Posts from — July 2009

Thank you to everyone who contributed projects to the Obama Craft Project, to everyone who donated funds to the Obama campaign via our fundraising efforts here at OCP, to everyoen who read this blog and commented. This site has probably been the most personally meaningful project of which I’ve every been involved. With that said, I think I’m going to just let the site be as it is for awile. It’s serving as a wonderful archive of the efforts of you dedicated crafters, and I hope it will be something which inspires folks for years to come. We’ll be back as the 2012 election nears, and if there are bits of news or can’t miss projects that we’ve just got to share with you. For now, thank you, and please visit the OCP site often, as this slideshow will continue to pull new items from the Obama Craft Project flickr pool.

I spotted the inspiring Harvesting Hope project via Julie Ree, who created the gorgeous Crafters for Obama logo that a lot of folks used during the campaign. Harvesting Hope is an inspiring answer to President Obama’s call to service that Julie Ree’s mom started with a bunch of her Obama campaign buddies.

Harvesting Hope is a group of folks in Williamsburg, VA, who have been creating container gardens for 100-plus food-pantry recipients and people living in local subsidized housing communities. Our hope is to sprout gardening communities in these neighborhoods — and help these folks build community gardens.

You can read more on their blog–I was fascinated by the way their container gardening system works. Also, check out Julie Ree’s blog post on the topic as well.