Organizations Filed Purposes:
GROWING GARDENS USES THE EXPERIENCE OF GROWING FOOD IN SCHOOLS, BACKYARDS AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES TO CULTIVATE HEALTHY, EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES.
YOUTH GROW PROGRAM - OUR 2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: EIGHT SCHOOLS WITH THRIVING SCHOOL GARDENS, MOST OF WHICH ARE AT HIGH-POVERTY SCHOOLS WHERE 100% OF THE STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH. 3220 STUDENTS DURING THE DAYTIME LEARNING 5.1 AVERAGE HOURS PER STUDENT 300 STUDENTS IN AFTERSCHOOL SUN CLUB LEARNING 8 HOURS PER STUDENT 833 LBS OF PRODUCE HARVESTED AND SERVED IN THE CAFETERIA, GIVEN TO FAMILIES AND USED IN COOKING LESSONS OVER 70 HOURS OF CAFETERIA TASTINGS, SERVING OVER 1000 STUDENTS 54 SCHOOL EVENTS, REACHING 1035 YOUTH AND 1099 ADULTS 29 WORKPARTIES IN THE GARDEN 155 VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED TO MAINTAINING THE GARDEN AND CO-TEACHING LESSONS 30 PEOPLE GRADUATED FROM OUR SCHOOL GARDEN COORDINATOR CERTIFICATE TRAINING IN 2019, RECEIVING 35 HOURS OF TRAINING.
THE HOME GARDENS PROGRAM HAS SUPPORTED MORE THAN 1,300 HOME AND COMMUNITY GARDENERS SINCE 1996. IN 2019 WE: WELCOMED 68 NEW FAMILIES INTO OUR THREE-YEAR PROGRAM (225 INDIVIDUALS, 115 CHILDREN) AND CONTINUED SUPPORTING 126 FAMILIES (537 INDIVIDUALS, 269 CHILDREN) IN THEIR SECOND AND THIRD YEARS OF THE PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS BUILT 3 TYPES OF GARDEN BEDS FOR FAMILIES- MOUNDED EARTH IN-GROUND GARDEN BEDS, DISABLED ACCESSIBLE RAISED BEDS, AND CONTAINER GARDENS HIRED AND TRAINED 7 GRADUATES OF THE HOME GARDENS PROGRAM TO WORK AS COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS: RECRUITING FAMILIES, ORGANIZING CLASSES, WORKING ONE-ON-ONE WITH FAMILIES, SOLICITING FEEDBACK AND PROVIDING STRATEGIC DIRECTION FOR THE PROGRAM HOSTED TWELVE HANDS-ON GARDENING CLASSES IN THREE NEIGHBORHOODS TO TEACH BASIC GARDENING SKILLS AND DISTRIBUTE SUPPLIES TO GARDENERS DISTRIBUTED 3,500 PLANT STARTS AND OVER 4,000 SEEDS PACKETS AS WELL AS TOOLS, ORGANIC FERTILIZER, TOMATO CAGES AND MORE OVER 300 VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED NEARLY 1,500 HOURS TO BUILD GARDENS, MENTOR BEGINNING GARDENERS, GROW PLANT STARTS, TEACH CLASSES AND MORE
LETTUCE GROW PROGRAM-OUR LETTUCE GROW PROGRAM WORKS IN 16 ADULT AND JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES ACROSS THE STATE OF OREGON. IN 2019, LETTUCE GROW WORKED WITH THE OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO PRODUCE 228,000 POUNDS OF FOOD FOR PRISON KITCHENS. AN ADDITIONAL 10,000 LBS WERE DONATED TO FOOD BANKS ACROSS THE STATE - A BENEFIT TO TAXPAYERS AND THE HEALTH OF INMATES.LETTUCE GROW PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING CLASSES FOR ADULT AND JUVENILE INMATES. THESE CLASSES CREATE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE LEAVING THE PRISON SYSTEM: OREGON FOOD BANKS SEED TO SUPPER CLASS, CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION SERVICES-SUSTAINABLE GARDENING CLASS, LETTUCE GROWS GREENHOUSE MANAGEMENT CLASS.ALONG WITH OFFERING CLASSES, OUR VOLUNTEERS WORK SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE INMATES IN THE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS' GARDENS, PROVIDING HANDS ON PRACTICAL GARDENING INSTRUCTION.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Jason Skipton | Executive Dir. | 37.5 | $73,834 |
| Eca-Etabo Wasongolo | BOARD MEMBER | 3 | $0 |
| Rebecca Marquez | BOARD MEMBER | 3 | $0 |
| Ray Lewis | BOARD MEMBER | 3 | $0 |
| Shireen Duke | BOARD MEMBER | 3 | $0 |
| Jennifer De Thomas | BOARD MEMBER | 3 | $0 |
| Ben Coleman-Fire | Treasurer | 3 | $0 |
| Missy Maese | Secretary | 3 | $0 |
| Jeff Shular | Vice President | 3 | $0 |
| Nell Tessman | President | 3 | $0 |
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