7.21.22 Buy tickets now and save • Last chance to apply for Farm Camp scholarships
| Tickets on sale NOW! Plan to attend the event of the season. The Great GROW Get Together is our biggest and most fantastic fundraising and community building event of the year. Adult ticket prices include: food, entertainment, access to an amazing silent & live auction. Student (ages 4-18) tickets include: all of the above PLUS game tickets. Little Sprouts (ages 0-3): tickets are FREE and include all of the above. All sales and event proceeds go directly to supporting GROW programming. Invite your friends and buy your tickets early to save – ticket prices will increase the week of the event. We can’t wait to celebrate garden education with you! |
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| If you have an item or gift basket you would like to donate for the silent auction or live auction, please contact Cameryn at intern@growlacrosse.org. We are looking for donations of experiences, such as a boat ride, or stay at a cabin. Maybe you have a talent you’d be willing to teach someone else? Reach out with your ideas to help make an impact. |
| Last chance to apply for August Farm Camp Scholarships Thanks to the generosity of the Women’s Fund of Greater La Crosse we are able to offer scholarships for our August Farm Camps. There are still openings in both the Art Exploration and the Budding Scientists camps. Any student entering 2nd – 8th grade is eligible to attend these camps. Are you ready to dig, run, build, draw, garden, eat and discover? GROW presents Summer on the Farm, where students will plant, tend, and harvest fruits and vegetables and explore where our food comes from. Students will also learn how to identify species and understand the relationship between each part of the farm and the larger ecosystem. We will spend time each day being active outside including: hiking up the bluffs, building forts, splashing in the creek, and caring for the animals at the farm. Summer on the Farm – Art Exploration August 1st – 4th, entering grades 2nd – 8th Summer on the Farm – Budding Scientist August 8th – 11th, entering grades 2nd – 8th Follow this link to apply for a Farm Camp Scholarship. Applications accepted through Sunday, July 24th. Follow this link to register today! |
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| 4 More Weeks of Open Gardens The summer is flying. We are having so much fun exploring, creating and harvesting during Open Garden events. Attendance has been wonderful. If you haven’t made it yet, you will want to be sure to join us for one or all of our last four weeks of Open Gardens this summer. There are fun and engaging activities planned for all of our events. Each Tuesday from 4:30 to 6:30 pm and Thursday from 8:30 to 10:30 am you will be able to attend an event at one of our school gardens. The location will rotate from garden to garden throughout the summer. These events are FREE and open to the public. Open Garden events offer the community a hands-on opportunity to explore, harvest and connect with nature in our growing spaces. For a full schedule of locations and activities go to our webpage. Follow us on social media to stay up to date on additional activities and weather related updates. Join us for a weed scavenger hunt. Hamilton / SOTAI School Garden. Hamilton / SOTAI School garden is located at 807 Johnson Street across the street from the NW corner of the school building. July 26, 4:30 to 6:30 pm July 28, 8:30 to 10:30 am Join us to make CD scarecrows. Hintgen Elementary School Garden. Located at 3505 South 28th Street, La Crosse. August 2, 4:30 to 6:30 pm August 4, 8:30 to 10:30 am |
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| Thanks to the Women’s Fund of Greater La Crosse for supporting Farm Camp programs this summer! |
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