{"id":12317,"date":"2016-04-11T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/?p=12317"},"modified":"2016-04-07T14:12:32","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T18:12:32","slug":"be-generous-with-your-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2016\/04\/be-generous-with-your-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Generous with Your  Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Gloria Gardening [PHOTO: Gloria Grattan]\" rel=\"lightbox-generousgardening\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/denker\/Gloria_Gardening.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom:6px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/denker\/Gloria_Gardening.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Gloria Gardening [PHOTO: Gloria Grattan]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<small><i>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/2009\/01\/contributors\/#about-matthew-denker\">Matthew Denker<\/a><\/i><\/small><\/p>\n<p>Imagine there was a way to do just a little extra work, but to make a huge difference doing it. Gloria Grattan, a local eight year old, has imagined just that and is hoping that you and the rest of Rochester can join in and lend a hand by growing just a little extra in your garden this summer (or gardening for the first time, if you don&#8217;t already!).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nGloria has been involved in food donation since she was only three years old, and has been working on the west side of town ever since. In an effort to expand the impact of her interests, she is partnering with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhrroc.org\/\n\" target=\"_new\">Refugees Helping Refugees<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> in Rochester to grow extra food for those in need. I don&#8217;t want to do all the talking for this incredible young woman, so here is a little more in her own words.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Gloria in the Subway [PHOTO: Gloria Grattan]\" rel=\"lightbox-generousgardening\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/denker\/Gloria_in_the_Subway.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom:6px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/photos\/denker\/Gloria_in_the_Subway.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Gloria in the Subway [PHOTO: Gloria Grattan]\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nMy name is Gloria Georgia Grattan. I am 8 years old. My school is the Elizabeth Barclay School in Brockport. I like Rochester a lot. I like the museums and the buildings. I like to look at the houses and old, abandoned places. I think that it is important to help people in need, especially children. This summer I am doing a project called \u201cBe Generous with Your Garden\u201d. For the project I am going to be growing fruits and vegetables for people in need. I am also going to be asking other people to help by giving me the extra fruits and vegetables from their gardens and CSA boxes. I am going to grow a garden at my house and at my grandma\u2019s house. I am also going to buy a CSA share to donate. I am working with the group Refugees Helping Refugees and trying to make a garden in the city for me to work with the children in that program on this summer. The fresh food will be distributed to places that serve meals to people in need.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We&#8217;re incredibly excited by her project here at Rochester Subway and are hoping to lend a hand personally. If you too want to get involved by giving food, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/begenerouswithyourgarden\" target=\"_new\">visit the project&#8217;s Facebook page<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a> and message Gloria. If instead, you would like to donate money towards purchasing additional CSA shares, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youcaring.com\/any-funds-raised-will-be-used-towards-a-csa-share-530369\" target=\"_new\">her youcaring page<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"external link\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/images\/icon_link.gif\" width=\"15\" height=\"11\" border=\"0\"><\/a>. If everyone can do just a little extra, the effort will multiplicatively benefit our neighbors.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin:20px 0px 20px 0px\">\u2022 \u2022 \u2022<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Matthew Denker Imagine there was a way to do just a little extra work, but to make a huge difference doing it. Gloria Grattan, a local eight year old, has imagined just that and is hoping that you and the rest of Rochester can join in and lend a hand by growing just a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12317"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12323,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12317\/revisions\/12323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochestersubway.com\/topics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}