Allyn's Creek Garden Club

On October 28, 2019, the ACGC was proud to host Sophie Glovier and Kim Haren, from C-Change Conversations , based in Princeton, NJ. Their day began with a morning presentation to members of the Allyn's Creek and Rochester Garden Clubs at the Strong Museum of Play. Later in the day, they were grateful for the opportunity to be guests and share their message on WXXI's radio program Connections with Evan Dawson. The hour-long program can be heard here: https://www.wxxinews.org/post/connections-can-climate-action-be-nonpartisan The evening presentation at Nazareth College attracted over 140 people. Glovier discussed how we know climate change is real, how we know that humans have contributed to it, and what we can do to mitigate it. C-Change is attempting to de-politicize the issue of climate change, and to encourage people to take constructive action. Representatives were on hand from several Rochester organizations providing information about sustainability initiativ

The  Allyn’s Creek Garden Club   helps fund scholarships for  Green Visions  interns, which operates  under the Greentopia organization's umbrella. In September 2019, club members visited Green Visions' expansive garden site located on  Whitney Street, in the JOSANA neighborhood. A second site, operated in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, is located on Joseph Avenue.  Morgan and Tiani explaining the program Morgan Barry, Program Director, gave an overview of the garden, and invited us to walk around and admire the beautiful flowers still in bloom in late September. Morgan graduated from the RCSD and SUNY Oswego (BA English), and although he had no gardening experience, he leapt at the opportunity to give back to the community through Green Visions. He also introduced us to Tiani Jennings, who enrolled in the program when she was 17, then obtained her GED, and now serves as Site Manager. Green Visions, which was founded in 2013, is a workforce development program targeti