RAINBOW'S MOM AND DAD: Holly & Sean Hirshberg

ROLE MODELS & FOUNDERS OF THE DINNER GARDEN!

Excerpts reprinted from the Dinner Garden.org
Photo by Abe Ortiz of www.lafmilphotography.com

The Dinner Garden is working to end hunger in the United States through home and community gardening. They are striving to create one garden for every six Americans.

To help people achieve their gardens, Holly figured she would start at the beginning: provide people with vegetable seeds, free of charge. She could then support their efforts with gardening information and tips for cheap gardening in the space they had available; like patios, backyards, schoolyards, community lots, and church lawns. Holly envisioned a nation where front lawns, empty lots, medians, parks, schools, churches, and community centers devoted space to fruit and vegetable gardens. "The Dinner Garden isn't just about the seeds," she says. "It is about giving people hope. It is about showing people another way to live. The Dinner Garden is creating communities where families spend time together in a productive way and children learn that they can create something beautiful and useful to their family."

Holly registered The Dinner Garden as a non-profit corporation in the fall of 2008 in the State of Texas. At the beginning of 2009, The Dinner Garden began its mission of distributing seeds to over 48,000 families and over 120 community gardens! In July 2009, the IRS granted 501(c)(3) status to The Dinner Garden. The Dinner Garden has reached into all 50 states, from Maine to Hawaii and Alaska. They have volunteers and partners hard at work packaging and delivering seeds in many of these states. They have also partnered with organizations, food banks, and businesses across the country, like Catholic Charities, World Food Garden, Seeds for Food, the Wyoming Food Bank, the San Antonio Food Bank, One World Everybody Eats, Boys and Girls Club, Salvation Army, His Harvest Stand, and The Rubber Stamp Shop.

Holly tells us that they are always in need of donations to support their cause, and donations are tax deductible.

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The Dinner Garden
PO Box 700686
San Antonio, TX 78270
(210) 979-1776