<div dir="ltr">Angela,<div><br></div><div>You reached out to CCGA earlier in the month, telling us that you and your students wanted <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">to learn more about community gardening and possibly volunteer to work with some of our gardeners as well as visit one of our gardens. I'm following up with you to find whether we were able to assist with your initial request. Possibilities for engagement exist in just this kind of moment and we want to make sure it happens in the best way.</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">You also asked whether an expert would be willing to speak to your students and/or potentially arrange a visit. I believe Latosha Reggans reached out to you. </div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Please let us know what worked for you and how we can better align resources between schools and CCGA for requests such as yours. We'll be working on some new features on our website to better facilitate the kind of request you and others make of CCGA for learning resources and volunteer opportunities.</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Regards,</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Lorraine Kells, Co-chair CCGA Education Committee</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 10:59 AM Angela Jaeger via Education <<a href="mailto:education@chicagocommunitygardens.org" target="_blank">education@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="ltr">Hello, <div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:782px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div><div id="m_4050544862069497294m_-2942099274922153474m_-3239741318438885409m_-4696678358676146918gmail-m_2104253353889597482gmail-:5rc" style="font-size:0.875rem;direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px"><div id="m_4050544862069497294m_-2942099274922153474m_-3239741318438885409m_-4696678358676146918gmail-m_2104253353889597482gmail-:5rb" style="overflow:hidden;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>My name is Angela Jaeger and I am a teacher at <a href="https://bennettday.org/upperschool/" target="_blank">Bennett Day School</a>. </div><div><br></div><div>We are developing a project-based learning unit for our first trimester on food production & citizenship for our forty, 9-11th grade students and we would absolutely love to learn more about community gardening and possibly volunteer to work with some of your gardens. We are also close by several community gardens as we are in the west-town/ westloop! </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Would it be possible to speak with you further about whether an expert would be willing to speak to the students and/or potentially arrange a visit? </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>All the best, </div><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><font color="#888888"><div><div><div>Angela Jaeger</div></div></div></font></font></font></div><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>--<span> </span><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#666666"><b>Angela Jaeger</b></font></div><div><font color="#666666">Upper School Lead Teacher </font></div><div><font color="#666666">Bennett Day School <br></font><div><font color="#666666">t: 312.236.6388</font></div></div><div><a href="http://bennettday.org" target="_blank"><font color="#666666">bennettday.org</font></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></font></div><div></div><div></div></div></div><div style="border-bottom-left-radius:1px;border-bottom-right-radius:1px;padding:0px;width:auto;background-color:rgb(242,242,242);margin:0px"></div></div></div><br><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#666666"><b>Angela Jaeger</b></font></div><div><font color="#666666">Upper School Lead Teacher </font></div><div><font color="#666666">Bennett Day School <br></font><div><font color="#666666">t: 312.236.6388</font></div></div><div><a href="http://bennettday.org" target="_blank"><font color="#666666">bennettday.org</font></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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