359.05 lbs–Thank you for a great year!

We did it! Thanks to some great donations, we broke our total from 2010 by 15lbs. Eggplants, tomatoes, peppers, melons, cucumbers and cabbages were donated on Sunday, weighing in at more than 26 lbs. That brings our year-end total to 359.05 lbs. (And the donations still keep trickling in!) Thank you for your generosity in support of the Second Harvest Food Bank of Clark, Champaign and Logan counties!

We’re officially done for 2011. However, if your garden continues to produce, you can donate directly to the food bank. Details can be found here. In the meantime, we encourage you to fire up your compost piles and to start planning your vegetable garden for 2012. Fall is a great time to lay the groundwork for a great growing season.

As always, don’t hesitate to contact us with tips and ideas for making this program more successful in then years to come. Thank you again for your participation this year. May God bless you and your family, just as God has blessed this community with your generosity.

Final Day For Donations

Today is the last day the Little Flower’s Big Harvest will be collecting donations of fresh produce for the season. Stations open at St. Teresa and St. Bernard at 8:00 and close at noon. If you can’t deliver your produce during these times, just contact us through this blog or Facebook and we’ll arrange a pick up.

Following a 67 lbs haul last week, we stand at 323.81 lbs for the season … just 20 lbs shy of last year’s total. We can make it! Thank you for your generosity.

Haul for August 28: 57.2 lbs

Tomatoes, sweet corn, broccoli, green and jalapeno peppers, green beans and a ton of produce from the gardens at High Street and Sycamore. All in all, we netted about 57 lbs of fresh produce. That brings our year-to-date total to 256.81 lbs.

We have a little less than two months to go. Please keep planting, growing and harvesting. Thank you so much for your support of hungry neighbors in our community!

Accepting Donations This Morning

The Little Flower’s Big Harvest opens its donation stations this morning at St. Bernard and St. Teresa parishes in Springfield. Please drop of your donations of fresh produce between 8:00 and noon. If you require special arrangements, please contact us through our blog or Facebook group page to arrange a pick-up. Thank you for your generosity!

Donations for August 21: 65 lbs

65 lbs right on the nose … thanks to some great donations. Nearly 30 lbs came from tomatoes of all varieties. An additional 20 lbs came in the form of gorgeous cucumbers. Add to that some beautiful fresh carrots, zucchini, peppers and yellow squash, and we round out a great donation.Thank you for your tremendous generosity.

Hot weather will continue for another week or so, but cool weather is on the way. Now is a great time to plant cool weather vegetables like radishes, spinach, lettuce and cabbage. And it’s also a good time to consider canning excess tomatoes, beans and peppers. Need help? Give us a call and we’ll get you connected with resources to keep veggies on your plate well into the fall and winter.

God bless you for your kindness. Keep those gardens growing!

Accepting Donations This Morning

Study: More Ohioans 
facing food hardship - Springfield NewsSun, August 21, 2011

The Little Flower’s Big Harvest opens its donation stations this morning at St. Bernard and St. Teresa parishes in Springfield. Please drop of your donations of fresh produce between 8:00 and noon. If you require special arrangements, please contact us through our blog or Facebook group page to arrange a pick-up. Thank you for your generosity!

Donations for August 14: 33 lbs

Great weather and a great day for donations: broccoli, cherry and regular tomatoes, potatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, green peppers, red peppers, banana peppers, green beans and yellow squash. The total came to 33.03 lbs, bringing our year-to-date total to 134.61 lbs.

Thank you for your generosity. Keep your gardens growing!

Accepting Donations This Morning

The Little Flower’s Big Harvest opens its donation stations this morning at St. Bernard and St. Teresa parishes in Springfield. Please drop of your donations of fresh produce between 8:00 and noon. If you require special arrangements, please contact us through our blog or Facebook group page to arrange a pick-up. Thank you for your generosity!

Donations for August 7: 54 lbs

It was  a great week for donations. 54 lbs were contributed at three different locations, bringing our year-to-date total to more than 80 lbs. Many thanks to folks who dropped off produce at St. Teresa and St. Bernard. Donations included zucchini, all varieties of peppers, broccoli, squash and a lot of fresh, beautiful tomatoes.

We also received some great fresh vegetables from our newest location, the parking lot on the corner of Sycamore and High Street in Springfield, Ohio. The team at Second Harvest Food Bank has transformed the vacant lot into a garden by installing 60 raised bed gardens–an oasis of green in the downtown. If you have occasion to pass by, take a look. They’re doing an excellent job.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As always, thank you for your generosity. Please spread the word about the Little Flower’s Big Harvest and keep those gardens growing!

Donations for July 31: 19.93 lbs

Sorry for the late update. We had a solid haul last week, nearly 20 lbs of donated produce: cucumbers, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, zucchini, green peppers, jalapeno peppers, banana peppers and radishes. We even received a few cans of condensed milk. All of it went inmmediately to the Second Harvest Food Bank and then into the hands of needy neighbors within our region.

Donations will be accepted tomorrow, Sunday, morning at St. Teresa Parish and St. Bernard Parish, between 8:00 and noon. If you need to schedule a pick up, just contact us through this blog or through our Facebook page. Thank you!