1. Coalition for Urban Harvest
Container Gardening
Coalition for Urban Harvest

2. Target Population
Families of Delaware County in Indiana. Focus on teaching parents skills so they can bond and teach their children

3. Background Information
Median Household Income = $37,208.00
Poverty Rate = 23%
In 2010 the Indiana obesity rate for residents age 18
and older was 29.6%, age 18 and younger 12.8%.
Fresh food is essential for a healthy lifestyle.

4. Intervention Strategies
Educate Parents and children about container gardening through instructional workshops. **6 workshops, twice per month for 3 months in the Spring
Mention about advertising at schools, location of workshops, etc. Gardening kit given to each family at the workshops. 6 workshops x 50 families at each workshop = 300 families benefit from the program

5. Goal
To enable families to improve their health by growing and eating their own fresh food by gaining a skill that can be passed down to future generations.

6. Objectives
By 12/01/13 the project materials that will be used for the Grow It/Eat It campaign will be completed and all materials needed to provide the education will be available and ready to use.
By 01/01/14 all volunteers will be educated and available to implement the Grow It/Eat It program that will begin on 01/04/14.
By 04/01/14 all Grow It/Eat It intervention workshops will be completed and final evaluation and presentation will be available for the Brey Foundation.

7. TIMELINE Activities Date Start Date: October 1st, 2013
Create program
10/1/2013
Create manual
10/15/2013
Order Materials
10/30/2013
Order Seeds
11/1/2013
Obtain Educational Space
Obtain donated containers
11/15/2013
Organize Volunteers
12/2/2013
Test initial program
12/9/2013
Evaluate for improvement
12/16/2013
1st Grow It/Eat It event
1/4/2014
2nd Grow It/Eat It event
1/18/2014
1/20/2014
3rd Grow It/Eat It event
2/1/2014
4th Grow It/Eat It event
2/15/2014
2/17/2014
5th Grow It/Eat It event
3/1/2014
Final event
3/15/2014
Evaluate project
3/17/2014
Create final report
4/1/2014
Start Date: October 1st, 2013
End Date: April 1st, 2014
6 Month Program
This is a summary of our timeline. The start date would be October 1st of this year, and end on April 1st of next year. It would be a 6 month program

8. Budget Total Grant Amount: $10,000.00 Total Amount Used: $8,796.00
Supplies
2-Gallon pots x 600
$ ,086.00
Hand shovels x 300
$ ,281.00
Gardening Guides x 300 $
Flyers x 100 $
Workshop Building Rental x 6
$ ,700.00
40-lb Bag of Soil x 300 $
Sub-total
$ ,433.00
Seeds
Tomatoes $
Lettuce $
Onions $
Carrots $
Cucumbers $
Strawberries $
Raspberries $
$ ,393.00
In-kind Donations
Untraditional Containers $
Volunteer Instructors
Indirect Costs
15% of total Direct Costs $
Total
$ ,796.00
Balance
$ ,204.00
Budget
Total Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Total Amount Used: $8,796.00
Amount Leftover: $1,204.00
Main Expenses:
- Gardening Tools & Supplies
- Workshop Building Rental
- Vegetable and Fruit Seeds
Here is a spreadsheet of our budget. The total amount that we would use would be $8, With the grant amount being $10,000, we would have $1, left over at the end of the program. This money would be returned back to the Brey Foundation. The main expenses of the program would be the gardening tools and supplies, the workshop facility rental, and the seeds for the fruits and vegetables.

9. Outcome
Here are some examples of container gardens. We feel that this program would greatly benefit the nutrition and financial situations of many Delaware County families. Thank you for your time. Do you have any questions?