, Co-chair, CCGA Education Committee</font></span></div><div><br></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 1:32 PM Andrea Disanti via Communications <<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" target="_blank">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hi Amy,<div dir="auto">Thank you for getting back to me! I live on the Northwest side of Chicago 60630 zip code. Are there any opportunities near here? What are my option?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Andrea</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 28, 2020, 12:36 PM Amy Olson <<a href="mailto:akeo@me.com" target="_blank">akeo@me.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Hello Andrea,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for contacting CCGA! </div><div><br></div><div>Where in Chicago are you interested in gardening? We can definitely suggest some community gardens by location. At the moment, there aren’t many group volunteer days, but that will change once winter passes! Some gardens have greenhouses and may have volunteer opportunities over the winter.</div><div><br></div><div>If you’re interested in joining a CCGA working group, please let us know! We can always use help with our communications, education, membership/outreach, resources and finance committees.</div><div><br></div><div>Looking forward to hearing from you,</div><div>Amy Olson</div><div><a href="mailto:akeo@me.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">akeo@me.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>On behalf of the CCGA Communications Team</div><div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Dec 24, 2020, at 5:37 PM, Andrea Disanti via Communications <<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="auto">Hello. I was wondering if there are any volunteer opportunities for community gardening.<div dir="auto"><br></div></div>
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