With $2,000 in Township funds budgeted towards the Avon Community Garden and Food Pantry Production Farm and an anticipated harvest of 2,000 to 3,000 pounds of fresh vegetables, it may be time to think about scaling back in the future. Last year a lot of the major work such as the tilling was donated by local [...]
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Is the Avon Community Garden Worth the Effort
September 21st, 2011 
Gene Carey 
Posted in Avon Township Food Pantry, Avon Township Office, District 116 Area News 
Tags: Avon Community Garden, Avon Community Garden and Food Pantry Production Farm, Avon Township, Avon Township Community Foundation, Avon Township Community Garden, Avon Township Food Pantry, Sam Yingling, Wendy Warden 
No Comments »Avon Township Supervisor, Sam Yingling, Running in Illinois 62nd District
August 26th, 2011 Gene Carey Avon Township Supervisor Sam Yingling announced earlier this month that he was running as a Democratic candidate for State Representative of the newly created 62nd District. With the recent debt ceiling debate in Washington, many of us had a first hand opportunity to see whether those we elected stuck to their election campaign promises. Sam [...]
Posted in Avon Township Food Pantry, Avon Township Office, District 116 Area News, Political Issues Tags: 62nd State Representative District, Avon Township Community Foundation, Avon Township Food Pantry, District 62, Illinois, promises, raises, Sam Yingling, tax levy, Township Supervisor Sam Yingling, Wendy Warden No Comments »2011 Petland Dachshund Derby Winner Was ……
June 26th, 2011 Gene Carey …. the Avon Township Food Pantry, operated by the Avon Township Community Foundation. Wendy Warden, president of the Foundation reported that the Round Lake Beach Petland handed over more than $600 in proceeds from the event and that amount did not include additioanl donations from the vendors. This was the 4th Annual Dachshund Derby held [...]
Avon Township June 13th Board Meeting
June 13th, 2011 Gene Carey At the June 13th Avon Township Board meeting Township Supervisor, Sam Yingling, thanked those who helped plant the Community Garden as well as Leider’s Garden Greenery in Grayslake and Ralph’s Greenhouse in Round Lake for their contribution of almost 90% of the plants. The Board discussed and voted on several items on the evenings agenda. [...]
Planting The Avon Township Community Garden
June 4th, 2011 Gene Carey Saturday was the final get together of volunteers to put the finishing touches on this years Avon Community Garden and Food Pantry Production Farm which is just one of the many projects of the Avon Township Community Foundation headed by Wendy Warden. Two weeks ago quite a number of vegetable rows were planted but since the community [...]
Daisy Troop 40559 Plants Their Vegetable Garden
May 21st, 2011 Gene Carey Round Lake’s Daisy Troop 40559 got their vegetable garden completed on Saturday, May 21st, digging in the freshly tilled soil at the Avon Township Community Garden. After their final meeting before summer break, the Daisy Troop spent several hours planting the tomato plants that each girl had previously started plus rows of other seeds such [...]
$300,000 For Forest District Website Makeover!
May 14th, 2011 Gene Carey The Lake County Board/Forest Preserve Board has approved $300,000 for the updating of the Forest Preserve website AND that they have and are expected to again cut funding to the University of Ill. Ext. Center. The U of I Ext. Center serves the most ‘at risk’ families in the county and helps other organizations serve [...]
Posted in Avon Township Food Pantry, District 116 Area News, Round Lake News Tags: Avon Township Community Foundation, Avon Township Food Pantry, Forest Preserve Board, Forest Preserve website, funding, Lake County Board, lake county forest district, lake county forest district website, Lake County Forest Preserve District, Lake County Forest Preserve District Budget, LCFPD Budget, University of Illinois Extension Center 2 Comments »
