From the Ground Up Summer Camp and More…

ASN is excited to announce the From the Ground Up Summer Camp, thanks to a grant we’ve received from the Arkansas Community Foundation!

This and more in our E-Newsletter…

* From the Ground Up
* Call for New Board Members
* Hold your next meeting or event at ASN
* Local Food Club, Eco-workshop suggestions, and South Main gardening
* AR Audubon Ecology Camps
* WRI Bountiful Arkansas Day
* SOAR Network is hiring
* The Root hosts New Functions for Old Fibers Workshop

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From the Ground Up Camp at Felder Farm is open to youth ages 8 to 15 living in the Felder Farm neighborhood and will operate from June 22nd until July 3rd. Each day will be action packed. Participants will help in the garden from 9am to 11am, break for lunch, and then be part of a fun activity each afternoon. We’re looking forward to cooking classes, food preservation, painting a mural, taking a field trip and more. Thanks to the Arkansas Community Foundation for making this possible!

How can you help? Come and volunteer with us! Sign up for a day, half-day, or a regular shift throughout the week. Email us for more info or a volunteer application – EmailASN@gmail.com or call us anytime – 501-837-7959.

Donate to support this and other similar summer programs we’re currently planning!

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ASN is looking for a few new Board Members! Interested? Email and let us know!

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ASN office is open for you to use for small events and meetings. To schedule use of our offices, email or call.

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Local Food Club continues weekly – Summer produce available from lots of local farmers! Carrots, Grass-fed beef, Broccoli, Lettuce, Garlic, Onions, Eggs, Strawberries, Squash, and more. Yum! Visit www.littlerock.locallygrown.net to set up an account and order.

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We hope to pick back up on offering great eco-workshops soon! Send us your suggestions!

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ASN’s South Main/15th Street Garden Plot is planted and ready for a little TLC. There’s room for a few more plants. Let us know if you want to help out with this new community garden and ASN’s plot.

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Check out the Arkansas Audubon ecology camps for 11 and 12 year olds to be offered in June: visit www.arbirds.org.

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Save the Date!

July 11, 2009

Bountiful Arkansas Day: A Celebration of Arkansas’ Homegrown Foods

Celebrate Arkansas’ local foods at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute atop Petit Jean Mountain for Bountiful Arkansas Day, a hands-on day of tasting and learning about locally grown produce from Arkansas. Join us for the following activities and more:

* Horticulture Workshops
* Tomato Tasting
* Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lectures Program featuring the authors of The 100-Mile Diet
* Musical Entertainment by Runaway Planet
* Second Saturday Chef’s Series Culinary Arts Class
* Heritage Farmstead Garden Tours
* Exhibits and Vendors

Local food will be served in River Rock Grill during lunch and dinner.

Visit http://www.uawri.org/page/731/bountiful-arkansas for info.

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The SOAR Network is hiring! …

VISTAs will:

· conducting a comprehensive assessment of the homeless in our area

· serve as staff support to the SOAR Action Committees

· conduct area asset mapping to identify and engage all existing service, supports, and resources that can assist the homeless

· build a comprehensive resource directory of public and private funding sources that can be accessed by local agencies and congregations

· develop and manage the Online Information and Resource Sharing Center

· establish, manage, and develop a comprehensive resource bank of services, supports for the homeless.

· identify needs, gaps, or barriers in services and supports to the homeless in their area of interest and develop strategies and solutions for addressing them.

· establish, manage, and develop a Volunteer skills resource bank
evaluate the responsiveness and effectiveness of Network programs, services, and activities and use evaluation results to improve services or coordination.

· identify and leverage financial, material, and human resources to support the SOAR Network’s mission, goals, and services.

Up to half of each VISTA’s time will be spent on the streets and in camps engaging the homeless, assessing their strengths and needs, connecting them with services and supports, documenting problems and barriers in accessing or effectively utilizing services, and working to establish a permanent, comprehensive Outreach and Support system for the SOAR Network by the end of the project period.

* Location: Little Rock, AR
* Compensation: VISTAs receive an $833 month living stipend, full health coverage and either $1,200 cash or $4,700 in educational benefits at the end of tour
* For information contact Dennis Beavers: dennis@thesolutionsgroup.org or 501-343-5329.

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New Functions for Old Fibers

Brought to you by the Root Café and taught by Corri Bristow and Dede Lowe

Learn simple, creative, and artistic ways to repurpose old garments as fun and functional household items! Reuse comes before Recycle! Participants will learn to turn last year’s clothes into tote bags, aprons, potholders, plastic bag stuffers, and more. Sewing experience is helpful but not necessary.

The three-part workshop will take place June 7th, 14th, and 21st (Sundays) from 3:00 — 5:00 pm at the Station Grocery & Deli. The course fee is $50 and includes equipment, materials, use of space, and finished items to take home. Space is limited; if you’d like to sign up please call (501) 944-8500 or email therootcafe@yahoo.com.

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Arkansas Sustainability Network (ASN)
1419 Main Street
Little Rock, AR 72202
www.arnetwork.org
EmailASN@gmail.com
(501)372-6996

ASN Local Food Club
www.littlerock.locallygrown.net