2016

Granting Opportunities to Grow

We are grateful recipients of grants to expand our programming!   Thanks to the Robert & Eleanor Franke Charitable Foundation, a supporting organization of the La Crosse Community Foundation, thirty-six students from the Boys and Girls Club…
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How’s It Growing?

June Garden Update Even though it is early in our growing season, the gardens at Hamilton-SOTA I and State Road Elementary are flush with produce! Check out some of the pictures from the gardens... Hamilton-SOTA…
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New Permaculture Garden at State Road Elementary

School is out, but we're still hard at work in our new garden! Awhile back we mentioned that we were adding a permaculture section to the State Road Elementary School garden. This idea was inspired…
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Summer and Yoga

New Event, Camp and New Volunteer Schedule Summer Volunteer Schedule If you have children in one of our schools (State Road, Hamilton/SOTA I), please consider signing up for volunteer spots this summer. We have volunteers…
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Outdoor Kitchen

This spring, we have been fortunate to have outdoor sinks at our schools.  Thank you to Cody Sromek and Jed Olson for your help in constructing these!  They look great. Now we are able to…
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Support

Grow La Crosse is extremely grateful for the community's support and would like to acknowledge the following for their generosity and support of our 2016 Grow school garden season! Corporate Sponsor: Mayo Clinic Health System - Corporate…
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SUPERFOODS!

We have completed the first lesson on companion planting and are quickly onto the taste-testing lesson.  Children will be learning about superfoods and how they can turn us into super heroes with their various health…
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Will Allen Visit

Will Allen visited one of our Grow La Crosse School gardens!  Students at State Road Elementary were able to meet and thank him.  His workshops inspired Grow La Crosse leaders to build the hoop house. Students…
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Get Inspired!

Spring Inspired on the Farm There are still a few openings for Spring Inspired on the Farm this Saturday.  The temperature is predicted to be around 72 degrees.  I hope your children can join us for this…
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Join Us!

Join us at the Mayor's Conference this Saturday at the La Crosse Center! See poster for details. Don't miss: Thippi Luangpraseuth has organize a rainbow salad activity for children in the Youth Track Area. Ana Skemp will…
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