# Partner guide

## Who can join
Organizations roughly aligned with HCG's mission: build community, grow food, reduce food insecurity, offer food education.

## How to join
1. Email hello@cachegrows.org with your org name, mission, and how you'd like to participate.
2. Complete the partner intake template.
3. Get added to the shared calendar and partner list.

## Roles
- **Hosts:** coordinate venue, welcome participants, manage the calendar event.
- **Promotion partners:** hang posters at community hubs; invite orgs, teachers, participants.

## Promotion tips
- Hang posters at your org, coffee shops, campus, food pantries.
- Invite people personally through existing groups and gatherings.
- Send a reminder shortly before the event with location, timing, cost, and what to bring.