[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qay9udwE5sI&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Friendship Donations Network was honored to participate in the pilot year of the Park Award for Photo Activism. The Park Award for Photo Activism is a joint program of the Community Arts Partnership, Ithaca College’s Park School, and the Park Foundation. It was designed to serve as a link between students and the greater Ithaca […]
Check it out here: Gleaning for Good: An Old Idea Is New Again By Sarah Henry
The AmpleHarvest.org Campaign is a nationwide effort to diminish hunger, improve nutrition and help the environment in America by educating, encouraging and enabling millions of backyard gardeners to easily find a local food pantry eager for their excess garden bounty. (http://ampleharvest.org/press.php)
Check out this article on gleaning in UrbanFarmOnline.com, featuring FDN and helping to spread the message to other communities nationwide: Gleaning for Good, written by Jodi Helmer, January 27, 2012.
Sara Pines was honored this past Sunday for her 22 years of service as founder and director of FDN. A large and diverse crowd filled the Eagle’s hall to pay tribute to this wonderful woman and celebrate her retirement from FDN. Sara passes the symbolic basket of food on to Lisa Duggan, the Program Coordinator […]
