We are so proud to announce that the Urban Farm Collective has been selected to be in this years Willamette Week Give Guide! Last year the Give Guide was distributed to nearly 100,000 people and raised 1.2 million dollars for local charities.
On the heals of a successful kickstarter campaign,it may seem that the UFC is on the home stretch financially. This could not be further from the truth. If we can all promote the Give Guide with as much excitement and vigor as we promoted the kickstarter,we could raise enough to build a proper greenhouse,build more water catchment systems and make the drastic improvements necessary to our compost site. The kickstarter campaign provided the funding for us to be able to do what we do. The Give Guide could provide the funding for us to do what we do well.
The Give Guide is published around Christmas time and it functions much like kickstarter,in that donors receive rewards for their contributions. The difference is that instead of the UFC providing these rewards,the Willamette Week enlists local businesses to provide the rewards,and some of them have gone above and beyond. For example,if you give through the Give Guide on November 17th,you could win one bottle of each liquor that Clear Creek makes (think one full page,single spaced). This is an amazing opportunity and I hope that you all will give the UFC an assist when those Christmas bells start ringing.