Life is like a garden! Our sixth year of a community garden provided endless opportunities to use the garden as an analogy to life. Throughout the week at CARE CLUB and Academy, mentors often help in the garden, as students are eager to work. A garden is a great place for team building and conversations about life and spiritual lessons.
Furthermore, we see our community garden as a way to provide fresh produce to refugee families in the community, who often have food shortages. This year, we harvested over 1,100 LBS of tomatoes, squash, okra, cabbages, potatoes, and zucchini. We also grow herbs. All the produce was divided and shared with 50+ families throughout the summer and fall for free.
Over 15+ refugee students were employed during the summer to care for the garden by weeding and watering, earning a little pocket money.
