Friday, November 6 | 6 PM | The Apple Station, Union Springs NY

Purchase Tickets | Sponsor Harvesting Hope

Proceeds from the Harvesting Hope Fundraiser Dinner will support 2027 Growing Hope Cayuga Youth Projects and Food Systems Career Day at Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES. 10% of ticket sales will be donated to Growing Hope Globally’s Guatemala Western Highlands Overseas Program. 

Please join us for our inaugural fundraising event and enjoy a locally sourced harvest dinner prepared by Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES Culinary Students under the direction of Chef Mark Fitzgerald while supporting youth in advancing lasting solutions to hunger locally and globally.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

6:00 Opening Reception / Networking

6:30 Harvest Dinner

7:15 Growing Hope Locally Youth Projects

7:45 Growing Hope Globally Youth Project

8:15 Q&A, What’s Next

2026 Youth Growing Hope Locally Projects supported by Cayuga County Youth Bureau

Booker T. Washington Community Garden

Cato-Meridian FFA Indoor School Garden Project

Westside Community Garden Urban Youth Farm

Auburn Public Theater Summer Youth Culinary Arts Camp & Meal Support

Parlor Pals 4-H Club Scipio Center Garden Project

CCE Cayuga 4H Sparks Club Container Garden and Moravia Hope Food Pantry Garden Project

2026 Youth Growing Hope Globally Project supported by Spruce Haven Farm

Learn about the Spruce Haven Farm Biochar Research Project with Cornell ProDairy and Union Springs FFA. Proceeds supported Growing Hope Globally’s Guatemala Western Highlands Overseas Program.

Growing Hope Globally – Guatemala Western Highlands Overseas Program

Welcome Curtis Veiock, Growing Hope Globally’s Regional Director for the Ohio Valley, Appalachia, and the East Coast, who will share more about Growing Hope Globally’s mission to advance lasting solutions to hunger and the Guatemala Western Highlands Overseas Program.