The Avon Township Community Foundation in conjunction with Avon Township has doubled the size of this years ‘production farm’. Sam Yingling, Township Supervisor, stated that “The Township is working in conjunction with the Avon Township Community Foundation on this year’s community garden and food pantry production farm. The production farm has been doubled in size this year [...]
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Avon Township “Touch-A-Truck” Sept 25, 2010
September 22nd, 2010 
Gene Carey This will be a fun event for residents of all ages. Avon Township will be sponsoring a FREE Touch-A-Truck event on Saturday, September 25th from 1-4 at the Avon Township Center located at 433 E. Washington St. in Round Lake Park. There will be 50 small pumpkins given away to the first 50 kids in [...]
Avon Forward Slate Returns Another $9,324
September 13th, 2010 Gene Carey Continuing to keep their election year pledge, the Avon Forward Slate returned yet another pay increase to the People of Avon Township! Back in August, 2009, Supervisor Sam Yingling, Clerk Lisa Rusch, and trustees Chris Ditton, Sherry Ridge and Marc Feldstein returned $3,999 to the People of Avon Township. At Monday nights meeting Supervisor Sam [...]
Avon Community Garden Continues To Thrive
July 20th, 2010 Gene Carey On our way back from a trip to Libertyville we made a stop at the Avon Community Garden and Food Pantry Production Farm and took a couple of photos to show how well it is doing. Even with all the hot and humid days we had over the last few days, it appears as though the [...]
Food Pantry Garden Gets Surveillance Cameras
July 14th, 2010 Gene Carey I had asked before the Avon Township Community Garden was planted if they were going to be adding a closed circuit surveillance system and wasn’t surprised when I stopped by a few days ago to see one installed. I had never seen one of the downspout rain water collection barrels and was quite impressed by [...]
Food Pantry Production Farm Finally Gets Tilled
June 17th, 2010 Gene Carey With a short break in the rainy weather, Landscape Concepts was finally able to get their equipment on site and till the Community Garden and Food Pantry Production Farm located behind the Avon Township Center. It appears as though the process that was used to stunt the sod and turn it into nothing more than [...]
Posted in Avon Township Food Pantry, Avon Township Office, District 116 Area News, Round Lake News, Village of Round Lake Beach 
Tags: Avon Township Community Foundation, Avon Township Food Pantry, Community Garden and Food Pantry Production Farm, Landscape Concepts, Round Lake Beach Public Works 
2 Comments »Food Pantry Gets Badly Needed Supplies
May 18th, 2010 Gene Carey It was reported in the Daily Herald and the Grayslake Review that the Avon Township Food Pantry was the recipient of about 3 tons of food items from the recent U.S. Postal Service’s ‘Stamp Out Hunger” program. A big THANKS goes out to all the residents who put non-perishable food items by their mailboxes last [...]
