Americorps Vista – The Witness Newspaper

GFGH fundraises by offering locally grown dinner

September 24, 2012November 21, 2014 Maraya WahlAmeriCorps, Americorps Vista, dinner, Grow Food Grow Hope, local, locally grown, Sodexo0 comment

Morgan Smith Editor On Thursday September 20, the AmeriCorps Vistas, Wilmington Alumni, the Advancement Office, Student Life, Sodexo, and countless others came together for the third annual Farm to Table dinner to benefit Grow Food Grow Hope (GFGH). The meal was made by Sodexo, but as for the ingredients, “everything comes from a local farm,” said Janet Renshaw, General Manager. Renshaw was quickly refilling dishes that included local ingredients like the ricotta cheese made by one of Harold Terry’s classes, and locally grown apples that were made into cider.…

Keeping GFGH sustainable

September 10, 2012November 21, 2014 Staff WriterAmeriCorps, Americorps Vista, community, DHL, farmers market, gardening, Grow Food Grow Hope, sustainability, Wilmington, Wilmington college0 comment

Dominique Parks Staff Writer Wilmington College is known throughout the community for having a rich Quaker heritage which runs through the veins of the campus. One of Wilmington College’s core values is Service and Civic Engagement. The Center for Civic for Service & Civic Engagement is the pure embodiment of this core value. The goal for this center is to help students. It is intended to help engage them and to challenge them to take responsibility and action toward common good. This program embraces the Quaker heritage of the…