Grant Application and Guidelines
Application Deadline ~ February 20, 2012
This application should be submitted to Michelle Wells at the NC Recreation & Park Association by 5pm on February 20, 2012. Please type your information in the form below, save the file to your system, and send as an email attachment to . You will receive confirmation of your application being received. Note: There are 2 additional attachments noted below that are required for your application to be considered complete.
Location/Agency
County: Greene
Park & Recreation Agency Name: Greene County Parks and Recreation
Director’s Name: Brad Burress
Garden Manager who is responsible for reporting to Nourishing NC
Name: Gene Riddle
Agency (if applicable): Greene County Master Gardeners Club
Phone (include area code): 252-814-5116
Email:
Garden Information:
Name of Park where Nourishing NC Garden will be: Greene County Parks and Recreation Complex
Street Address of Park: 342 Hwy. 13 South
City: Snow Hill State: North Carolina Zip: 28580
This garden location is on public land? Yes No If No, your garden is not eligible for funding.
If your garden will not be located on park property, please give name/location of requested site and a brief description of why it is not being located on park property:
Is this a new or existing garden? New garden
If existing, how long has it been a working garden?
If this is a garden to be revived, how long has the garden been non-working?
Does this garden location have access to water? Yes No
Please tell us about the population this garden will serve. Does this garden target one or more of the potentially underserved/at-risk-populations? This garden will serve 200 at risk families per month that are food stamp eligible and families that do not access to fresh fruits and vegetables. .
Funding Needs:
What are the funding needs for this garden? Be specific with how the funding will be used:
Item / Amount of Funding Requested. Raised beds / Lumber / $600
Tiller / $250
Fencing 60x60 ft. / $630
Shovels, rakes / $125
Hoses / $75
Soil amendments /Topsoil / $250
Fertilizer / $165
1/4 mesh wire and plastic landscape cloth / $60
pest repellants / $100
mulch / $300
seeds, plants / $175
3 wagons / $175
Stakes / $50
Bulletin board / $45
Total amount of funding requested (max $3000): $3000
Any comments regarding your funding request you would like to share?
We are requesting $3000 for this project because it will show support of the community to give back while perserving the rich agriculture heritage that we have in Greene County. This is a great opportunity to strengthen the diverse connections in our county that will support and sustain this project.
Community Partners: List community partners and the role they will play in supporting the NNC garden. (Information will be verified with the contacts listed below)
Cooperative Extension Contact Name: Shenile Ford
Phone: 252-747-5831 Email:
What role will they play? Education Resource partner
Health Department Contact Name: Joy Brock
Phone: 252-747-8183 Email:
What role will they play? nutrition and health education
Have you made contact with your local Master Gardeners? Yes No
If yes, please list the contact person: Gene Riddle
Phone: 252=814-5116 Email:
What role will they play? garden coordination and education
Additional Community Partners:
Agency Name: Greene County Senior Center
Contact Name: Sharon Harrison
Phone: 252-747-5436 Email:
What role will they play? garden volunteers
Agency Name: Chamber of Commerce
Contact Name: Rebecca Pate
Phone: 252-747-8090 Email:
What role will they play? Marketing
Agency Name: Town of Snow Hill
Contact Name: Dana Hill
Phone: 252-747-3414 Email: snowhillnc.com
What role will they play? Support
Agency Name: Greene County Interfaith Volunteers
Contact Name: Dora Pasour
Phone: 252-747-1090 Email:
What role will they play? Volunteers and recipients of produce grown
Agency Name: Greene County Department of Social Services
Contact Name: Christy Nash
Phone: 252-747-5932 Email:
What role will they play? SNAP (food assistance resource) partners
Agency Name: Rotary Club
Contact Name: Gene Riddle
Phone: 252-814-5116 Email:
What role will they play? volunteers and funders
(If additional space is needed to list community partners, please check here and list on a separate page.
Submit this additional page as an attachment with your emailed application)
Produce Partner(s): The agency, organization, homeless shelter, food pantry, food rescue organization, etc. that our garden will donate at least 10% of our produce to:
Name of Agency/Group: Senior Center
Contact Person: Sharon Harrison
Address: 104 Greenridge Road
City: Snow Hill State: North Carolina Zip: 28580
Email: Phone: 252-747-5436
Name of Agency/Group: Greene County Interfaith
Contact Person: Dora Pasour
Address: Hwy. 58 North
City: Snow Hill State: North Carolina Zip: 28580
Email: Phone: 252-747-1090
Name of Agency/Group: Victory and Dominion Church
Contact Person: Lois Petteway
Address: 1438 Hwy. 258 North
City: Snow Hill State: NC Zip: 28580
Email: Phone: 252-747-5719
Garden Team: Please list at least ten individuals who will have an active role in garden work and who make up the garden team; list their organizational affiliation if applicable and the role they will play.
1. Name: Gene Riddle Organization (if applicable): Master Gardener
Their role: Coordination of garden volunteers
2. Name: Roy Thagard Organization (if applicable): Greene County Cooperative Extension
Their role: Coordination of garden
3. Name: Joanna Lalekacs Organization (if applicable): CEFS
Their role: volunteer gardeners and demontrations
4. Name: Dora Pasour Organization (if applicable): Greene County Interfaith, Inc.
Their role: reccruiting garden volunteers
5. Name: David Jones Organization (if applicable): Ready, Set, Walk, Inc.
Their role: Physical Activity coordinator
6. Name: Jerry Jones Organization (if applicable): Future Farmers of America
Their role: volunteer recruitment
7. Name: Peg Godwin Organization (if applicable): Lenoir County Cooperative Extension
Their role: Horticulture Education
8. Name: Shirley Howard Organization (if applicable): Greene County Cooperative Extension
Their role: Nutrition Education/Food Demonstrations
9. Name: Emily Herring Organization (if applicable): Greene County Cooperative Extension
Their role: 4-H Kids gardening
10. Name: Joy Brock Organization (if applicable): Greene County Health Department
Their role: Health Promotions Coordinaton
Greene County Community Garden
Time line for community garden
February 15, 2012
April 2012
Step 1: Form a planning committees and plan budget
Volunteer Recruitment
Garden organization
Leadership and Education
Step II: Horticulture education workshops
Site planning (What is to be planted)
Build beds
Soil Amendments and fertilizers
Irrigation
Construct compost bends
Planting of spring and summer fruits and vegetables
May 2012
Step III: Organize the garden
Establish work group and hours of volunteers
Commitment letters and signatures of volunteer hours
Step IV: Develop the garden
Construct a bulletin board to share information, meeting notices
and contact information
June-October
Step V: Planting fall fruits and vegetables
Weeding
Pest management
Horticulture education workshops
Harvest fruits, vegetables and herbs
(see attachment of last page of the garden sketch)
Narrative: For questions with character limits, MS Word can provide you this information by using the Word Count function
Please provide a brief narrative of your community garden project and needs: Include strategy and evidence that your approach can be effective in achieving the goals of the Nourishing NC project. You can find the goals online at www.ncrpa.net/NourishingNC
Max of 2000 characters including spaces:
Our community garden will be partnering with the Elaney Wood Heritage Farmers Market to enhance food resources at the Greene County Interfaith Food Bank. In addition, the garden will a help to address the lack of fruits and vegetable consumption while providing a tool for promoting physical and emotional health, connecting with nature, teaching life skill and promoting food security. Needs for the community garden include: garden materials and supplies to develop the garden. Lessons that will be learned in the community garden will be water conservation, water quality preservation, environmental stewardship, sustainable land use, and environmental health. Teamwork will be essentially important in the garden project and will bring together a community of people that will focus on sharing the love of gardening and giving back to the community. Raised beds will offer a senior friendly work atmosphere.
How do you plan to create a garden that will have a long and vibrant role in the community? Max of 2000 characters including spaces
The community garden will serve as a catalyst to give back to the community and to educate gardeners about horticulture education. In additon, the community garden will be located on the north side of the farmers market which will complement the goals of the farmers market. Heart disease and cancer are the two leading causes of death in Greene County. Educational workshops promoting prevention of heart disease, cancer and diabetes will become one of the tools in which
will help to create community healthcare advocacy. Greene County is limited in the healthy food
choices available in restaurants, The community garden will serve to promote healthy eating and provide avenues for all county residents to learn how to make healthy choices when purchasing fresh, local produce. Children and adults will have the opportunity to work together to promote
intergenerational gardening.
Does your agency have any other community gardens? If yes, tell us about the location of these gardens, the age of the gardens and who is utilizing them.
No.
Required Attachments: Send these two attachments with your application.
- In one document, include a visual representation of the garden: plot description, either a drawn site plan or photographs along with measurements and compass orientation (N/S/E/W).
- A written plan with timeline on the steps the team will take to implement their garden project
Fiscal Agent: Please list the name and address of the agency that should receive the funds and will be responsible for paying the bills
Agency Name: Greene County Cooperative Extension Contact: Shenile Ford
Address: 229 Kingold Blvd. Ste. E.
City: Snow Hill State: North Carolina Zip: 28580
By submitting this application, we agree to adhere to the guidelines and requirements outlined in this application if selected and funded as a Nourishing NC garden. Typing your name below and submitting this application is equivalent to your electronic signature.
Park & Recreation Director: Brad Buress
Garden Manager: Gene Riddle
Nourishing North Carolina (NNC) Grant Application & Guidelines Page 6 of 8
January 2012