Meet Megan Ernst
Meet Megan Ernst
Donor Outreach
and Marketing Specialist
megan.ernst@groundworkcenter.org | (616) 560-1234
For Megan, the most rewarding part of her work is seeing up close the positive change that local-based solutions make at the community level and in individual lives. “A grant here, a program there … you can really see the progress being made,” she says. For example, she’s seen first-hand the results of the Farm to School program 10 Cents a Meal when she worked at an early childhood education center. “The program made it possible for kids to eat nutritious local food, and you could see them get really excited about eating an apple from a farmer who brought the apples into the school.”
As Donor Outreach & Marketing Specialist, Megan will be working with donors and supporters of all kinds to help them know more about the organization and the impact of Groundwork programs. “I’ll be helping engage people who know about us and who already know we are great and also people who we’ll be introducing ourselves to,” she says.
For Megan, the outreach mission is so much a natural expression of her character. “I like to get people involved in things I like,” she says, whether it’s about cooking (“It’s like Christmas every time I open my CSA farm share box,” she says), favorite books, swimming, plants, or any other pursuit that’s captured her interest.