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Provides parks services and recreational programs for individuals of all ages, including Sholem Aquatic Center, Leonhard Recreation Center, Hays Recreation Center, and Eddie Albert Community Garden.

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Community Gardening
Public Parks
General Recreational Activities/Sports

Offers a wide range of programs for individuals of all ages. Services include sports, aquatics, community gardening, fitness and wellness, nature programs, teen programs, summer camps, dance, fitness arts, culture, and environmental programs. There are 20 parks, 8 facilities, and numerous special events for all members of the community.

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Public Parks
Day Camps
General Recreational Activities/Sports
Physical Fitness
Community Gardening

Offers free seeds, seedlings, tools, soil, containers, miscellaneous supplies, gardening expertise, and educational resources to any interested party in the Champaign-Urbana area who would like to start their own garden.

Produce grown in gardens may be used by the owner for their own food needs and/or distributed to community members who are facing economic and food access challenges through a Solidarity Gardens CU distribution network. Participants will receive a Solidarity Garden yard sign, donated by Cunningham Township, to acknowledge their effort.

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Community Gardening
Home Gardening Assistance/Supplies

Provides a 4 x 8 garden plot for adoption. Adoption means planting vegetables, weeding, watering, and harvesting. Mt Pleasant Community Garden is located at 211 S Jackson Street - across from Sarah's Bridal. Must clear out garden plot after the season is over.

Offers support services for older adults, services include friendly calling, home visits, shopping assistance, SHIP (Senior Health Insurance Program), exercise classes, ramp construction, and garden share.

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Medicare Information/Counseling
Friendly Visiting
Errand Running/Shopping Assistance
Community Gardening
Friendly Telephoning
Home Maintenance and Minor Repair Services
General Health Insurance Information/Counseling

Helps individuals and households access locally grown, affordable, and high-quality food through a community garden and farm development program. Working largely with refugee, immigrant, and new American populations, the program provides critical food access to vulnerable portions of the community while educating and empowering others to practice and move towards sustainable food practices.

Garden beds available to community members to grow fresh vegetables for their own use. Community members are invited to pick as much produce as they need from the "Free Farm" beds that City Sprouts maintains.
Gifts and visits to children in crisis, with special needs, and with life-threatening illnesses.

Funds other organizations with a similar mission of aiding children.

Toy drives, letters to 'Santa' handling, prepare gifts, donate funds, visit children in hospitals and homes year round.

Annual dinner, raffle, silent and oral auction, and other events to raise funds for children.

Santa's children/ K.I.D.S program distributes clothing, toys and other products to children referred through their local fire department in Iowa and Nebraska.

Day camp program for medically fragile kids.

Garden camp program all done by volunteers with produce going to those in need through food pantries.

Individuals and families can rent community garden plots on a sliding-scale fee basis. Community gardeners get access to land, tools, water, seeds, and other resources to help them grow their own food.


The farm program is for individuals wanting to grow food to sell as a business. The program offers land access and technical assistance to beginning farmers.


Also provides free educational workshops on growing food and food business topics.


Helps bring SNAP and Double Up Food Bucks to the Hub Farmers Market at 21st & Q during the growing season.

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Food Production Support Services
Gardening/Landscaping Instruction
Cooking Classes
Fresh Food
Community Gardening

Community Garden members each have their own plots. Members join together to help take care of common areas. Located on Highland Avenue, right across the street from Marie's West pantry and main office.

Garden plots for people who would like to own and run and harvest a garden.
Garden plots are offered at Lowe Park, 4500 North 10th Street, Marion. Applicants may call for availability, or to be put on a waiting list.
Offers a community garden that provides fresh produce to patrons of the food pantry.

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Community Gardening

Community Garden members each have their own plots. Members join together to help take care of common areas. Located on Highland Avenue, right across the street from Marie's West pantry and main office.