to 'Plant a Row for the Hungry'
Yale faculty, students and employees are invited to take part in the "Plant a Row for the Hungry" (PAR) campaign to help the organizations that provide food to those in need in Connecticut.
The campus effort is being sponsored by the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies.
While Connecticut has the highest per capita income in the United States, approximately 280,000 people in the state each year are at risk of hunger -- 33% are children and 7% are elderly, notes Marilyn Wilkes, communications director at the MacMillan Center and Connecticut PAR organizer.
The state's PAR campaign will be officially launched on Tuesday, June 6, which is National Hunger Awareness Day. The program asks individuals who garden to plant one extra row of vegetables and donate their surplus to the Connecticut Food Bank and local soup kitchens. This will not only give food agencies access to fresh produce, it will allow funds earmarked for produce to be redirected to other needed items.
"This is the first year PAR is being organized in this state and we are trying to collect a minimum of 5,000 pounds of produce," says Wilkes. "If enough people participate, it can have a significant impact on reducing hunger here."
The produce that the Connecticut Food Bank and soup kitchens need most, she says, is firm, clean fruits and durable vegetables such as spinach, kale, cucumbers, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, carrots, peas, green beans, tomatoes, sweet peppers, eggplants, summer squash, zucchini, winter squash, beets and garlic. Herbs and flowers also are very welcome, notes Wilkes.
Launched in 1995 in Alaska, the PAR program was developed by the Garden Writers Association of America to encourage gardeners everywhere to grow a little extra and donate the produce to local agencies that serve people in need.
For details about the program, including produce drop-off locations and other ways to volunteer, contact Wilkes at (203) 432-3413 or marilyn.wilkes@yale.edu.
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