Thank You for Your Gifts - You Helped Set a Record!

By Susan Grove

As we look forward to spring, the start of the planting season and our farm- and garden-based education programs, we want to thank you – our members – for your remarkable generosity. The PFP received more than $25,000 in membership and restricted donations (for capital improvements, education and Food Share) with member forms turned in during Early Bird sign-ups. This total is 46% more than last year’s Early Bird total, and a record number! 

The importance of your contributions cannot be overstated.  Your contributions provide the PFP with a solid base of support at the beginning of our fiscal year, allowing us to better plan programs and capital improvements for 2012.  We are humbled by your generosity.  We look forward to seeing you at the plant sale and open farm day this year (May 12th and 19th), when you can start to take advantage of all the benefits your membership provides, and to keeping this generous community spirit alive throughout the 2012 season.  Thank you!   

About the photo and another opportunity to support the PFP's work:

This is the photo of a food market in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, which has an anti-hunger plan that goes beyond affordable meals to the production and distribution of food.  The city of Belo Horizonte has achieved amazing and inspiring results.  This is one of many examples we will share at a series of forums held all over Poughkeepsie in April to envision ways we can change our local food system to ensure access to nutritious food for all.  These Community Food Forums will culminate in an all-City planning meeting to be held on June 23, 2012 to draft a Poughkeepsie food system plan.  We would like YOU to participate in one of these gatherings to help us generate ideas.

Read more about the Poughkeepsie Plenty project

Read more about the Creating a Hunger-Free Community

Read more about participating in a Community Food Forum