Category: growwhereyouare

  • An Edible Garden on Wall Street

    Los Angeles – October 2009 – The Ballington Plaza VS-65 subsidized housing complex, part of Volunteers of America, is smack dab on Wall Street – just not the Wall Street that you’re thinking of.  It’s in the middle of Skid Row in Downtown Los Angeles where homelessness is an epidemic.  Ballington Plaza provides 275 subsidized…

  • m.a.m.a.’s got some new shoes

    Los Angeles – July 2009 – At our m.a.m.a. e a r t h launch party at Dakota Lounge in Santa Monica, we asked folks to bring their lightly used or new shoe donations. We got an enthusiastic response and were pleased to be able to take all of these great pairs of shoes over…