Author: elisgardenofhealing
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Eli’s Cleats program expands to Eli Whitney Technical School.
It’s official! Our Eli’s Cleats program has expanded to Eli Whitney Technical School. What is Eli’s Cleats? It is a program we founded to help keep kids on the field and off the streets. Student-Athletes are driven to get better grades and be better role models in the halls. Our mission is to help students…
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Art in the Park x Brooksvale Sugar Shack concerts
Our first Art in the Park x Brooksvale Park Sugar Shack concerts was a blast! 💥 We can’t wait to hear more great music and hang with new and old friends throughout the series. Three more Sundays! Come see us from 11-1. We will be handing out journals, coloring, painting rocks, making friendship bracelets, creating…
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Hamden Community Resource Guide
The following list of community resources are not an all inclusive list of organizations on a mission to offer healing while ending violence in community but are a fantastic starting point. Thank you to our partners Hamden Youth Services Bureau for allowing us to share this on our website. Hamden Youth Services Bureau, who maintains…
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EGH raises $7,508 through the Travelers Championship
This was our first year participating in the Travelers Championship. We are thrilled to share that over the last few months we have received generous donations through donors like you via our Birdies For Charity link. This includes $6,529 in donations from donors PLUS $979 Bonus Bucks from Webster Bank donation matches. Stay tuned for…
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Art in the park
Our first Art In The Park event was a blast. Thank you Bloom Where Planted for facilitating two great art in nature workshops for us. We left the event with a nice reminder to focus on being present through mindfulness and learned to embrace the patterns of seasons in nature versus a desire for permanence.…
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An update on Elijah’s case
On Monday June 17th, Jenigh Ward pled guilty to the murder of 15-year old Elijah Gomez. On August 12, 2024 Jenigh Ward will be sentenced to 35 years in prison without parole. A message from our President: “We find some comfort knowing that Mr. Ward is admitting guilt and that we do not need to…
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Free gun locks are now available at the Hamden Police Department
Are you a gun owner or do you know someone who is? Worried about a loved one who keeps unlocked guns around? The Hamden Police Department is now enrolled in #projectchildsafe and has free, no questions asked #gunlocks for distribution. Eli’s Garden of Healing is thrilled that the HPD enrolled in this program, at our…
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Healing Garden FAQs
Transforming a former Winchester machine gun test firing range into a healing garden for anyone impacted by violence is not your every day construction project. We get it! Here are some common questions we get asked from the community: I’ve been to DeNicola Park tons of times. There isn’t a gun manufacturer test firing range. Where…
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Hope and Peace Fundraiser: Event recap
EGH is filled with gratitude for the community response to our fundraiser on December 3 at Whitneyville Cultural Commons. The event was titled ‘Transforming Tomorrow: A Fundraiser for Hope and Peace’. During which we talked about our plans for the healing garden transforming a Winchester machine gun test firing range into a place of hope…
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Coming soon: Gun Violence Awareness Traveling Sculpture
This new grant will allow EGH to partner with Swords to Plowshares Northeast to create a gun violence awareness sculpture welded from guns returned to the local police departments during buy-back programs. Like most of our work at EGH, the design process will be rooted in community feedback from members of our community impacted by…