The Board and Staff would like to express our sincere gratitude to all those supporters who have given generously and shared their time and talents with Gaining Ground this season.

• Belmont Day, Fenn School, Nashoba Brooks School, and Thoreau School, for raising over $14,000 for our Read for Seeds program

• National Charity League, for providing volunteers for mailings and events

• Open Table in Maynard, for their weekly donation of boxes for our produce

• Ride for Food team and supporters, who raised over $14,000 for Gaining Ground

• Ruth Mundon, for her ongoing work with the Gaining Ground office. Her behind-the-scenes help is greatly appreciated.

• Middlesex School Empty Bowls program, which raises money for Gaining Ground

• Wilmington Trust, who sponsored this year’s Community Harvest Celebration

• Concord Carlisle Community Chest, The Agnes M. Lindsay Trust, Foundation for Metrowest, and NRCS

• David Saleh, Kristin Moore and Nancy Heselton, who brought so much knowledge and care  for the benefit of our honey bees

• David Outerbridge and Joe Rigali, who worked on making the pavilion stairs safe for all of our visitors.

• John Gates, Lars Linden, Arturo Martinez, Edith Pendock, Ray Pfau, Susan and Alan Silberberg and Bonnie Trigg, who provided much appreciated support as consistently available volunteers throughout the harvest season.

• Members of this year’s Farm Team, who worked twice a week with our farmers