Allied First Bank Community Garden Makes First Donation

The following announcement was submitted by Allied Community Bank.

Allied First Bank is pleased to announce the first donation of produce to the Kendall County Food Pantry from its community garden on Wednesday as part of the Plant a Row for the Hungry Program.

Items donated included zucchini, yellow squash, tomatoes, and red beets, and totaled approximately 15 pounds.

The bank opened the Community Garden this year, giving its customers the opportunity to grow produce for themselves and for charity. The garden has been maintained and grown using only organic gardening methods.

Nationwide the Plant a Row Program in 2010 donated more than a million pounds of fresh produce directly into the hands of those in need.  The produce donated by local gardeners will be tallied by weight, and donated to local families facing hunger issues through the Kendall County Food Pantry.

In 2010 the national Plant a Row program donated more than a million pounds of produce directly into the hands of those in need.

For more information about Plant a Row, visit www.gardenwriters.org/par.  For more information about the community garden, please contact Andy Hardin at ahardin@alliedfirst.com.

For more information about Allied First Bank, visit www.alliedfirst.com