Seminole Heights Community Gardens Get a Hand From New Tampa Junior Woman’s Club

GFWC New Tampa Junior Woman’s Club presents check to Seminole Heights Community Gardens

Tampa, FL (10/16/2010) – With the fate of community gardens in the hands of the Tampa City Council, members of the Seminole Heights Community Gardens have been living in fear. However, they now have new hope after receiving a check in the amount of five hundred dollars from the GFWC New Tampa Junior Woman’s Club in honor of World Food Day.

World Food Day is a worldwide event designed to increase awareness, understanding and to instigate year-round action to alleviate hunger. It is observed October 16th in recognition of the founding of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945. 
General Federation of Woman’s Clubs (GFWC) New Tampa Junior Woman’s Club is the first honorary sponsor. “It is our hope that other woman’s clubs will follow in our footsteps and support the gardens sustainability efforts,” Patricia Murphy Conservation Community Project Coordinator said. “My grandmother in-law ran a successful nursery and maintained a half acre personal garden in Colorado until her death at age 92. Her commitment to local growers is part of what inspires me to support Seminole Heights in their efforts to grow organic fruits and vegetables.” Scott and Patricia Murphy also pledged to provide wigwams for the bean and pea crops, increasing the total donation to seven hundred and fifty dollars.

GFWC’s experience with community gardens has taught that they provide a catalyst for neighborhood and community development, stimulate social interaction, beautify neighborhoods, produce nutritious food, reduce family food budgets, conserve resources, create opportunities for recreation, exercise, therapy and education and provide opportunities for intergenerational and cross-cultural connections.

According to a statement on their website, www.GFWC.org, “GFWC has historically spearheaded unique programs that have enhanced and benefited youth and adults in communities around the world. We will continue this work by increasing the awareness of conservation issues among our members and our communities as we work together in a collaborative effort with other community organizations.”

“It is with this in mind that the membership of the New Tampa Junior Woman’s club supports the Seminole Heights Community Gardens projects and will advocate on its behalf,” said Murphy.

Contact info: 
Contact: Patricia Murphy 
Phone: 813-991-6152 
Email: Conservation@gfwcnewtampajuniors.org

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