Progress through the summer

Our journey in creating a non-profit continues. As we attend meetings and meet new friends, we continue to see the many families in the same situation as us – how to prepare for the future of our child without us. We continue to be amazed by the energy and...
Gardening

Gardening

We are now well into the growing season. I’m sure that everyone who has a home with a yard and garden knows the amount of work that goes into just keeping it nice, let alone improve and add things. Now, what if you had to take care of a neighbor’s yard and...
Media Farmer’s Market

Media Farmer’s Market

Well, today we start our gardening venture in earnest as we will be at the Media Farmer’s Market every Thursday through November. It has been quite a learning experience so far. Choosing seeds for plants that we want to grow was interesting as there are so many...

Update – Moving Forward

An update from the New Avenue Foundation, Tom Reinke, Co-Founder and Director, Housing Programs Jim Wurster, Co-Founder and Director, Community Programs We would like to update you on our efforts to develop a more creative and sustainable housing model for our...

Growing Sunflowers

Sometimes life surprises you in good ways, not only in bad ways. One of our ideas for helping make a community sustainable was to build a business that our young adults could be a part of. One of these businesses was growing things like vegetables and flowers....