Grant Awarded to Fremont Garden

The Fremont Garden, a community based neighborhood gardening initiative, was awarded a $4,000 grant from the Michigan UCC Conference Innovation Awards. These grant monies will be used to install city water hookup at the Fremont Garden to make watering much easier! Currently, a volunteer uses water from a neighbor’s home and hauls drums of water from the church to water the garden. Once installed, the city water hookup will ensure that the garden is well watered for years to come and allow volunteers to focus their time on other garden tasks.

Further fundraising will be needed for the full amount before spring. However, this grant covers more than 80% of the total expense! After the new year, the garden will start raising funds from the neighborhood and from local organizations for the water project and for next season’s planting needs. The Fremont Garden volunteers are grateful for FCC’s continued support and looks forward to providing fresh vegetables and fruit to the Fremont neighbors next summer.