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On-going:
"Keeping it Green"
In partnership with Niagara Falls Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS), Inc., ReNU Niagara is coordinating a community garden project, called "Keeping it Green", at 16th Street and Ferry Avenue behind the NHS apartments.
The project is a partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension, East Side Block Club, Highland Revitalization Committee, Inc., and Niagara Falls Weed and Seed.
The youth lead garden is a summer-long project in which youth will plant vegetables and then maintain the garden throughout the summer into September. Once the vegetables are harvested, youth in Niagara Falls will sell the vegetables to local residents, with the profits going to maintain the garden in years to come. This is a pilot project demonstrating what citizens can do in vacant lots around the city or in their own yards.
Crops include: melons, lettuce, cabbage, tomatoes, onions, eggplant, peppers, squash, strawberries, and a variety of herbs. Come check it out!
If interested in volunteering, check out the ReNU Niagara Volunteer Center or stop by the office at 1816 Main Street. See flyer for more details: click here.
"Keeping it Green" is funded through a grant by NeighborWorks America.
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Past Workshops & Events:
October 17th, 2006 ~ Environmental Leadership Institute, Niagara University
“Does Traffic Air Pollution Induce Asthma”
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jamson S. Lwebuga-Mukasa, Associate Professor of Medicine, University at Buffalo Center for Asthma and Environmental Exposure.
January 25th, 2007 ~ Women’s Issue Network Luncheon
“Poverty and Environmental Health… Is there a connection?”
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sean Kelly, professor and chair of Niagara University’s Department of Political Science. His address focused on Environmental Justice and Health with special emphasis on the prevalence of lead contamination in low-income children.
April 19th, 2007 6 to 8 p.m. ~ Independent Health Foundation’s “Good For the Neighborhood”
Held in the Doris W. Jones Family Resource Building, 3001 Ninth Street Niagara Falls, this program offers target programs for people of all ages to help you make better, healthier choices with you life. This program is free and full of incentives, including a grand prize of a family trip to Disney.
April 21st, 2007 8 a.m. ~ Niagara Beautification Commission ~ “Annual Beautify Niagara” Clean-Up
August 16th, 2007 6 to 8 p.m. ~ Independent Health Foundation’s “Good For the Neighborhood”
October 18th, 2007 6 to 8 p.m. ~ Independent Health Foundation’s “Good For the Neighborhood”
January 24th, 2008 6 to 8 p.m. ~ Independent Health Foundation’s “Good For the Neighborhood”
March 20th , 2008 6 to 8 p.m. ~ Independent Health Foundation’s “Good For the Neighborhood”
Held in the Doris W. Jones Family Resource Building, 3001 Ninth Street Niagara Falls, this program offers target programs for people of all ages to help you make better, healthier choices with you life. This program is free and full of incentives.
April 26th, 2008 8 a.m. ~ Niagara Beautification Commission ~ “Annual Beautify Niagara” Clean-Up
May 24th, 2008 8:30 am to 10 am ~ Breathe Easy” Getting to Know…Asthma presenated by: Erie-Niagara Tobacco- Free Coalition (Roswell Park Cancer Institute), ReNU Niagara: Niagara University’s Community Outreach Partnership Center, Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, Niagara County Health Department’s Healthy Neighborhoods Program, Cornell University Cooperative Extension
provided as part of Antoine M. Thompso's (NYS Senator 60th District) Community Leaders & Stakeholders Breakfast
June 19th, 2008 6 to 8 p.m. ~ Independent Health Foundation’s “Good For the Neighborhood”
August 21st, 2008 6 to 8 p.m. ~ Independent Health Foundation’s “Good For the Neighborhood”
October 16th , 2008 6 to 8 p.m. ~ Independent Health Foundation’s “Good For the Neighborhood”
December 18th, 2008 6 to 8 p.m. ~ Independent Health Foundation’s “Good For the Neighborhood”
Held in the Doris W. Jones Family Resource Building, 3001 Ninth Street Niagara Falls, this program offers target programs for people of all ages to help you make better, healthier choices with you life. This program is free and full of incentives.
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