Author: Bob Patterson-Sumwalt

July 10-16

Hello All, this week we had 64 volunteer hours at the garden.   Special thanks, Amelia, Barb, Bob, Clarissa, Claudia, Donna, Elrico, Ken, Lavorn, Lizzie and Marion.  Special thanks to Clarrisa and Donna for helping with picking and delivering 60 lbs of produce to Neighborhood house on Thursday.  On Saturday we had 8 […]

July 3-9

This week MH had 67 hours of volunteering thanks to Donna, Jim, Marge, Amelia and Bob.   We finished painting the barn and installing the hardware making the barn fully functional.  We will be building shelves and benches to organize tools and equipment.  We are making great use of the loft […]

June 26-July 2

On Thursday June 30 we had our first Neighborhood House Food Pantry Harvest.  We provided 70 lbs. of greens and herbs. Volunteers picked  turnip greens, kale, Swiss chard, kohlrabi, broccoli, collards, mustard greens, onions, spinach, parsley, rosemary, arugula and thyme.  The barn is closer to completion with the roofing done  […]

June 19-25

We had a good week at Mulberry Hill and made great progress on projects and beds.   Volunteer hours totaled 76 with thanks to Donna, Jeff, Pazoau, Enrico, Lovie, David, Mike, James and Bob.  Contract construction 1099 labor totaled 14.5 hours.  The barn is closer to completion.  We finished the fly […]

Free Fundraising Platform

Mulberry Hill has signed up with a new fundraising platform that is free for non-profits.  It is called Zeffy. This means that if you donate $50 or $100 then 100% of that goes to MH. The fee to the donor is optional. This means you can donate without paying a fee or […]

Mulberry Hill awarded $4,000 CIP matching grant

Help us raise $4,000 to fulfill this matching grant.  In our 2nd year, we have been awarded our 2nd City of Milwaukee Community Improvement Project grant. Last year we received a check from the City of Milwaukee in the amount of $3725 after we completed the proposed projects. These include the […]