Transcript Slogan: New roots for budding families…

Slogan:
New roots for budding
families
Our mission is to raise
awareness of nutrition in
young adults as well as
provide a means of
expression and creativity
through gardening and
cooking. We aim to teach
families life skills that will
bring them closer together.
January
 Our first general ideas were
to teach people to cook from
scratch in El Paso
 The problem we were trying
to target was the high
obesity/diabetes rate
 We decided the best place
to implement cooking
classes was in the YWCA or
other child care facilities for
a summer camp
February
 With connections from the
 The TLC is a center for
Rotary, we came in contact
with the TLC (Transitional
Living Center)
 We met with them early
February on a Wednesday
and discussed project ideas
battered women and
children. They can stay there
for two years as they get
back on their feet
 There are school classes for
the children, but many of
them are babies to three
year olds
TLC
 They have an electric gate
around the complex to
protect the women and their
families
 The area for the garden,
what we ultimately decided
to build, is just outside of
this gate and will become an
open garden for the families
and the community around
them
The Garden
 We are going to build, from
the ground up, a complex
sustainable vegetable
garden with several fruit
trees, a shade cover, and
ultimately a painted picket
fence
 Our mentors are Laura
Masterson, Child Advocate
for the TLC and Mike
Cunningham, our Rotary
sponsor and connection to
Sodexo, a food company
that is willing to aid us with
a charitable donation.
Pre-Planting
The Cost
 Our projected budget is
roughly $3000 dollars.
 We’ve done several
fundraising activities to help
with this large number. First
of all, we created bags of
candy to sell around the
neighborhood. This was very
successful.
The Sundaes
 We spent 3 hours Saturday
afternoon selling Sundaes
at the Wal Mart Grocery
store
 This was tiring but also very
successful
Sponsors
 We have several people
willing to help us with our
garden
 Casa Verde, a local nursery,
is willing to help us with the
prices for half-grown plants
 Rotary is offering a finishing
grant to us
 A charitable donation form
was sent in to Sodexo to
help
 NHS donations of seeds and
garden tools was probably
the most fantastic part and
is being held in secret to be
revealed as a present on our
big reveal day, June 1st.
 This is also the day we are
asking Michelle Obama to
come and sanction our
mission