• Common Ground •

Following are excerpts from the email communication from Citizens for NYC.

Congratulations! Your organization has been awarded a 2006 New
Yorkers
for Better Neighborhoods Award in the amount of $500. This year was
highly competitive and selecting groups to support was extremely
difficult. Citizens for NYC received over 180 applications for
various quality of life improvement projects throughout the five boroughs.

Grant checks will be distributed at the New Yorkers for Better
Neighborhoods Awards Ceremony on Monday, June 19th, 2006 at 6pm at the Municipal Art Society's Urban Center 6-8pm
You are welcome to bring multiple representatives of your organization,
however space is limited so be sure to respond early. [If you are inclined to represent our CSA with Trina please give her a call]
Once again, congratulations to you and your group for the great work
you are doing to make New York City a better home for us all.
Sincerely yours,
Marybeth Berlemann
Grants Manager
Citizens for NYC

Trina, did most of the leg work and writing and with my modest input we applied for this grant on behalf of the Hell's Kitchen distribution group. The purpose of the grant is to purchase totes that can be used to transport the produce for the CSA. We explained in the grant how the totes would be a group asset and facilitate the delivery of veggies to the distribution location. We had been having discussion with Holy Cross Church on W42nd St. about working with their food pantry which distributes food to 300 people every other Saturday. The totes will help facilitate delivery of the veggies to the pantry as well if and when we get that relationship working and allow for easy clean up and retrieval.

To be able to receive the funds we need an Employee Identification Number or EIN as per the IRS. So, Upper Meadows Farm CSA has completed the application and now has an EIN. Thess are significant steps along the path of our evolution. I'm very excited to see the level of participation and volunteer activity this year! This is just another example of how as a community we have more to offer and more together.

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