GRAIN PROJECT
P O BOX 572, SANTA ANA, CA 92702 www.grainproject.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES - TO PROMOTE UNIFIED, HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES. WE PURSUE OUR MISSION THROUGH COLLABORATIVE AND EMPOWERING URBAN AGRICULTURE AND PUBLIC ART PROGRAMS.

URBAN AGRICULTURE JEROME COMMUNITY LEARNING GARDEN, JCLG COMMUNITY HARVEST, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE COMMUNITY COMPOST COALITION PROGRAMS USING JCLG AS URBAN AGRICULTURE HEADQUARTERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ORGANIZED EMPOWERED TO INCREASE THEIR OWN ACCESS TO HEALTHY ORGANIC FOODS,THROUGH THE CONNECTION TO RESOURCES, GARDEN-BASED AND NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. NEW AND EMERGING YOUTH AND ADULT LEADERS ARE SUPPORTED TO PROMOTE PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL POSITIVE SYSTEMIC CHANGES TOWARD BETTER HEALTH FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THE PLANET. OVER 400 FOOD-INSECURE FAMILIES REGULARLY PARTICIPATE TO GROW OVER 30,000 LBS OF FRESH, ORGANIC FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, BY AND FOR EACH OTHER. OVER 5 TONS OF ORGANIC COMPOST WERE PROCESSED AND UTILIZED IN THE JCLG AND COMMUNITY ROOTS GARDENS TO INCREASE GARDEN YIELDS AND TO AMEND PREVIOUSLY TOXIC SOILS. THREE NEW COMMUNITY GARDENS WERE LAUNCHED IN SANTA ANA BY RESIDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN OUR PROGRAMS

PUBLIC ART CONNECTING LOCAL ARTISTS AT-RISK YOUTH AND NEW/EMERGING ART LEADERS TO THEIR COMMUNITIES IN A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS TO CREATE ART THAT TRANSFORMS PUBLIC SPACES, GENERATES CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND PROMOTES PERSONAL ANMD SOCIAL CHANGE. OVER 300 RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS LEADERS PARTICIPATED IN THE FORMATION AND/OR SUPPORT OF THE SANTA ANA COMMUNITY ARTIST A COALITION, IN THE DESIGN AND PLANNING, AND CREATION OF A LARGE-SCALE COMMUNITY MURAL TITLED MOTHER NATURE IN DOWNTOWN SANTA ANA..

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