This crew feeds my soul while regenerating soil ✨ I've been in Community with these amazing individuals for the last few years- from volunteering to compost community food scraps to soil, helping to establish non-profit status, coordinating with the Youth Climate Corps program for an opportunity to have some amazing internships, and most importantly just being in relationship with this community! ????????♻️????

In 2022 @lbcommunitycompost turned 50,300 pounds of Community members' food scraps into high quality soil amendment, given back to community projects and Andi Svenneby: shared garden spaces, as well as to community member's individual projects on a sliding scale donation. All of this was done with just 312 labor hours out at the piles. Imagine what is possible for community composting in Long Beach. So far this year, we've transformed over 44,000 pounds of food scraps back into the earth????✨

Now, for the first time ever, this volunteer-run operation is looking to grow its impact which means we need funding to create positions. With your help, we will raise $30k to employ a Compost manager at our educational hub. This position would also expand our capacity to help other hubs around the city get started on their own community composting projects- block by block‼️♻️????

As a member of the board of directors, I have pledged to raise $3333 to help Long Beach Community Compost reach their goal during the @longbeachgives campaign, to help fund our first part-time position so we can grow this amazing operation. ❤️

Early giving starts now! Please click to donate today. No amount is too little. If you have disposable income, please consider what you can share to back this campaign. If you have dropped off food scraps to be lovingly processed by hand, reducing pollution in front line communities close to the incinerator here in Long Beach, or if you have volunteered and experienced the joy this group creates and shares with the community, or even if you just follow this page and are just learning about @lbcommunitycompost I am once again asking for your support. And please come by Friday or Sunday to drop off food scraps and/or volunteer with us to experience the magic for yourself!✨ Thank you for your support Y'all!????????