We won!! Thank you for your support bringing $40,000 to support Windham youth!
Both GROW Windham and the Windham NoFreeze Project received $20,000 each from the Liberty Bank Foundation’s 20th Anniversary Grant Competition, to support Windham youth. Follow the Windham Youth CORE on Facebook to learn more about their project to develop the Windham Community Academy. And many thanks to the Liberty Bank Foundation for their dedication to our community.
GROW Windham is a collaboration of community partners dedicated to promoting access to healthy food in the Windham region through the support of community food projects and food- and garden-based youth programming.
Our focus areas include:
- The Windham Youth CORE Program (“Cultivating Opportunities, Resources and Education”), that engages local high school students in youth-led community food enterprises through which they build their own skill-set for career and life experiences and build their community at the same time;
- The Lauter Park Community Gardens, where youth and community members grow food for the community and host workshops, workdays, and community events;
- Community Programs, such as the Windham Community Food Network and expanding the Willimantic Farmers’ Market; and
- K-12 Programming in all of the Windham Public Schools.
