Hunger Relief
2010 Richard Sax Memorial Hunger Relief Grant Recipient
Growing Gardens is a non-profit organization that gets at the root of hunger in Portland, Oregon by organizing hundreds of volunteers to build organic, raised bed vegetable gardens in backyards, front yards, side yards and even on balconies. They support low income households for three years with seeds, plants, classes, mentors and more. They plant seeds for good food and healthy people by making sure low income people have the resources they need to grow organic vegetables at home. Through this work, community members meet over the backyard garden, through volunteering, by attending classes, and through sharing extra produce.
Donations are collected throughout the year and IACP members make donations along with their annual conference registration.
Here’s how your donation can help alleviate hunger, build communities and preserve urban open spaces:
A. Five Organic Seed Packets $15
(When requested, specialty seeds are purchased for gardenerns from different cultures.)
B. Putting A Garden To Bed $15
(Manure and cover crop builds healthy soil.)
C. Soil Lead Testing $25
(All garden sites are tested for soil lead content.)
D. 15 pairs kids’ sized gardening gloves $25
(Cold winter mud isn’t fun for little hands!)
E. Garden Workshop-3 Gardeners $50
(Includes materials, rental, handouts, and teacher.)
F. Garden Tool Set of 3 $75
(Hoes, rakes, shovels, hoses, gloves and more.)
G. A disabled access bed $100
(This covers all the lumber, hardware and soil for a higher, wood frame bed with a bench around the top.)
H. One Youth Grow after-school class $250
(Each two-hour class includes an age-appropriate mix of physical activity, gardening, games and a fresh-food snack that the children often help prepare.)
I. Home Garden Package $600
(Includes installation of two raised beds, soil, lead testing, plant starts, seeds, staff and volunteer support)
The Richard Sax Memorial Hunger Relief Grant
Richard Sax was an IACP member, a prolific writer who contributed to many leading magazines and the author of nine cookbooks. He won a James Beard Award and a Julia Child Award for Classic Home Desserts. He was the founding chef-director of Food & Wine and a columnist for Bon Appétit. He worked tirelessly for God’s Love We Deliver, an organization that provides food to people housebound with AIDS, the Whole Food Project of Manhattan Center for Living; and The Food and Hunger Hotline. He championed the causes of those who were victims of hunger, homelessness or prejudice, and devoted passionate energy to many food-related causes. He received the Humanitarian Award from the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) for his charitable work and the prestigious James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award. He died in 1995 at the age of forty-six.
The Culinary Trust had a hunger-relief fund in place in 1992 as part of its philanthropic outreach. Donations were received from members through the annual conference registration form. In 1996, after Richard’s death, a fund drive was started by Harriet Bell, Flo Braker, Barry Estabrook, Roy Finamore, Nick Malgieri, CCP, Rux Martin and Judith Weber, all IACP members, to memorialize him and support a cause that he actively worked for - hunger-relief. Attaching Richard’s name to the Trust’s hunger-relief fund seemed like a perfect fit and made the fund appeal personal. The Trust continues to combine interest earned from the fund with IACP annual conference attendees to administer a one-time grant in IACP’s annual conference host city.
Donations
To donate, send a check to The Culinary Trust, PO Box 273, New York, NY 10013 or — if you are a member of IACP, designate your donation there. Or, donate directly with a Paypal account or credit card:
Annual Richard Sax Memorial Hunger Relief Grant Recipients
2009 – Food Bank of the Rockies
2008 – Second Harvest Food Bank, New Orleans, Louisiana
2007 – Common Threads, Chicago, Illinois
2006 – FareStart, Seattle, Washington
2005 – North Texas Food Bank, Dallas, Texas
2004 – Garden Harvest, Baltimore, Maryland
2003 – Générations Foundation, Montreal, Quebec
2002 – Mama’s Kitchen, San Diego, California