Georgia Street Community Collective's 6th Annual Super Bowl Party!!!

Georgia Street Community Collective's 6th annual Super Bowl Party!!!
Sunday February 2nd 2014

$5 Free Food!!! Menu will Include:

Chili
Fried Chicken
Nachos And Cheese
Pizza Egg Rolls
Cookies ...
Cakes
Pop
Water And More

6pm
8902 Vinton Detroit, MI 48213 at the corner of Georgia St

NO SHOWS on install dates from contractors who are GETTING PAID to do the work

I want to be as professional as possible. Don’t want to come off as being bitter. When you have a non-profit organization and it depends on donations to function we can’t have people or corporations not following through on pledges.

NO SHOWS on install dates from contractors who are GETTING PAID to do the work.

Example:  I was WXYZ’s Person Of The Week in July. They asked if I wanted something done right away what would it be. I said windows on the community center to make it look more inviting and professional. The same night it aired we got a call asking if we had anybody willing to donate for the windows. An amount was pledged and also a company that could do the work. An appointment for measurements was scheduled and kept. An install date (2 and ½ weeks) was scheduled. NO WINDOWS. After calls from me to company, another meeting was scheduled. New install date October 9^th 2013. Came and passed NO WINDOWS. Phone calls and emails have gone unanswered. We had some funds to go towards the windows from other donors and this information was told to the first donor reducing her pledged amount. What are Non-Profits to do in a situation like this?

 

Mark CUB Covington

GSCC

Founder/Chairman

I want to thank everyone who donated and volunteered for GSCC's 6th annual Backpack and School Supply Giveaway! It was a huge success!! The biggest so far. Again THANK YOU!! We couldn't do this without you!!

Re-Post For Donations

We Need Your Help!!! GSCC Backpack And School Supply Giveaway/ Street Fair

We are in need of Cash, Back Packs and School Supplies, Hot Dogs/Buns, Hamburgers/Buns, Juices, Water, Pop.
...
Backpacks (new and gently used)
Three Ring Binders
Spiral Notebooks

Composition Notebooks
Pens
Pencils
Pencil Sharpeners
Loose Leaf Paper
Erasers
Rulers
Glue
Colored Markers
Colored Pencils
Pocket Folders
Pencil Cases
Crayons

Thank You In Advance!!!!
Donations can be made thru PAYPAL on the right or send checks, money orders, or drop off cash to GSCC 8902 Vinton, Detroit, MI 48213

GIVEAWAY WILL BE HELD SUNDAY AUGUST 25, 2013 FROM 1pm TO 4pm While Supplies Last

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Workday on the Community Center

Sorry for the short notice. Workday Tuesday May 25th 5:30pm to 9:00pm
Framing walls for drywall. Come on out and give us a hand.

The Other Two Gardens for 2009

Spring is just a few weeks away (yay!) and we're all very excited to get out and begin work on our Gardens! Yes, gardens! We have three gardens and an orchard this year on 10 city lots.

Below, Cub introduced our newest garden, Holcomb Street Community Garden (Sapphire). But where are the other two?

We have the Georgia St Community Garden, the Diamond Garden, which is located at the corner of Georgia St. and Vinton St. across from the future Community Center and Market. It is our diamond since it is the first garden and where we will be hosting many events this year. It features hundreds of plants in the ground, 18 raised beds, a hoop house for year-round growing, a huge movie screen for viewing films/major sporting events, and a wonderful rock sculpture by our friend Django. The orchard is located across the street from the Diamond Garden and center.

The Georgia St Community Garden II, (Ruby), our smallest garden (only 1 lot) and is located on the corner of McClellan and Georgia Streets.

We decided to name the gardens since all three of our gardens are on Georgia St and it would sound better to call them by a proper name rather than "The garden at Vinton and Georgia." Since these are our hidden gems in the city, we came up with these names. As we grow in the months and years to come, the next ones will have names like Emerald, Topaz, Amethyst, etc. Hopefully we'll soon have beautiful new signs with the names so they're easy to find.

Here's Cub!

I stopped by to meet Cub a few days ago and drop off a few plants.  He's showing me the beginnings of his Georgia Street Garden.  Past the stone monument he built there will hopefully be a fruit orchard.  It's still green grass and needs to be plowed.  He's got a few plants growing and he's seen some wildlife returning.  He needs a few strategically placed rain barrels for watering his garden and perhaps a nice person with a tractor and tilling attachment.  I truly would love to see this blossoming into a huge veggie garden and Cub breaking into a sweat being unable to keep up with a HUGE harvest.  He also wants to build a greenhouse to keep plantings going through the winter or at least growing his own plants from seed and keeping costs down.  

Cub told me the name of the church in the background but I've forgotten the name already.  I know St. Joseph was in the title and that it was once a Catholic church but whether it's attached to the original St. Josephat is unknown.  Highly unlikely considering the date of St. Josephat but I'm wondering about St. Joseph's that was not far from St. Albertus and the other two sisters of this three-some, St. Hyacinth and Sweetest Heart of Mary.  

Stop by.  Cub and his family are wonderful, kind people and they'll be happy to show you how far they've gotten.  I'll be seeing them early in the summer and lending a hand.