2022 FALL APPEAL: CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF FRIENDS OF SPANNOCCHIA!

What were you doing twenty years ago? If you reflect on that time, you likely recognize the growth, challenges, and learning you’ve experienced. Fun fact: I was a recent college grad, eagerly preparing for a farming internship in Italy that would shape my life! 2002 is also the year a dedicated and visionary group founded the Spannocchia Foundation (now Friends of Spannocchia) with the purpose of sponsoring cultural and environmental education at the farm. As we celebrate twenty years of growing, learning, and sustaining, we’re taking the opportunity to appreciate where we started and how far we’ve come. Our farm internship program now has an increased focus on formal education and participants with long-term goals in related fields. We started offering apprenticeships in cooking and butchery, honoring the culinary traditions of Tuscany. We also used the pandemic-driven hiatus to assess and improve our programs, relaunching them this year with a renewed commitment to education, sustainability, and community. And, we are addressing accessibility concerns, recently establishing our Internship Scholarship Fund to minimize financial barriers to participation. Behind the changes and growth of the last twenty years, there has been a very important constant: The generosity of our loyal supporters—our Friends. Whether you’ve been with us from the beginning, or you’re new to our organization, your annual membership gift allows us to continue and expand our impactful work. So, what’s next? With support from our amazing community, we’ll be looking to further secure Spannocchia’s legacy as a center for sustainability, education, conservation, and Italian history and culture. Please make your year-end gift now, and help move us forward into the next twenty years, and beyond. Grazie mille, Sarah Allenby Executive Director, Friends of Spannocchia P.S. If you’re able, please consider a contribution to our restricted Scholarship Fund, in addition to your annual membership gift!

Click here to view the full appeal PDF.

What were you doing twenty years ago? If you reflect on that time, you likely recognize the growth, challenges, and learning you’ve experienced. Fun fact: I was a recent college grad, eagerly preparing for a farming internship in Italy that would shape my life! 2002 is also the year a dedicated and visionary group founded the Spannocchia Foundation (now Friends of Spannocchia) with the purpose of sponsoring cultural and environmental education at the farm. As we celebrate twenty years of growing, learning, and sustaining, we’re taking the opportunity to appreciate where we started and how far we’ve come. Our farm internship program now has an increased focus on formal education and participants with long-term goals in related fields. We started offering apprenticeships in cooking and butchery, honoring the culinary traditions of Tuscany. We also used the pandemic-driven hiatus to assess and improve our programs, relaunching them this year with a renewed commitment to education, sustainability, and community. And, we are addressing accessibility concerns, recently establishing our Internship Scholarship Fund to minimize financial barriers to participation. Behind the changes and growth of the last twenty years, there has been a very important constant: The generosity of our loyal supporters—our Friends. Whether you’ve been with us from the beginning, or you’re new to our organization, your annual membership gift allows us to continue and expand our impactful work. So, what’s next? With support from our amazing community, we’ll be looking to further secure Spannocchia’s legacy as a center for sustainability, education, conservation, and Italian history and culture. Please make your year-end gift now, and help move us forward into the next twenty years, and beyond. Grazie mille, Sarah Allenby Executive Director, Friends of Spannocchia P.S. If you’re able, please consider a contribution to our restricted Scholarship Fund, in addition to your annual membership gift!

Click here to view the full appeal PDF.

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