September 2021 updates

We are so happy to see things starting to pick up around the community. If you know of any activities or events you want to spread the word about, please let me know.

Also, we recently had a problem with our website and lost a bunch of our newsletter subscribers :(

If you enjoy our newsletter, please forward it to a friend (or two, or three :) and encourage them to sign up to receive monthly community updates www.thelocals.be/newsletter

New India Bazar: WE ACCEPT SNAP BENEFITS/ EBT CARDS

Great news! The Locals received a grant from the Arkansas Community Foundation to create a marketing campaign for local food, as well as to help farm stands, farmers markets, and any place where local food is available, to apply and get set up to accept SNAP/EBT benefits. If you are interested in this please contact me at [email protected]
The more people know where local food is available, and the more accessible it is, the more local food sales will increase! Please share this so it can reach the people that can benefit from this opportunity. 

Carolyn Lewis Elementary in Conway is searching for a service member to manage the school garden from September 2021- July 15th 2022. This is an amazing paid professional development opportunityThis position pays $22,000 over the course of 11 months and includes health insurance. There is also potential for childcare assistance.

Apply using this link: https://foodcorps.org/apply/ 

To learn more about FoodCorps Arkansas, click here

You can also check out our recruitment powerpoint, here.

For any questions contact [email protected] 

Hope to see you soon!

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published this page in Blog 2021-10-04 13:54:21 -0500