Save the Date:
The next gathering of the Central Indiana Food Coalition will be
Date: Tuesday, April 26th
Time: 6pm (intro - for newcomers) 6:30 -7:30 meeting
Location: Earth House basement
Agenda:
Advocacy Report: (New and Improved) Food Charter approval
Organization Report: Membership structure and application approval
Information/Visibility Report: New Logo and communication plan
You will find an document attached to this email that states the new name and current mission statement and vision statements of the coalition. Please review and send any comments you have before the 26th. The Advocacy, Organization, and Information committee had the opportunity to sculpt these statements from the information gathered at the January 29th meeting.
Volunteers needed for Earth Day! HELP!
The Earth Day Celebration at White River State Park is an important day for the Coalition and we would like to make our presence known to the community the year! Please contact me if you are willing and able! We are currently seeking volunteers during these 4 shifts:
Set-up 10:30am – 12pm
12 - 1:30pm
1:30 – 3pm
3 – 4:30pm Take-down
Sign up via facebook: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=20943&uid=338097624239
Or by emailing me at dependablefood@gmail.com
Search for Sponsors to fund printing of Local Food Guide 2010-2011
Currently the Coalition is seeking funding for the printing of the 2010-11 version of the Central Indiana Local Food Guide. Unfortunately this is all last minute because the funding we were hoping for to cover most of the cost of this year's printing has fallen through and we are now on the search for 16 advertisers.
If you know any business/organization that might be interested please pass on this flier and last year's version of the guide. Please let us know, if you know someone who may be interested. The cost will be $250 to be a sponsor and for this they will receive a ¼ page advertisement in the guide. Email dependablefood@gmail.com or call 317.417.8449 for more information.
Agenda Details:
At this Gathering we have much to discuss and approve thanks to our hard-working committees. By George, I do believe we've got it! =)
Since February, the Advocacy committee has been sculpting and editing the Food Charter created by a past committee of the Indianapolis Food, Farm and Family Coalition. The Advocacy committee has started by sending the charter to key people in our community in order to gain feedback about how we can make the guide more understandable for the general public and help us communicate our wants to the Indianapolis City government. Please call me, if you have any questions or have any input for us before the meeting. My cell is 317.417.8449.
To download the current version of the Food Charter, follow this link:
http://www.indyfoodsecurity.org/Documents/Indy%20Food%20Charter.pdf
We will also be approving a membership structure for the coalition that has been created by the Organization committee. This will include different membership categories and an application form.
The Information/Visibility committee has started thinking about new logo designs and also the re-organization of the website. The information committee will report on what deliverables they have created at the April meeting. Due to the fact that Earth Day is April 23rd, we may need to approve a new logo before the next meeting. Please watch carefully for any emails needing your participation before April 26th.
And as always Thanks for your AWESOME work!!
April
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April Hammerand
Indianapolis Food, Farm, and Family Coalition
www.indyfoodfarmfamily.org
317-417-8449
april@indyfoodfarmfamily.org
Working to make Indianapolis a more food secure city through education, awareness, public programs, and connecting consumers to farmers.
