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Amos House Print
2019 AARP Community Challenge Grantee
Project Category
Public Spaces
This project will improve access to fresh food in South Providence Rhode Island by developing a volunteer managed garden. Food harvested from this project will be prepared and served in the local Soup Kitchen which provides over 130,000 meals to community members each year.
Project Results
Building a community garden at Amos House, a nonprofit that serves people living in poverty, achieved the organization's goals to engage volunteers; increase the use of fresh produce in the meals served in the house’s soup kitchen; and establish a bright and peaceful outdoor space in an urban neighborhood. The 900-square-foot garden with four raised-garden beds and two raised herb containers produced enough produce for a total of 15,600 meals, feeding 650 people during the garden's first five months.
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