GrowingGreat congratulates our friend, Chef Stavaridis, who was mentioned in CBS’s Best Up & Coming Female Chefs In Los Angeles article. “Diana was tapped to helm Manhattan Beach’s Manhattan House, using her accumulated knowledge of everything from fine dining to local farming...
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Would you like to help GrowingGreat achieve our mission to empower every child to grow up healthy through science-based garden and nutrition education? The Director of Community Outreach is one of our two full-time senior staff. This individual represents GrowingGreat in both the education and...
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GrowingGreat would like to thank everyone who attended our third annual Farm to Table benefit on June 4th. It was truly a magical night! With your generosity, GrowingGreat will be able to continue to fund new educational programs such as our Hands-On Science (STEAM) initiative...
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GrowingGreat would like to extend a special invitation to docents to attend our Farm to Table Benefit on June 4, 2016 at 72andSunny in Playa Vista. We have set aside tickets at a reduced rate of $230 each for docents and their spouses only. We will also assure you are seated with other docent...
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Celebrate with GrowingGreat and Celebrity Chefs Diana Stavaridis (Manhattan House), David LeFevre (MB Post) and Michael Fiorelli (Love & Salt) as we recognize Green Fork Honorees John and Kari Boiler and Leadership Award Winners Destiny Celio and Maria Beltran at our third annual Farm to...
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On June 4th, one of the many new programs we will celebrate is GrowingGreat Jr. Chefs – a partnership between local GrowingGreat fifth graders and Chef Diana Stavaridis of Manhattan House. We are honored that “Chef D,” as the kids call her, will prepare an amazing dinner for our Farm to Table...
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Please save the date for GrowingGreat’s annual Farm to Table Benefit, June 4, 2016. Join local celebrity chefs and GrowingGreat board members, staff, and friends for a night of food, wine, music and fun, all benefiting GrowingGreat’s nutrition and garden education programs. The event...
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Destiny Celio and Maria Beltran harvested radishes in their GrowingGreat garden at St. Pius X St. Matthias Academy today.
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Dear GrowingGreat Friends, As we toured the preschool, children swarmed the principal, giving him hugs and calling out “Hi, Mr. Alex!” We stepped outside the classroom and there was The Garden, a patch of dirt near the climbing structure, one lone rectangle that hadn’t been covered with cement...
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Dear GrowingGreat Friends,This year I have visited beautiful vegetable gardens filled with smiling children, but what I remember the most is the schools that look like fortresses, covered in cement and surrounded by fences. GrowingGreat is making a difference. The first low-income school in our...
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