We are so excited to work with Teens Grow Greens and Webers Greenhouse for plant donations again this year. We are looking to gather plants for the upcoming growing season and will gladly take any plant donations. You can donate $20 for a Plant Box (comes with several plants hand picked for the garden) or go into their store...Read More
Tuesday, November 22 is Giving First day – a day that flips the script on Giving Tuesday and asks you to give before Black Friday and Cyber Monday. We’re setting a goal today to raise $5000, which is what it costs our organization to maintain the garden spaces throughout the year (outside of work kids do on...Read More
IT IS OFFICIAL. THE 500 BLACK TUXEDOS EVENT 2022 will be held at THE ITALIAN COMMUNITY CENTER on the Lakefront of Milwaukee on Saturday, December 10th, 2022. For signup, donation and volunteer information, click here for thecagemke.com.Read More
We Got This is excited to kick off its 10th year of growing young leaders on Saturday June 11th at 8am. Young men, middle and high school age, are invited to come out to the We Got This Community Garden on the corner of 9th and Ring to make a positive impact on the community...Read More
Plant Donation with Teens Grow Greens We are also looking to gather plants for the upcoming growing season and will gladly take plant donations. We have a great opportunity with Weber’s Greenhouse & Teens Grow Greens where you can donate $20 for a Plant Box (comes with several plants hand picked for the garden) or go into their store and select any...Read More
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — The 6th season of ‘We Got This’ wrapped up on Saturday. It’s a community beautification and improvement program near 9th and Ring in Milwaukee. Artist and Activist Andre Lee Ellis and his wife Angela adopted an abandoned community garden next to their house at 9th and Ring, making it an informal...Read More
Printed on http://milwaukeecourieronline.com Boys travel from all around Milwaukee to the corner of 9th and Ring to be apart of We Got This. Photo by Dylan Deprey The clock struck 7:59 a.m. “You’ve got one minute,” shouted Andre Lee Ellis, to a boy starting to pick up speed as he ended up taking off into a full sprint past the corner of...Read More
This Saturday when you visit The Garden you will see the young men operating under a different order. I have a small group of brothers that are 18 and older that will help keep order and share more with the brothers because we are growing so fast. We will introduce “The Clothing Closet.” This is...Read More
