We’re delighted to announce Seattle Youth Garden Works is back and merging with Seattle Tilth! Thank you for supporting our mission during a critical time this year.

For more information, see the Seattle Tilth website

As part of Seattle Youth Garden Work's continued effort to improve our volunteer program, we would appreciate your personal response to the following questions. Your input is especially crucial as we transition from being a program of the Church Council. Thank you for your time!

Thanks to the generous donations of its readers, Northwest Hub and its sponsors raised over $5000 for Seattle Youth Garden Works (SYGW) as part of its Thanksgiving Charitable Giving program. This program, which was started by Pete Buck (Chairman of Northwest Hub) over 30 years ago as a way to give back to the community during the holidays, remains incredibly successful. Thanks to all of you for your contributions!

This month, many area businesses are participating in the United Way campaign. If your employer offers you the chance to give through United Way, know that you can designate Seattle Youth Garden Works (a program of the Church Council of Greater Seattle) as your gift receiving organization.

 A very special thank you to the West Seattle Garden Tour!  SYGW was honored to be selected as one of the beneficiaries of the 2009 tour, which was held in July.  Organizers of the tour ensured it was a huge success, with proceeds donated to SYGW in support of our job skills training program.

 Well, sort of...SYGW was invited to attend a Chicago and Earth, Wind, & Fire concert as part of a benefit organized by World Hunger Year.

Incredible Chicago and EWF fans donated nearly $2,000 and many, many pounds of food to very gracious SYGW volunteers.  A fantastic evening!  

Thanks to WHY, Chicago, Earth, Wind, & Fire, and our volunteers (which are always the best around!)!

What a magical evening it was! 90 guests attended the Outstanding in the Field benefit dinner for Seattle Youth Garden Works. We enjoyed sharing the marvelous feast prepared by Chef Matt Dillon of The Corson Building. The weather was perfect, and thanks to Urban Farm Manager Colin Anderson and the youth, the garden has never looked better.

Ciscoe recently visited our garden at UWBG and interviewed our youth and Youth and Farm Manager, Colin Anderson. View the clip here!

Mykel Taylor wrote this piece for the Lewiston Tribune Online.

Commentary: By Mykel Taylor
June 15, 2009

As a long-time resident of rural communities in Montana, Kansas and now eastern Washington, the streets of Seattle seem like a foreign country to me. It is easy for me to get lost and it is hard for me not to stare.

Greetings from the Garden:

Strengthening our foundation. That’s how we classify 2008 – we see big changes in our future (check out “A New Season of Growth” inside), and 2008 was the year we started to build the beds and lay the groundwork for them. Success rates in our garden education program improved in every aspect, from increased housing opportunities to improved job skills. You can read a note from a grateful parent inside to learn more about one life SYGW touched this year!