<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>We wanted to confirm with everyone the the upcoming events in the garden. These diverse events will answer your questions about our garden, get your hand dirty preparing for the upcoming growing season, and be fun for your whole family too. Please mark your calendar, we'd love to see you out here!</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><b>March 4th - </b>6 to 7 PM - Community meeting #1, Sign up for a community plot, ask questions about our program, and give your input on how the garden can best serve you and your family.</div><div><b>March 15th </b> - 10 to 11 AM - Community meeting #2</div><div><b>March 22nd</b> - 10 AM to 2 PM - Neighborhood work day, Come out for a fun day of volunteering in the garden. Clean up for the upcoming growing season, prepare beds, and plant a few transplants too! A group of University students in the Alternative Spring Break program will be working in the garden that day, and we'd love to show our appreciation with some neighborhood volunteers too.</div><div><b>March 27th </b>- 6 to 7 PM - Community meeting #3</div><div><b>March 29th <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">- 11 to 3PM - Neighborhood work day - A second work day geared for those that couldn't make the first because it was during both the public schools' and the University's spring break.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>April 5th </b>- 10 to 11 AM - Community meeting #4</span></b></div><div><b>April 19th</b> - 10 to 3 PM - Spring Festival - Come celebrate the beginning of our second growing season with a fun day of food and games for the whole family. </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>We have a PDF of a flyer for the four community meetings, that you can download from our website (<a href="http://engagedu.umd.edu/documents/0000/0040/spring08_meeting_flyer.pdf)">http://engagedu.umd.edu/documents/0000/0040/spring08_meeting_flyer.pdf)</a>. Please help spread the word!</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Thanks so much, we hope to see you out in the garden this spring!</div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Vinnie Bevivino<br>Community Garden Educator<br>The Engaged University<br>Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program<br>University of Maryland<br><br>The Center for Educational Partnership<br>6200 Sheridan Street<br>Riverdale, MD 20737<br>301-405-0656</div><div>engagedu.umd.edu</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>