Nourishing North Carolina Grant Application and Guidelines Application Deadline is May 11, 2011

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1 Nourishing North Carolina Grant Application and Guidelines 2011 Application Deadline is May 11, 2011 Nourishing North Carolina (NNC) is a partnership between Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina and the NC Recreation & Park Association to establish or enhance community gardens in each of North Carolina s 100 counties by the end of The North Carolina Community Garden Partners have joined us in the venture to increase access to and consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables to North Carolina s citizens. Funds will be awarded in each county to implement the project. General Information/Guidelines: Nourishing North Carolina (NNC) will be funding community gardens in each of North Carolina s 100 counties throughout 2011, 2012 and 2013 with an average of 33 each year. Funding up to $3000 is available per county. The funding may be awarded to one garden or may be divided among several gardens based on applications received. A collaborative application to fund more than one garden per county will be given priority over competitive applications within a county. Grants will be awarded over the next three years. The first deadline for submitting an application is May 11, Additional applications will be accepted in 2012 and NNC is looking to fund gardens that have strong collaboration between parks & recreation and the community. Priority will be given to applications where parks & recreation, the health department and cooperative extension are involved. Where this isn t feasible applications showing other strong support will be considered. Priority will be given to gardens that will be sited on parks & recreation property, but where that is not feasible, gardens sited on other public lands will be considered. Funding may be requested to establish a new garden or enhance an existing garden. Funding may not be used for land acquisition. Funding may be used for purchasing supplies, materials, plants, planting material, fencing, etc. Produce from NNC funded gardens cannot be sold. Gardens located in food deserts or areas that will be providing fresh produce to underserved/at-risk-populations will be given higher consideration. A food desert is any area where healthy, affordable food is difficult to obtain. It is prevalent in rural as well as urban areas and is most prevalent in low-socioeconomic minority communities, and is associated with a variety of diet-related health problems. Nourishing North Carolina (NNC) Grant Application & Guidelines Page 1 of 10

2 Scope: This is a three year project and participating organizations are expected to report and provide updates on their garden over the duration of the program. NNC grantees that adhere to the reporting schedule will be eligible to receive additional funding for year two and three to assist in the continuation and growth of the garden. Gardens initially funded in 2011 are eligible to receive an additional $750 in 2012 & 2013 for a total of $4500 pending success of the garden and reporting of required information. This additional funding will be provided annually. Three years of reporting required. Gardens initially funded in 2012 are eligible to receive an additional $750 in 2013 for a total of $3750 pending success of the garden and reporting of required information. This additional funding will be provided annually. Two years of reporting required. Gardens initially funded in 2013 will receive the $3000 grant with no additional funding. One year of reporting required. Requirements NNC gardens are required to designate a garden manager as the point of contact and who is responsible for all reporting plus management of the garden team. (The American Gardening Association recommends strongly that any new garden have at least 10 participating members, assuring that, despite attrition, the garden will have adequate support to be well maintained.) Participating NNC gardens must have a committed garden team with at least ten team members from sponsoring organizations and community representatives. The garden manager is expected to share information about and from Nourishing North Carolina with those that participate in the local garden. Applicants must have a written plan with timeline on the steps the team will take to implement their garden project. At least 10% of produce must be donated to local food pantries, homeless shelters or food rescue organizations. NNC gardens will be provided signage, designating the garden as part of the Nourishing NC network, which is to be erected in the garden area. NNC gardens will be expected to register with the NC Community Garden Partners (no charge). NNC gardens will be expected to share success stories, photos, etc. that can be used in promotional materials to spotlight the success of their garden. NNC gardens are encouraged to plan celebrations and educational outreach events i.e., the first harvest, the largest tomato, cooking and preserving classes, growing workshops, donations to social support organizations (such as homeless shelter/food pantries, etc.) The garden manager is expected to provide NCRPA with 2 weeks notice of such planned events. Nourishing North Carolina (NNC) Grant Application & Guidelines Page 2 of 10

3 Reporting: NNC grantees will be required to report online regularly about: The harvests from their garden. The number of individuals that are consuming produce from the garden. The number of individuals/work hours spent in the garden. The amount of harvest shared with food pantries, homeless shelters, food recovery organizations, etc. Success stories and special events affiliated with their garden. Questions about the Nourishing North Carolina project should be directed to: Michelle Wells Program Director NC Recreation & Park Association 883 Washington St, Raleigh, NC This program is a partnership between Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina and the North Carolina Recreation & Park Association In cooperation with the NC Community Garden Partners Nourishing North Carolina (NNC) Grant Application & Guidelines Page 3 of 10

4 Nourishing North Carolina Application This application should be submitted to Michelle Wells at the NC Recreation & Park Association by 5pm on May 11, Please type your information in the form below, save the file to your system, and send as an attachment to You will receive confirmation of your application being received. Note: There are 2 additional attachments noted below that are required for your application to be considered complete. Location/Agency County: Johnston Park & Recreation Agency Name: Clayton Parks and Recreation Director s Name: Larry Bailey Garden Manager who is responsible for reporting to Nourishing NC Name: Susan Paschal Agency (if applicable): Clayton Parks and Recreation Phone (include area code): spaschal@townofclaytonnc.org Garden Information: Name of Park where Nourishing NC Garden will be: Clayton Community Park Street Address of Park: 715 Amelia Church Road City: Clayton State: NC Zip: If your garden will not be located on park property, please give name/location of requested site and a brief description of why it is not being located on park property: Is this a new or existing garden? New If existing, how long has it been a working garden? N/A If this is a garden to be revived, how long has the garden been non-working? N/A Does this garden location have access to water? Yes No Please tell us about the population this garden will serve. Does this garden target one or more of the potentially underserved/at-risk-populations? Clayton is a community of approximately 15,000 located in the Northern part of Johnston County. We will be providing produce primarily to four organizations that serve the largest numbers of families in need in our community - New Trinity Church Food Closet, Clayton Area Ministries, St. Ann's Catholic Church and First Missionary Church. These four programs serve low income individuals and families in need. All four of these programs distribute fresh produce along with processed food. Funding Needs: What are the funding needs for this garden? Be specific with how the funding will be used: In our funding are short term needs to get the project started. Fencing to define the site and to keep animals out along with a shelter and seating will be addressed in future funding. Funding for this project will be to purchase tools, equipment, supplies and a storage building to support garden Nourishing North Carolina (NNC) Grant Application & Guidelines Page 4 of 10

5 projects. The garden will demonstrate a variety of garden techniques from row planting to container gardening and will require a tiller for developing a row garden. There will also be tools purchased to include wheel barrels, rakes, hoes and spades. A variety of seeds, plants, fertilizers, insecticides and compost will also be purchased for summer and winter gardens. Handouts and signage will explain different plants in the garden and enhance educational opportunities. All of these items will be housed in an 10' x 10' wooden secured storage building to be located at the garden site. Proposed Funding Roto Tiller - $ Wheel Barrels, 5 Rakes, 5 Hoes, Waterhoses, 5 Spades, Sprinkler - $ Fertilizer, Compost, Insecticides, Deer Repellent - $ Plants & Seeds - $ Signage & Handouts - $ x 10 Storage Building - $1, Amount of funding requested (max $3000): $2, Nourishing North Carolina (NNC) Grant Application & Guidelines Page 5 of 10

6 Community Partners: List community partners and the role they will play in supporting the NNC garden. (Information will be verified with the contacts listed below) Cooperative Extension Contact Name: Shawn Banks Phone: What role will they play? Shawn has been and will continue to teach garden classes for the Department and act as consultant for garden design and educational component. Health Department Contact Name: Kimetha Elliott, Public Heath Education Specialist Phone: What role will they play? Will conduct programs on healthy eating with our children's camps and adult programs. Have you made contact with your local Master Gardeners? Yes No If yes, please list the contact person: Connie Schultz, Botany and Bloom, Substainable Landscape and Design Phone: What role will they play? Advisor and consultant. Also class instructor. Additional Community Partners: Agency Name: Clayton Area Ministries Contact Name: Dale Matthews, Director Phone: What role will they play? Volunteers to work and distribution of produce to needy Agency Name: New Trinity Food Closet Contact Name: Linda Whitley Phone: What role will they play? Harvest produce and prepare meals. Agency Name: St. Ann's Catholic Church Contact Name: Cathy Penny Phone: What role will they play? Assist in harvest, vounteers to work, distribution of produce. Agency Name: First Missoniary Church Contact Name: Anthony Stanback Phone: What role will they play? Assist in harvest and distribution of produce Agency Name: Clayton Youth Council Contact Name: Matt Lorion - Coordinator Phone: mlorion@townofclaytonnc.org What role will they play? Maintenance and upkeep of garden Agency Name: Clayton FFA Chapter, CHS Contact Name: Johanna Wood Phone: johannawood@johnston.k12.nc.us What role will they play? Student volunteers to work throughout the year Nourishing North Carolina (NNC) Grant Application & Guidelines Page 6 of 10

7 (If additional space is needed to list community partners, please check here and list on a separate page. Submit this additional page as an attachment with your ed application) Produce Partner(s): The agency, organization, homeless shelter, food pantry, food rescue organization, etc. that our garden will donate at least 10% of our produce to: Name of Agency/Group: St. Ann's Catholic Church Food Pantry Contact Person: Cathy Penny Address: City: Clayton State: NC Zip: catpenny@nc.rr.com Phone: Name of Agency/Group: New Trinity Church Food Closet Contact Person: Linda Whitley Address: City: Clayton State: NC Zip: Phone: Name of Agency/Group: Clayton Area Ministries Contact Person: Dale Matthews Address: 704 E. Main Street City: Clayton State: NC Zip: dmatt63437@aol.com Phone: Garden Team: Please list at least ten individuals who will have an active role in garden work and who make up the garden team; list their organizational affiliation if applicable and the role they will play. 1. Name: Larry Bailey Organization (if applicable): Clayton Parks and Recreation Their role: Garden Manager 2. Name: Matt Lorion Organization (if applicable): Coordinator of Clayton Youth Council Their role: CYC is a group of High School students 3. Name: Wanda Bowman Organization (if applicable): Camp Director for Department Their role: Will coordinate garden activities 4. Name: Linda Whitley Organization (if applicable): New Trinity Church Food Closet Their role: Harvest produce and prepare meals 5. Name: Kimetha Elliott Organization (if applicable): Johnston County Public Health Education Specialist Their role: Assist with education programs 6. Name: Cathy Penny Organization (if applicable): Director of St. Ann's Catholic Food Program Their role: Coordinate volunteers to work, assist with harvest and distribution of produce 7. Name: Dale Bender Organization (if applicable): Hopes and Dreams-an organization designed to give individuals with special needs recreation opportunities. Their role: Volunteers to work throughout the year 8. Name: Dale Matthews Organization (if applicable): Director of Clayton area Ministries Nourishing North Carolina (NNC) Grant Application & Guidelines Page 7 of 10

8 Their role: Volunteers to work and distribution of produce 9. Name: Connie Schultz Organization (if applicable): Master Gardener Their role: Advisor and consultant; will also help with class instruction 10. Name: Johanna Wood Organization (if applicable): Teacher at Clayton High School and Coordinator of Clayton FFA Chapter Their role: Volunteers to work throughout the year Name: Karen Williams Organization: Director of Clayton Senior Center Their Role: Senior volunteers to work Name: Susan Paschal Organization: Clayton Parks and Recreation Department Their Role: Garden Manager Nourishing North Carolina (NNC) Grant Application & Guidelines Page 8 of 10

9 Narrative: For questions with character limits, MS Word can provide you this information by using the Word Count function Please provide a brief narrative of your community garden project and needs: Include strategy and evidence that your approach can be effective in achieving the goals of the Nourishing NC project. You can find the goals online at Max of 2000 characters including spaces: The Clayton Parks and Recreation Clayton Community Garden has been designed and will be operated to meet all the goals of Nourshing North Carolina. We have been offering gardening classes in partnership with Cooperative Extension for the past two years. With the opening of Clayton Community Center we now have the space to construct a garden in close proximity to our building where classes can meet outside and get hands on training and then move to the classroom. The goals of our garden will be to provide the public with examples of preparing a site, proper planting techniques, choosing appropriate plantings, harvesting and promoting healthy eating. We will do this working with local groups and organizations in addition to two departments we currently work with, the Extension Service and Public Health Department. Other organizations will include students in FFA at Clayton High School and Clayton Youth Council members, senior volunteers at the Clayton Senior Center, Hopes and Dreams, an organization serving people with special needs, and youth in our summer camp program. Over the summer we will also contact local agencies such as scout troops and civic clubs such as Rotary. Special Events around the different growing seasons will help promote and publicize the garden. A major goal will also be the distribution of fresh produce to area churches and agencies providing food to those in need in our community. The agencies that have been contacted are excited about the project. How do you plan to create a garden that will have a long and vibrant role in the community? Max of 2000 characters including spaces With the current trend toward healthy eating, higher food costs for fresh produce, and people's interest in learning how to grow their own food, Parks and Recreation started gardening classes to teach basic techniques. Working with Shawn Banks, local extension agent and Connie Schultz, a local master gardener, classes were developed for the spring and fall. With this base program we feel we have the opportunity to establish a vibrant and productive garden site located at the Community Center that will be an outdoor classroom producing food to supplement area programs for people in need. This grant opportunity will provide the means to combine a variety of people and programs for a common purpose. The learning opportunities will be immense for all involved. We feel it will take us this first summer to primarly develop our network of established organizations. We will use the local newspaper and our website to make people aware of the project. We will also explore sponsor opportunities with local hardware stores. The Town of Clayton has already invested $1, in materials for the two Eagle Scout projects to get the garden site started. This was to establish raised beds and compost bins. This grant will put us in the position to take the garden to the next level and establish it as a viable community opportunity. Nourishing North Carolina (NNC) Grant Application & Guidelines Page 9 of 10

10 Does your agency have any other community gardens? If yes, tell us about the location of these gardens, the age of the gardens and who is utilizing them. This will be the first garden project for Clayton Parks and Recreation. For the past two years we have partnered with Cooperative Extension Service to offer garden classes to encourage and promote barckyard gardens. Required Attachments: Send these two attachments with your application. 1. In one document, include a visual representation of the garden: plot description, either a drawn site plan or photographs along with measurements and compass orientation (N/S/E/W). 2. A written plan with timeline on the steps the team will take to implement their garden project Fiscal Agent: Please list the name and address of the agency that should receive the funds and will be responsible for paying the bills Agency Name: Clayton Parks and Recreation Department Contact: Larry Bailey Address: 715 Amelia Church Road City: Clayton State: NC Zip: By submitting this application, we agree to adhere to the guidelines and requirements outlined in this application if selected and funded as a Nourishing NC garden. Typing your name below and submitting this application is equivalent to your electronic signature. Park & Recreation Director: Larry Bailey Garden Manager: Susan Paschal, Clayton Parks and Recreation Department Nourishing North Carolina (NNC) Grant Application & Guidelines Page 10 of 10