Grow It Green gala reaps rich harvest in Morristown
Becky Karger and Brett Ulrich volunteered to dress as a carrot and pea to collect donations to support Grow It Green's donations of fresh produce to those in need. Photo by Linnea Hasegawa
Grow It Green Morristown’s Board of Trustees celebrate in the Urban Farm-themed photobooth. Photo by Linnea Hasegawa
Grow It Green Morristown reaped a bountiful harvest at its Diamonds for Kale fundraiser earlier this month, raising $55,000 for its community gardens and programs.
The cocktail party at Morristown’s Kellogg Club brought in $30,000 of that total, and the other $25,000 was a donation from Kings Food Markets, to support the nonprofit’s farm-based education programs and its efforts to bring fresh local produce to Greater Morristown, said Abby Gallo, executive director of Grow It Green.
Grow It Green’s Executive Director Abby Gallo, right, poses with Sandra Florent of Kings Food Markets, who donated a $25,000 check. Photo by Linnea Hasegawa
Organization co-founder Myra Bowie McCready also was honored with a proclamation from Mayor Tim Dougherty.
Grow It Green Morristown Founders Samantha Rothman, Carolle Huber and Myra Bowie McCready with Morristown Mayor Tim Dougherty, who proclaimed April 16, 2016, as Myra Bowie McCready Day. Photo by Linnea Hasegawa
And Woodland School teacher Pilar Restrepo was recognized as Grow It Green’s Classroom Cultivator of the Year.
Grow It Green Morristown created the Early Street Community Garden–which is being expanded–and the Urban Farm at Lafayette, a teaching farm.
Grow It Green Morristown’s Shaun Ananko and Abby Gallo present Pilar Restrepo, a Kindergarten teacher in the Morris School District, with the 2016 Classroom Cultivator of the Year Award. Photo by Linnea HasegawaBecky Karger and Brett Ulrich volunteered to dress as a carrot and pea to collect donations to support Grow It Green’s donations of fresh produce to those in need. Photo by Linnea HasegawaGrow It Green Morristown Founders Samantha Rothman, Carolle Huber and Myra Bowie McCready pose in front of the Urban Farm-themed photobooth. Photo by Linnea Hasegawa
