After our summer break, HERE IS our fun and educational September Newsletter. and we are in full swing with the erecting and planting of Gardens of Hope in our community.
NEW to our Foundation, we are adding something you have been asking for: MEMBERSHIP!
We are excited to announce our new membership program. Many of you have asked me how you can make a difference, and we have just rolled out this opportunity.
For as little as $6 a month, your membership takes gardens within our parks and recreation, school campuses, vacant properties that might lay dormant, and creates an exemplary learning environment for providing hands-on nutrition and health education, promoting positive time outdoors, physical activity and developing collaborative skills.
JPCF founder Nada Cory knows how to host an event, and her Cooking with Nada classes have been a wonderful fundraising oportunity to share her garden delights and her skills in the kitchen AND a fun way to continue supporting the Gardens of Hope programs. Our final Cooking with Nada […]
By February, our students had already experienced months of hands-on learning through their organic Gardens of Hope. From planting tiny seeds to tending their crops, harvesting fresh produce, and exploring the fundamentals of nutrition, they were finally ready for the next exciting step: learning how to think like a chef. […]
Published in the SUN SENTINEL – April, 26, 2019 About 30 students from Hammock Pointe Elementary School in Boca Raton, along with their parents, recently planted herbs in the school’s Garden of Hope with the help from the Joseph P Cory Foundation. With the goal to educate children and families about beneficial, […]
New School Year = Gardens of Hope in Action! Hidden Oaks K-8 has added a new component to their Environmental Club: Gardens of Hope in schools. The name alone speaks volumes: Environ-mental-club, all components for a gathering of 90 new members who wish to be good stewards of Mother Earth. […]