The Green Heart Project, Inc.

My goal is to raise $7,500 by the end of the year to benefit The Green Heart Project, and if I succeed, my boyfriend Alex Mims will shave his beard. Alex has been "growing" his beard for over 6 years, and I have yet to see what he looks like without a beard. Both Alex and I have volunteered with Green Heart on several occasions, helping build beds at the Urban Farm and attending several Green heart functions.

My Mission: Alex shaving his beard.

The Cause: To support The Green Heart Project & its mission to build garden-based experiential learning projects to educate students, connect people, and cultivate community. Green Heart’s Vision is to cultivate a community of engaged citizens that value & respect their health, neighbors and the environment, through growing, eating and celebrating food. To learn more about Green Heart, visit their website here: The Green Heart Project

Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to me- we are all excited to see those dimples underneath that beard :) Please share and encourage other's to support as well.

LoftinLoaded LC is fundraising for The Green Heart Project for our beloved Charleston neighborhoods!

The Green Heart Project was started at Julian Mitchell Elementary School, a local Title-1 public school in a labeled food desert. The majority of students attending Title-1 schools come from low-income households that lack access to fresh fruits and veggies that we need to be healthy humans!

Started by Karalee Nielsen and Chauncey Jordan, the experiment of one school garden SPROUTED into much more!!! With over 16 locations, The Green Heart Project provides the opportunity for students to develop social and emotional skills through mentors and local role models. Children also learn the importance of sustainability as it applies to our local food systems, and why it is important for us as citizens to care for our environment.

The GHP also hosts an urban garden in Charleston that reiterates environmental responsibility to participate as active citizens; deepening the connection to cultural heritage and its ethics! They provide lessons based on nutrition, gardening techniques, and culinary processes!

LoftinLoaded LOVES local and the idea of getting outside for a good cause. Therefore, at the launch Symbiosis Artist & Vendor Showcase at Sweatman's Garden JUNE 1st, 3-7pm, Loftin Kohn will be hosting an open donation for such a great cause! Also, Sweatman's Garden plans to create a one of a kind craft Mocktial, giving a percentage of the proceeds to Loftin's crowd funding of The GHP!