BlogPosts by Jesse Blom
9th Annual Harvest Dinner
THANK YOU ALL for making the 9th Annual Harvest Dinner at Mitchell Elementary School such a splashing success. We had over 900 attendees, most of them Green Heart students and their families, and raised over $40,000 for our Farm to School programs! It was a wonderful evening of celebration, featuring BBQ by Jamie Westendorf, and garden-inspired […]
Practicing CITIZENSHIP
* This post is part of a series on the valuable character traits our students practice in the garden. An elder friend of mine once told me that planting a garden is one of the most hopeful things we can do in life. We have no idea how the weather will turn, or what type […]
Practicing GRATITUDE
Practicing Green Heart Gratitude In their Green Heart gardens, our students learn to grow, harvest, prepare, and eat fruits and vegetables. Acquiring these “hard skills” is important, as it helps to build confidence, knowledge, and awareness around their own health and the health of the environment. At the same time, our students are learning […]
Our FY2018 Annual Report is here!
Since the close of our FY2018 fiscal year in at the end of July, we have been working hard to complete our FY2018 Annual Report. Now, we are very happy to announce it is here and ready to share with all of our supporters, and with the general public. You can find our Annual Report […]
We’re Sowing Seeds of Change at the Green Heart Project
July 20, 2018 CHARLESTON, S.C. – As the organization approaches its ninth year serving the community through farm-to-school programming, The Green Heart Project prepares for the next chapter of its history under new leadership. After eight years of service as the Executive Director of the Green Heart Project, Drew Harrison has stepped down from his […]