Sandburg Community Garden Gets $1,000 Donation From Hy-Vee

  Aaron Frey
  Tuesday, June 1, 2021 12:51 PM
  Campus News

Galesburg, IL

The Carl Sandburg College Community Garden recently received a $1,000 donation from Galesburg Hy-Vee stores.

Established in 2011 and located near the entrance to Sandburg’s Main Campus in Galesburg, the Sandburg Community Garden produces thousands of pounds of freshly grown food each year that is donated to those in need. Work in the garden is done entirely by volunteers.

Like the garden’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SandburgCommunityGarden.

For more information about the garden or to inquire about becoming a volunteer, contact Wendy Ferguson at wendyf@illinois.edu. 

Galesburg Hy-Vee stores recently presented a $1,000 donation to the Sandburg Community Garden. Pictured, left to right: Lauren Olloman, Hy-Vee general manager; Lindsey Kabat, former Sandburg Community Garden director; Kassidy Klinedinst, Carl Sandburg College Foundation coordinator of scholarship and donor relations; Eric Wilford, Galesburg East Main Street Hy-Vee store manager; and Sam Lambert, Galesburg Henderson Street Hy-Vee store manager.