Morton Grove Farmers' Market June 11th 8 am - 12 pm

Morton Grove Farmers' MarketE-Newsletter Season 7, Market 3 June 9, 2016~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This Saturday will be a BUSY DAY in Morton Grove!

• The Morton Grove Farmers' Market will be this Saturday, June 11th from 8 am - 12 pm

• 8:00 - 9:30 am Entertainment: The Amadeo String Duo featuring David Caplan and Robert Sanders on the cello and violin, respectively

• 10 am - 12 pm Entertainment: The Jim Jacobs Quintet
• 8:00 am - 12 pm Entertainment: Ryan Freeman of RC Juggles

• Community Group: Mather LifeWays
• Community Group: Morton Grove Chamber of Commerce

• Community Group: Morton Grove Park District

• The Morton Grove's Haupt-Yehl House Museum will be open every Saturday from 9-12 during the season. This Saturday, celebrate its 30th Anniversary from 12 pm - 3 pm.

• The Morton Grove Park District's Sizzle Into Summer activities start at 12 pm with Harrer Pool activities. Children's activities start at 1 pm, Live Music begins at 5:30 pm. For more information, click here.

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2016 Market Friends Program

Market Friends applications are now being accepted!
Pick up your application at the Welcome Booth or print one here.
With a donation of $25 or more, your would receive this wonderful Market Friends reusable metal water bottles.

Thank you so much for all of your support. We'll see you at the Market!

The Morton Grove Farmers' Market Steering Committee

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Here are our Confirmed Vendors for June 11th:

• Bee in Beezyness with God Honey
• Benhart Farm
• Blankenship Farm
• Brick Oven Kitchen
• The Cheese People
• Fannie's
• LAZ Cosmetics / Morning Dew Designs
• Lyons Fruit Farm
• Maier's Bakery
• Pals with Pawz
• Patyk Farm
• Riche Organics
• Roedger Bros. Blueberries
• Tamales Express
• Wright Way Farm

The Vendor Committee is still accepting 2016 Regular Season Applications for our Regular Season (June - October). We are specifically seeking a knife sharpener, bakery, and prepared food vendors/food trucks. Vendor applications are available on our website: http://mgfarmersmarket.com/vendors

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Thanks so much to everyone who participated in our

Opening Day Ceremonies last Saturday!

From L to R: MGFM Market Manager Rich Block (MGCCI Director), Mayor Dan DiMaria, MGCCI Secretary Deb Manno (MB Bank), Village Trustees Ed Ramos and John Thill, Village Clerk Connie Travis, MG Park District Board President Dan Staackmann, Village Trustee Rita Minx, and MG Park District Executive Director Jeff Wait.

Not pictured: MGFM Market Managers Lorri Fishman (Volunteer Coordinator), Peggy Leib (Vendor Coordinator), Brad Moldofsky (Entertainment Director), Elaine Monterola (PR Director), and Susan Werth (Treasurer).

• Boy Scout Troop #228
• Cub Scout Pack #228

• Golf Middle School Band

• Golf Middle School Show Chorus

• Golf School District 67 PTA

• Morton Grove Police Department

• U of I Extension's Master Gardener Pat Reband

• Allstate Agency Cecelia Maiogan

• MB Financial Bank

Thank you very much to Karie Angell Luc from the Morton Grove Champion / Chicago Tribune for the Opening Day article here.

For more photos and videos, please visit our Facebook photo album and Flickr photo album. We'd LOVE to see your photos! E-mail them to connect @mgfarmermarket.com, upload to Facebook, or tag Instagram photos with #mgfarmersmarket and @mgfarmersmarket.

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Want to VOLUNTEER at the Morton Grove Farmers' Market?

If you would like to sign up to volunteer for a few hours during our Regular Season(June - October), please e-mail Volunteer Coordinator Lorri at volunteer@mgfarmersmarket.com.

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Upcoming Events:

Saturday, June 18th Regular Market Market Hours 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Saturday, June 25th Regular Market Market Hours 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Saturday, July 2nd - NO Market

The Morton Grove Days events will be held from July 1 - July 4 at Harrer Park. Interested in volunteering? Send an email to mortongrovedays@gmail.com and a volunteer coordinator will get in touch.

Saturday, July 9th Senior Day Market Hours 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Saturday, July 16th PIE CONTEST

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The Morton Grove Farmers' Market is proud to accept the

SNAP/LINK/EBT card again this season!

Thank you to our program sponsors BMO Harris Bank andCreative Promotional Products
SNAP is the federal government's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Link is the Illinois assistance program that provides SNAP funds to those who qualify based on income and household size. To see if you qualify for Link services, complete the SNAP Eligibility Calculator located online here: http://fscalc.dhs.illinois.gov/FSCalc/
NorthShore University HealthSystem has once again awarded us a generous grant that will enable us to offer a Double Value Token program.
From our MGFM Link FAQ: Double Value tokens are matching funds provided by NorthShore University HealthSystem. For each dollar deducted from your Link card, you will receive two Link tokens - up to $25 in matching funds per customer per day.
Double Value tokens will be distributed each week at the Market's EBT booth until the funds are depleted. For example, if you deduct $20 from your Link card, you will receive 40 Link tokens (20+20). If you deduct $40, you will receive 65 Link tokens (40+25).

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2016 Sponsorships still being accepted!

The deadline to appear on our Sponsor Banner has passed, but all the other sponsor benefits are still available.

Download our MGFM Sponsor Letter and application here.
E-mail sponsorship@mgfarmersmarket.com with questions.Thank you to the generous businesses who have already committed to a 2016 sponsorship!

See the latest Sponsor List here: http://mgfarmersmarket.com/sponsors

THANK YOU so much to our 2016 Sponsors!

Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

Advanced Dentistry

Bella Lawns / Bella Plowing

Bianco Properties - Dempster Crossing

China Chef

GymGuyz

Kochman Consulting

Midwest Center for Women's Healthcare

Morton Grove Coins and Collectibles

My Gym Skokie

North Shore Martial Arts

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For more information about our calendar, vendors or sponsors, please call 847.750.6436, e-mail connect AT mgfarmersmarket.com, or visit our website: www.mgfarmersmarket.com

STAY CONNECTED

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