Community Partners

Greater High Point Food Alliance

Special thanks to the Greater High Point Food Alliance for the grants to two of our community partners that will allow us to work together to develop and expand several important programs. A collaborative partnership between Morehead Recreation Center and St. Stephen Metropolitan AME Zion Church to build a new Community Garden at Morehead was awarded $4,000. This partnership will provide culinary and nutrition classes for underprivileged youth in the East Central core city area and the new community garden will offer 20 plots to grow healthy produce. Gardeners will donate 10 percent of their harvest to local food banks, food kitchens, churches and shelters from this location.

A second $4,000 grant for the expansion of Oakview Recreation Center’s Community Garden was also awarded by the Greater High Point Food Alliance. Oakview is partnering with Home Grown Heroes and Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout Troop 42 to add 18 new garden plots to the existing garden. Home Grown Heroes will provide Junior Chef and STEM programming; Troop 42’s vision is to start a learning garden for Eagle Scouts to become active participants in the community and promote healthy eating habits. Gardeners will donate 10 percent of their harvest to local food banks, food kitchens, churches and shelters in need of fresh produce from the Oakview location as well. Pictured from left to right: Valentina Curtis (Morehead Recreation Center), Rev. Reginald Keitt (St. Stephens Metropolitan AME Zion Church), Keonna Hayes (Oakview Recreation Center) and Jonathan Seelig (Home Grown Heroes).

Southwest Renewal Foundation

We love our community partnerships! Special thanks to our friends at the Southwest Renewal Foundation for planting five lovely flowering Dogwood and Redbud trees along the Southwest Heritage Greenway on National Arbor Day. They will be enjoyed for generations to come at the Botanical Woodland Teaching Garden, across from Southside Recreation Center (401 Taylor Ave., High Point).