St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church's Faith & Food Garden

We are pleased to announce the return of the Faith and Food initiative in 2010. Once again, we are partnering with two well-known hunger relief agencies, Food Gatherers and Growing Hope, to support the development of congregational gardens to feed the hungry.

In 2009, fifteen congregations participated in the program, producing over 3500 lbs of fresh produce for the hungry in Washtenaw County. This year we are hoping for even more community involvement to make a bigger impact on addressing local hunger needs.

The 2010 program is setup to support new congregational gardens and existing congregational gardens to grow food for the hungry. Visit www.foodgatherers.org and click on “Get Growin’ for Food Gatherers!” for great resources to get started on your garden for 2010! You can also contact Food Gatherers with questions at getgrowing@foodgatherers.org or call 734-761-2796.

Click here for a Faith & Food 2010 Fact Sheet about this year’s program.

We look forward to working with you this year to get fresh, healthy produce to our neighbors in need.

UPDATE: As of May 2010, we have 25 congregations participating in Faith and Food! That’s almost double last year’s participation! Thanks to all of the volunteers who make it possible for their congregations to donate fresh, healthy, local food to the hungry in our area.