The Garden of Joy
Our Gardens
Trinity Church
300 Asbury Ave, Asbury Park
Started in May with the children of Hope Academy Charter School.
West Side Community Center
Garden of Joy Urban Farm
The Garden of Joy will become a 4-H club, a national/internationally known and respected children's organization, beginning in January '08. Children can join at absolutely no charge.
Upcoming Event!
THE GARDEN OF JOY announces the opening of its FARMERS MARKET, featuring fresh, organic fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices, eggs, fresh baked breads, biscotti and other treats, authentic JAMAICAN BLUE MOUNTAIN COFFEE directly from the mountains of Mavis Bank, potted plants, and special features each month!
Thursday Night Movies will start at 8:30pm.
The Garden of Joy (a division of HANDS TO HELP INC., a not-for-profit company organized under 501(c)3 of the IRS rules) was started specifically to help meet some of the needs of the poor or disadvantaged in inner city areas. Needs such as nutritional enhancement and educational enrichment for inner city school children and their community. We started our first Garden of Joy with Hope Academy Charter School on Trinity Church’s property in Asbury Park. Our second Garden of Joy was begun on property belonging to the WEST SIDE COMMUNITY CENTER – a larger lot of land that we have dubbed an "urban farm".
The Garden of Joy is very fortunate in having the commitment of a wide range of wonderful people in a wide variety of fields, sitting on our Board of Directors and Advisory Board: Patricia Betty, LMT, Shore Spa to Go; Amy Quinn, Esq. Community Health Law ; Lori Ross, Housing & Community Development; Mindi Arcoleo, Ocean Wholesale Nursery; Carol Jones, RN; Norma Tolliver, Main Ave. Galleria; Marilyn Schlossbach, Market in the Middle; Terry Reidy, City Manager; Rosalie McNair, Isis Tribe; Linda Phillips; Caroline Glynn, Central Jersey Bank; Beverley Slaney, Esq.; Fr. David Stout, Trinity Church; Deacon Gail Bennett, Trinity Church.
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR GROWING LIST OF SUPPORTERS AND CONTRIBUTORS:
Robert and Mindi Arcoleo; George Hansel; Tom Pivinski; Day’s Ice Cream; Asbury Park Roastery; Costco’s; Frederick Gagliardi; Delicious Orchards; Main Ave. Galleria; The Joyful Noise Café; Virago Music; JoEllen Lundy; Anthony MacDonald; Louisya McFarland; Eleanor Mack; Judy Markeley; Rai Guerra and Lance Nelson; Trinity Church; Lori Ross; Market in the Middle Restaurant; Environment & Shade Tree Commission; Youth Corps; West Side Community Center, among others.
And, of course, thanks to all our volunteers, Rebecca Kalenek and the children of Hope Academy Charter School, and all the eager neighborhood children that drop by to give us a hand at the West Side Community Center Garden of Joy urban farm!
We really appreciate all you are doing and have done for us!
Our Collaborative Partners
We have wonderful individuals and organizations committed to helping the Garden of Joy succeed. Individuals volunteer their time in the Garden, Amy and Lori are tireless in helping us with solicitations, Fr. David in being our most loyal booster, Heather in preparing our website, Mindi in presenting us with plants, Eleanor, Tyrone, Charlotte, Louisya, Linda in hefting their shovels, George (who swears he hates children) steering us to invaluable networking opportunities, and all the children so eager to work in the Gardens, they look like little butterflies flitting around! Then, we have the organizations partnering with us: Housing & Community Development, Environment & Shade Tree Commission, West Side Community Center, Missions 101, Trinity Church, Community Gardens, Ocean Nursery, 180 Turning Lives Around, Merrick Farms, Market in the Middle, The Asbury Park School Board, and a growing list of organizations waiting to get involved.
Sponsorship
Sponsor a Garden bed containing vegetables/fruit/herbs
or flowers in a child's name for $50 and we will
permanently name you in our published list of
sponsors, with our gratitude! Your donations are all
tax-deductible.
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