The garden is a Memorial Garden, a garden of benevolence, a garden of love. It is a gift to our community from the God of Love, Jesus the Christ. The first “seeds” for our garden have come from members of the congregation and a designation from the congregation’s memorial funds. These seeds have brought us to the beginning of a journey that will last for many years. Guided by the Holy Spirit we will plow forth until row upon row of our work is accomplished and our community is better nourished. The Lord invites you all to be part of His work on earth strengthening and feeding His children. The garden is made possible by generous donations from the community, and grants from the ELCA Domestic Hunger Grants, the Alaska Food Policy Council through the Municipality of Anchorage, the Alaska Women's Giving Circle, The Alaska Master Gardeners of Anchorage, the generous support by the congregation of Lutheran Church of Hope, and support from the Alaska Synod of the ELCA.

Food from the garden in 2019 was sent to Lutheran Social Services Food Pantry, the Tudor Road Gospel Rescue Mission, and to Bean's Cafe.

Sunday, April 5, 2020

A Special Thank You


I wish to thank ELCA World Hunger for their Domestic Hunger Grants. I applied last week for a $500 grant for the garden. They were kind enough to approve the grant. They also asked me to put up a fund raiser to see if I could get a match for the $500.

Thank you to everyone who has made or will be making a donation. As of this morning the campaign for the garden has raised $750 in just a single day. Many as well have asked where they could mail a check. If you are interested in sending a check the address is on the right hand margin of this blog post.

If you wish to pay by credit card click here. 100% of the funds will go to the garden. You can do this through April 15. After that please send a check to the address on the right.

Thanks to all of you for your monetary donations, your time, and your talents. All are very useful to the garden each day of the year.

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