Durham College (DC) would like to offer special thanks to the Alumni Association Board of Directors, which recently approved a donation of $10,000 to help with landscaping at the Whitby campus’ Centre for Food (CFF). This donation contributed to the completion of the landscaping for the north side; in particular, the plants located at the front entrance.

A special bench for the front entrance of the CFF, beautifully handcrafted by Whitby campus faculty member, Don Fishley, was unveiled during the Alumni Association Annual General Meeting on September 17 to mark this contribution.

“On behalf of the Alumni Association, I want to personally thank Durham College for honouring us today with a commemorative bench recognizing our commitment and support of Durham College students through our substantial contribution to both the Whitby campus Building for our Future campaign and Landscaping initiative at the Centre for Food,” said Lesley Wagner, president, Alumni Association.

The Alumni Association is governed by a board of alumni who dedicate countless hours to serving the DC community through the funding of scholarships and bursaries to students; attending and promoting functions for the college; and contributing to the development of new programs and facilities.

In addition, DC recently launched Field to Fork: Sowing the Seeds of Community, an online crowd-funding campaign to garner support from the community for the completion of the landscaping and planting needed at the CFF.

Field to Fork: Sowing the Seeds of our Community offers a unique opportunity to support many aspects of the CFF’s landscaping, all of which will be used by our students, engaging them in the growing, harvesting, storing, processing, packaging and selling of delicious food. This includes:

• The planting of fruits, vegetables, herbs, trees, shrubs, vines, wildflowers and arboretum.
• Garden tools.
• A walking path.
• New soil.

The CFF is supported by ambassador and celebrity chef Jamie Kennedy and houses Bistro ’67, a teaching-inspired restaurant, and Pantry, a unique retail store that brings student-created goods straight from the culinary classroom to the community.