It is that time of year again -- brilliant rays of sunshine, afternoon showers and the start to the Fall semester at Wingate University. The CCG team hopes that you all had a wonderful and refreshing summer and are gearing up for a fun-filled fall semester!

We have been working hard behind the scenes this summer and in partnership with some amazing local stakeholders, we are excited to announce some amazing things:

a) Farmers Market in our Community Garden every Thursday until Thanksgiving!

b) One Day One Dog -- Serving Together

c) Student Jobs -- the CCG is Hiring!

d) Food and Faith -- a new Community Engaged Course at WU

e) Comic Book Sale -- August 24th at the CCG (4-6pm)

f) ROOTS 3.0 Report

The Wingate Farmer’s Market is a partnership between the NC Cooperative Ag Extension Agency, the Town of Wingate and Wingate University's CCG. This is a new addition to the Wingate Community garden at the corner of Main and Wilson. Come with your family, friends, teammates and buy from local vendors every Thursday afternoon from 3:30-5:30pm (until Thanksgiving).

Are you interested in being a vendor? or are a musician or other artisan that would like to perform at the Farmer's Market -- please reach out to us at the CCG (ccg@wingate.edu)! We would love to hear from you!

Put September 6th from 3-5pm in your Calendars

Every year Wingate University partners with local community members for a day of service in the Spring called "One Day -- One Dog." This year we want to bring the campus and community together early in the school year to brainstorm about how we can make this day even better!

Why have a reception? Two reasons:

a) We want to celebrate the great work being done to serve all our neighbors and

b) Network/Brainstorm to help co-create One Day One Dog, building in the process stronger networks for collaboration.

Come find our more about "One Dog" and Meet and Mingle with faculty, staff and community partners -- and offer your insights as to what this day of service could look like!

Cold drinks and nibbles will be served in the Mezzanine of the Ethyl K Library from 3-5pm TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 6th. At 4pm President Brown will be tell the story of "One Dog" followed by a Q and A and idea sharing. The Library is on Wingate University Campus and the address is 110 Church St. Wingate, NC.

All volunteer coordinators, project leaders, boots-on-the-ground people are welcome! Bring your calendars and imaginations -- and Please RSVP by TUESDAY August 30th end of day.

RSVP Link -- this can be also reached via the QR code on the above invitation. Hope to see you there!

The CCG is excited to partner and support the development of a new community engaged General Education class called: Food and Faith -- The Exploration of Health and Happiness Around the Many Tables of Our Lives. This is a unique course where you get students get their hands dirty in the garden, in the kitchen, and work with amazing community partners to make a difference in our community. The two Fall instructors are Dr. Catherine Wright and Dr. Shea Watts -- and our co-instructors for our cooking classes are Ag Extension Agents Judith Garcia (Union), Marcus McFarland (Union), and Cheri Bennett (Richmond). The CCG Hunger Corp VISTA for 2022-2023 and student Garden manager will also help these students grown and tend the food they will be cooking and sharing with neighbors.

This course is a community engagement, experiential learning approach to teaching and learning. Community engagement links knowledge of community partners, community action, and academic study so that each strengthens the other.

Students will be:

a) Gardening -- tending and growing food that they will cook & share

b) Learning to Cook on a Dime and take part in a "Sauce-y" cooking challenge!

c) Engaging with community partners and learning how they connect food and faith

d) Remembering how their families, friends and faith communities engage with food

e) Co-creating justice oriented food systems

We are so excited to get started August 18th!

The CCG and the ROOTS Planning subcommittee wants to thank everyone who attended our ROOTS Summit 3.0 this past April 26th, 2022 for your presence and participation. We were also excited to have Dr. Chelsea Kaufman and OT graduate student Sarah Hart gathering all of our collected data and insights into our ROOTS Summit 3.0 report. Please click on the links below for access to the resource map, the Executive Summary of our insights, and the full report. We are grateful for all the community partners who supported this ROOTS Summit work -- and we are excited to start planning for ROOTS 4.0.

Coming Soon to our CCG Website! Don't forget to check them out -- and more.

Email: ccg@wingate.edu
Website: http://wingate.edu/around-campus/common-good
Location: Austin Auditorium, Wingate, NC, USA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CCGWingate/