by Jim Earley | Jul 26, 2024 | Gleaning, Volunteer
It’s difficult to believe, but 2024 is going by at such a rapid clip that we begin gleaning at Reed Valley Orchard next month! Glean Kentucky has been partnering with Reed Valley Orchard and now Stepping Stone Farm, who took over management and operations of the...
by Jim Earley | Apr 29, 2024 | Networking
Toward the beginning of 2023, I was asked if I would be interested in serving on the Board of Directors for the Association of Gleaning Organizations. Our previous Executive Director, Stephanie Wooten, had served as Vice Chair of the organization and had worked with...
by Jim Earley | Nov 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
As we move from fall into winter, the staff here at Glean Kentucky is in the midst of many positive changes. As you may have read above, Gaby Gonzalez has come on as our Development Assistant, which we are all very excited about. Gaby is the second former Americorps...
by Jim Earley | Mar 29, 2022 | Gleaning, Hunger, Partner, Volunteer
Sadly, we learned two and a half weeks ago through a conversation with Costco Receiving staff, that as a result of decisions made between the Costco corporate office and the Lexington Costco location’s new manager, that Glean Kentucky would likely lose Costco’s...
by Jim Earley | Jan 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
We have several open gleaning spots this week (and will have them for the foreseeable future) as a handful of our usual gleaners have had to step away for a little while. If you have any extra time or energy over the next several weeks, we’d certainly appreciate...
