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  • Real Food Project Community Meal at ACCT – June

    Real Food Project Community Meal at ACCT – June

    Galveston’s Own Farmers Market partners with other non-profit organizations to deliver Community Meals — where with the help of volunteers, we are able to provide a free hot home cooked meal to their patrons!

    What do volunteers do?

    • Volunteers can whip up a dish based on the theme -or- help us serve!

    • Sign ups indicate the need (main, salad, side, dessert, -or- server). Volunteers can sign up for which dish they’d like to make via our Volunteer Portal.

    • The sign ups are for 10 servings – if you’d like to make more than 10, sign up for more than 1 slot.

    • This Month’s Theme is Summer Vegetables

    Ready to make something delicious? Follow the below instructions to sign up!

    Questions?

    Email Volunteer Coordinator at Volunteer@gofarmersmarket.com

    Thursday, June 20

    11:30 AM – 1:30 PM (11:30 AM Drop Off)

    Access Care of Coastal Texas (ACCT)

    Address: 707 23rd St, Galveston, TX 77550

  • Real Food Project Community Meal at Gulf Breeze – June

    Real Food Project Community Meal at Gulf Breeze – June

    Galveston’s Own Farmers Market partners with other non-profit organizations to deliver Community Meals — where with the help of volunteers, we are able to provide a free hot home cooked meal to their patrons!

    What do volunteers do?

    • Volunteers can whip up a dish based on the theme -or- help us serve!

    • Sign ups indicate the need (main, salad, side, dessert, -or- server). Volunteers can sign up for which dish they’d like to make via our Volunteer Portal.

    • The sign ups are for 10 servings – if you’d like to make more than 10, sign up for more than 1 slot.

    • This Month’s Theme is Summer Vegetables

    Ready to make something delicious? Follow the below instructions to sign up!

    If you’d like to make a side dish for this — follow the below instructions:

    Questions? Email Volunteer Coordinator at Volunteer@gofarmersmarket.com

    Thursday, June 6

    4:30 PM – 6:00 PM (4:30 PM Drop Off)

    Gulf Breeze Apartments

    Address: 1211 21st ST Galveston, TX 77550

  • 5/26 – Blood Drive at GOFM

    5/26 – Blood Drive at GOFM

    While 1 in 7 hospitalized people will need a blood transfusion in a lifetime, only 1 in 20 eligible blood donors actually donate. There is no substitute for blood – your donation saves lives.

    Plus if you donate blood, you’ll receive a FREE sling bag!



    Schedule your appointment ahead of time!

    Date & Time:

    May 26

    9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

    About Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center

    Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center needs 1,000 donations every day of the year to serve patients in our community. Giving on an ongoing basis helps ensure blood components are always available for the patients we serve. Your donation could mean the difference between life and death for someone, and that’s why we’re so grateful for you. 

  • 5/5 – Calling all Backyard Growers!

    5/5 – Calling all Backyard Growers!

    Are you a backyard gardener? Do you have excess seasonal produce & want to make a little bonus money? Well, have we got the program for you!

    Stop by the booth to learn more about GOFM’s Backyard Growers program & how you can start selling at market. Here’s the quick scoop:

    • Easy, low-cost entry into our established marketplace!

    • All ages & experiences are welcome.

    • Whether you have occasional abundance you want to share or simply aren’t ready to jump into being a full market vendor, BYG makes it easy to sell your agricultural goods!

    • You can sell fruits, vegetables, flowers, houseplants/landscaping plants, or eggs (with some constraints) grown by you on your property using organic methods

    • We’ll provide the tent, the table, and even the insurance!

    Date:

    May 5

    9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

    at Galveston’s Own Farmers Market (3304 Market)

  • Real Food Project Community Meal at ACCT – May

    Real Food Project Community Meal at ACCT – May

    Galveston’s Own Farmers Market partners with other non-profit organizations to deliver Community Meals — where with the help of volunteers, we are able to provide a free hot home cooked meal to their patrons!

    What do volunteers do?

    • Volunteers can whip up a dish based on the theme -or- help us serve!

    • Sign ups indicate the need (main, salad, side, dessert, -or- server). Volunteers can sign up for which dish they’d like to make via our Volunteer Portal.

    • The sign ups are for 10 servings – if you’d like to make more than 10, sign up for more than 1 slot.

    • This Month’s Theme is Comfort Food

    Ready to make something delicious? Follow the below instructions to sign up!

    Questions?

    Email Volunteer Coordinator at Volunteer@gofarmersmarket.com

    Thursday, May 16

    11:30 AM – 1:30 PM (11:30 AM Drop Off)

    Access Care of Coastal Texas (ACCT)

    Address: 707 23rd St, Galveston, TX 77550

  • Real Food Project Community Meal at Gulf Breeze – May

    Real Food Project Community Meal at Gulf Breeze – May

    Galveston’s Own Farmers Market partners with other non-profit organizations to deliver Community Meals — where with the help of volunteers, we are able to provide a free hot home cooked meal to their patrons!

    What do volunteers do?

    • Volunteers can whip up a dish based on the theme -or- help us serve!

    • Sign ups indicate the need (main, salad, side, dessert, -or- server). Volunteers can sign up for which dish they’d like to make via our Volunteer Portal.

    • The sign ups are for 10 servings – if you’d like to make more than 10, sign up for more than 1 slot.

    • This Month’s Theme is Comfort Food

    Ready to make something delicious? Follow the below instructions to sign up!

    If you’d like to make a side dish for this — follow the below instructions:

    Questions? Email Volunteer Coordinator at Volunteer@gofarmersmarket.com

    Thursday, May 2

    4:30 PM – 6:00 PM (4:30 PM Drop Off)

    Gulf Breeze Apartments

    Address: 1211 21st ST Galveston, TX 77550

  • 4/28 – Load Up the Little Library!

    4/28 – Load Up the Little Library!

    Check out the brand new ‘Free Little Library’, that will soon find a home at GOFM’s McGuire Dent Victory Garden!

    • Donate, swap, or take home some books,

    • Meet the passionate minds behind it all, Michael & Sara Niebuhr,

    • and at 10 AM, kids can enjoy a story time!

    Dates:

    April 28

    9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

    at Galveston’s Own Farmers Market (3304 Market)

  • Ask a Galveston County Master Gardener!

    Ask a Galveston County Master Gardener!

    Stop by the Galveston County Master Gardener’s Booth to learn a thing or 2 about gardening!

    Kids can also partake in their fun lil’ activities – like propagating green bean seeds in newspaper pots for them to take home -or- inspecting the cool insect trays.

    Dates:

    March 10

    April 7

    May 12

    9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

    About Texas Master Gardeners

    The Master Gardener Program is a volunteer development program offered by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and is designed to increase the availability of horticultural information and improve the quality of life through horticultural projects.

    Learn more on their website>

  • 4/21 – Buy Nothing

    4/21 – Buy Nothing

    Give & receive, share, lend, and express gratitude through a worldwide network of micro-local gift economies.

    It is as easy as 1-2-3:

    1. Bring up to 5 items MAX that you would like to give. Please no perishable food items!

    2. Take what you need or want.

    3. Any items left will be donated.

    It is give, take, or both! We give out of abundance with no expectation of anything in return.

    We do not encourage trading/bartering/buying/selling (as that is gifting with expectation of receiving).

    Sign up to Volunteer for Buy Nothing here>

    Dates:

    April 21, 2024

    9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

    at Galveston’s Own Farmers Market (3304 Market, 77550)

    About the Buy Nothing.

    Give Freely. Share creatively.

    Follow us at https://www.facebook.com/BuyNothingProject/

    We offer members a way to give and receive, share, lend, and express gratitude through a worldwide network of micro-local gift economies in which the true wealth is the web of connections formed between people who are real-life neighbors. Post anything you’d like to give away, lend, or share in this Buy Nothing community group. Ask for anything you’d like to receive for free or borrow. Keep it legal. Keep it civil.

    Buy Nothing Galveston, TX, is for neighbors on Galveston Island, TX, in the neighborhoods located within our boundaries (Galveston Island).

    If you live here, we’d love to have you join us! You can join one group only, the group where you live, so you can literally “give where you live.” This is what builds community. In this group there is no buying or selling, no trades or bartering, no soliciting for cash. We’re an adult-only, hyper-local gift economy. We are not a charity or community bulletin board.

    Learn more about the The Buy Nothing Project at

    http://buynothingproject.org/

  • What’s Cookin’ with GOFM’s RFP?

    What’s Cookin’ with GOFM’s RFP?

    Get a real taste of the market at our monthly ‘What’s Cooking with GOFM!’ presented by GOFM’s Real Food Project!

    Every month, our Real Food Project Coordinator busts out the portable burners & makes some unique & delicious using ingredients from the vendors at market.

    Grab a sample while learning more about becoming a super helper in the kitchen with our Community Meals or picking up a culinary trick or 2 at our Cooking Classes.

    Only from 10AM – 12PM or until all the samples are given out!

    Every First Sunday of the Month

    10 AM – 12 PM

    About GOFM’s Real Food Project

    In late 2017, GOFM initiated the Real Food Project, a multifaceted set of programs that all support increased food access, nutrition and community building in Galveston. The RFP includes Community Cooking Classes offered free or low-cost to the public & to private groups, Community Meals coordinated with partners across Galveston County, and most recently, our FreshBox initiative.

    Learn more>

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