<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Thanks Lorraine!<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Should we post the job descriptions on Facebook prior to May 18?<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 10, 2021, at 4:18 PM, Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com" class="">lxkells@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Please note Edde's requestor be put on the agenda for May18, and do make sure she and her colleagues get the zoom link.<div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">I will be in transit from NY to Philadelphia that day. Not sure what that entails as haven't booked Amtrak or local connections yet.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Lorraine</div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br class="">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">edde jones</strong> <span dir="auto" class=""><<a href="mailto:eddejones2@gmail.com" class="">eddejones2@gmail.com</a>></span><br class="">Date: Mon, May 10, 2021, 3:47 PM<br class="">Subject: Re: Greencorps Chicago NFP<br class="">To: Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com" class="">lxkells@gmail.com</a>><br class="">Cc: Angela Taylor <<a href="mailto:angela@gpcommunitycouncil.org" class="">angela@gpcommunitycouncil.org</a>>, Angela Taylor <<a href="mailto:taylor3433@yahoo.com" class="">taylor3433@yahoo.com</a>>, JW Glass <<a href="mailto:james.wesley.glass@gmail.com" class="">james.wesley.glass@gmail.com</a>>, Newcomer Ellen <<a href="mailto:ecnewcomer334@gmail.com" class="">ecnewcomer334@gmail.com</a>>, PATRICIA JACKSON Hart <<a href="mailto:Patahart45@gmail.com" class="">Patahart45@gmail.com</a>>, LaVerne Morris <<a href="mailto:lavernemorris@hotmail.com" class="">lavernemorris@hotmail.com</a>>, Suzanne <<a href="mailto:smalecmckenna@gmail.com" class="">smalecmckenna@gmail.com</a>>, harmony picciuca <<a href="mailto:Harmonypicciuca@gmail.com" class="">Harmonypicciuca@gmail.com</a>><br class=""></div><br class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Hi Lorraine</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>May 18th sounds great, count us in. Twenty minutes somewhere near the beginning of your meeting would be terrific. I have included Suzanne and Harmony so that you have everyone's contact info. Let me know if you need anything else from us.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks again,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Edde</div><div class="">773-398-9827</div><div class=""><a href="mailto:eddejones2@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">eddejones2@gmail.com</a></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 7:54 PM Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">lxkells@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></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" class="">Edde,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Our upcoming CCGA coordinating meeting is scheduled for May 18 at 6 pm- 8pm. You can join in at any time, or we can be sure to put the GreenCorps Not For Profit on the agenda at a particular time. Just let us know, and JW or Amy will send out the zoom link to you, Suzanne and Harmony the day of or day before the meeting. This is a very exciting new collaborative and we want to hear more about it. We can host someone from Terra Firma as well.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We'll want to have this information available to our working groups and eventually all of CCGA's community gardens by way of a summer Newsletter or a special eblast now that we have the job description and will have anything more to add after the coordinating meeting.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class="">Lorraine </div><ol style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:13px" class=""><li style="box-sizing:border-box;list-style:none;margin-bottom:1.25rem;padding:0px 1.5rem" class=""><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.1; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; font-size: 12px; text-transform: uppercase;" class=""><br class=""></h4><div style="box-sizing:border-box" class=""><br class=""></div></li></ol></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 1:56 PM edde jones <<a href="mailto:eddejones2@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">eddejones2@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></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" class="">Thanks for getting back to me Lorraine. Please let me know when the May meeting is so I can check schedules on our end. - edde</div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 10:43 AM Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">lxkells@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></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" class="">Edde,<div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">It's good to know that more of the best of CCGA's stalwarts have been in contact with you. The communications committee will have this on the agenda for our May meeting and we hope you and/ or your colleagues will join us for that zoom so that any questions are addressed and every thing we can provide is available to you.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">And Congratulations on this amazing endeavor. You never really left Chicago community gardens far behind.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Best</div><div dir="auto" class="">Lorraine Kells</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 6, 2021, 12:22 PM edde jones <<a href="mailto:eddejones2@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">eddejones2@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></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" class="">As all first runs go I somehow missed Ellen's email address and now have Pat's so apologies to those who received this yesterday. It does give me a chance to thank Pat, LaVerne and Ellen for already taking time to speak with me and for providing additional contact info. Best wishes on your season. - edde<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hi All,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hope this email finds everyone in good spirits and energized for spring gardening. CCGA seems like the right group to be the first for me to introduce the launch of the Greencorps Chicago Not For Profit. I have been working with Suzanne Malec-McKenna and Harmony Picciuca on coordinating the work of the GC NFP with the Terra Firma program of Emerald South Economic Development Collaborative. It is a job training and community gardening program modelled after the original Greencorps Chicago except that it will have a geographical focus. Greencorps/Terra Firma will be improving lots along major roads in the Woodlawn, Washington Park, South Shore, Grand Boulevard, Greater Grand Crossing, and South Chicago community areas. Our plan is to have a number of community workshops and events throughout the year with the first one being held in late May.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We will also be looking for recruits and staff from the community areas mentioned above. Our first big ask is to get the word out. I am attaching the staff position descriptions we are currently seeking to fill in hopes that you can post or distribute to your members. I will forward you recruitment and community workshop information as they are finalized. We will be doing a general email blitz with the descriptions attached, so hopefully you will see them distributed a number of ways. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you would like to learn more about what we are doing, we can do a short presentation with the group. I am also happy to speak with you individually and answer any questions you may have. Thanks for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best wishes and happy gardening,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Edde Jones</div><div class=""><a href="mailto:eddejones2@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">eddejones2@gmail.com</a></div><div class="">773-398-9827</div><div class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 12:16 PM edde jones <<a href="mailto:eddejones2@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">eddejones2@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></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" class="">Hi All,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hope this email finds everyone in good spirits and energized for spring gardening. CCGA seems like the right group to be the first for me to introduce the launch of the Greencorps Chicago Not For Profit. I have been working with Suzanne Malec-McKenna and Harmony Picciuca on coordinating the work of the GC NFP with the Terra Firma program of Emerald South Economic Development Collaborative.
It is a job training and community gardening program modelled after the original Greencorps Chicago except that it will have a geographical focus. Greencorps/Terra Firma will be improving lots along major roads in the Woodlawn, Washington Park, South Shore, Grand Boulevard, Greater Grand Crossing, and South Chicago community areas. Our plan is to have a number of community workshops and events throughout the year with the first one being held in late May.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We will also be looking for recruits and staff from the community areas mentioned above. Our first big ask is to get the word out. I am attaching the staff position descriptions we are currently seeking to fill in hopes that you can post or distribute to your members. I will forward you recruitment and community workshop information as they are finalized. We will be doing a general email blitz with the descriptions attached, so hopefully you will see them distributed a number of ways. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you would like to learn more about what we are doing, we can do a short presentation with the group. I am also happy to speak with you individually and answer any questions you may have.
Thanks for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best wishes and happy gardening,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Edde Jones</div><div class=""><a href="mailto:eddejones2@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">eddejones2@gmail.com</a></div><div class="">773-398-9827</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div>
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