Be Generous with Your Garden

This article was scraped from Rochester Subway. This is a blog about Rochester history and urbanism has not been published since 2017. The current owners are now publishing link spam which made me want to preserve this history.. The original article was published April 11, 2016 and can be found here.

     By       Matthew Denker

Imagine there was a way to do just a little extra work, but to make a huge difference doing it. Gloria Grattan, a local eight year old, has imagined just that and is hoping that you and the rest of Rochester can join in and lend a hand by growing just a little extra in your garden this summer (or gardening for the first time, if you don't already!).

   Gloria has been involved in food donation since she was only three years old, and has been working on the west side of town ever since. In an effort to expand the impact of her interests, she is partnering with     Refugees Helping Refugees

in Rochester to grow extra food for those in need. I don't want to do all the talking for this incredible young woman, so here is a little more in her own words.

My name is Gloria Georgia Grattan. I am 8 years old. My school is the Elizabeth Barclay School in Brockport. I like Rochester a lot. I like the museums and the buildings. I like to look at the houses and old, abandoned places. I think that it is important to help people in need, especially children. This summer I am doing a project called "Be Generous with Your Garden". For the project I am going to be growing fruits and vegetables for people in need. I am also going to be asking other people to help by giving me the extra fruits and vegetables from their gardens and CSA boxes. I am going to grow a garden at my house and at my grandma's house. I am also going to buy a CSA share to donate. I am working with the group Refugees Helping Refugees and trying to make a garden in the city for me to work with the children in that program on this summer. The fresh food will be distributed to places that serve meals to people in need.

We're incredibly excited by her project here at Rochester Subway and are hoping to lend a hand personally. If you too want to get involved by giving food, please     visit the project's Facebook page

and message Gloria. If instead, you would like to donate money towards purchasing additional CSA shares, please visit     her youcaring page

. If everyone can do just a little extra, the effort will multiplicatively benefit our neighbors.    * * *