On the QT | The Official Newsletter of GWA February-March 2016 | Page 7

The GWA Foundation joined
with partner GWA and has
selected Kellen for full-service
management of all Foundation
activities and projects.
(Download your copy in member’s area on the GWA website).
Kellen Account Executive and GWA Deputy Executive Director
Ashley Hodak Sullivan will serve as Executive Director of the
GWA Foundation, overseeing day-to-day operations and projects
from the company’s New York office.
Additionally, the GWA Foundation has received $50,000 from
ScottsMiracle-Gro’s Gro1000 project to support its keystone
project, Plant a Row for the Hungry (PAR). The 2016 agreement
continues a multiyear partnership of green programs supporting
local communities.
This spring, the GWA Foundation will join the Gro1000 program
in four cities: Atlanta, New York, Providence and St. Louis, as
Showcase Grants are presented for each community project.
As part of multiyear effort, the Gro1000 program provides grants

Since 2010, Jodi Torpey has organized a PAR effort in Denver. Local
seed companies, especially Lake Valley Seed, donate thousands of
packets of the previous season’s vegetable and herb seeds to the
effort. One of the big seed giveaways is at the annual Denver Master
Gardener’s Plant-a-Paloo