Bright Beat

Kudos to everyone who made this inspiring event possible! Principal Parra and Chef Jeff at Carl Von Linné Elementary School, Lisa Sanzenbacher and Friends of Carl Von Linne, our amazing neighbors at Avondale Gardening Alliance, Concordia Place's Ruckus Teens Entrepreneurs, and the generous, loving community that is Chicagoland Food Sovereignty Coalition (donate your time or resources today!)

would not exist in IL if it weren't for the dedication of the crew at Illinois Food Scrap & Composting Coalition. Thanks, friends. Let's do it again next year!!

More options than ever to SMASH PUMPKINS! www.scarce.org/pumpkins/

🎃♻️THIS SATURDAY 11/6 🎃♻️
Let’s get a million pounds of pumpkins out of landfills and back into the Illinois soil that produces 90% of the world’s pumpkins!! See list of Chicago locations or PLEASE find a SMASH near you at: www.scarce.org/pumpkins/

CHICAGO:
Plant Chicago 4459 S Marshfield Ave
Gary Comer Youth Center 7200 S Ingleside Ave
Chicago Vocational High School 2100 E 87th St
Lake View High School Chicago 4015 N Ashland Ave
Chicago High School Agricultural Sciences 3857 W 111th St

Pumpkins must be free of candles, stickers, glitter, yarn, synthetic decorations. They CAN be decorated with water-based paints.

SCARCE, University of Illinois Extension, LRS, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Department of Streets & Sanitation Illinois Food Scrap Coalition

“You must be ready for change, empathetic to how the pandemic is impacting different people differently, and never lose sight of the core principles that you operate by, like reducing waste, buying locally, and supporting the communities that we live and work in.”
Great perspective from Doug Bradley, SAVOR McCormick Place, an Illinois Food Scrap Coalition partner:
https://illinoiscomposts.org/case-studies/sustaining-partner-spotlight-savorchicago-at-mccormick-place/