Philip Paige of Madrid was recently elected to serve a
three-year term on the GardenShare Board of Directors starting in January
2017. Mr. Paige is a graduate of SUNY
Potsdam with a Masters in Public Administration from Syracuse University. He was recently appointed as the Assistant County
Administrator for St. Lawrence County.
Mr. Paige brings a passion for organic gardening and working on the
problem of hunger to GardenShare's work.
He will serve on the organization's Finance Committee.
Earlier this year, Tamera Rizk of Potsdam was also elected
to a three-year term on the GardenShare
Board of Directors. Ms. Rizk is the
Assistant Dean of Students at Clarkson University, where her activities include
coordinating student efforts around local hunger issues. She is passionate about food system and food
justice issues and expresses her desire for all community members to have
access to healthy, local, and ethically sourced food. Ms. Rizk is serving on both the Finance
Committee and the Education and Outreach Committee.
"We are thrilled to have these committed and highly qualified
people join our volunteer Board of Directors," said Board President CarolPynchon of Canton. "They bring a
wealth of experience and knowledge to allow GardenShare to continue to serve
the needs of our communities in St. Lawrence County."
GardenShare
has worked to end hunger and strengthen our local food system since 1996. Originally formed as a network of gardeners
sharing their extra harvest with local food pantries, GardenShare has since
embraced a larger vision for the region, which is summarized in the slogan,
"Healthy Food, Healthy Farms,
Everybody Eats." The
organization's work to help low-income people access fresh, locally grown food
and to strengthen the food system are designed to move the community toward GardenShare's mission - to solve the problem
of hunger in St. Lawrence County through policy advocacy work and by
strengthening the food system to benefit all County residents.
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