Claim to Fame

Hello!

Just had to share our first (and probably only) published newspaper fame!

Kara's elementary school, Claypit Hill, has a vegetable/flower garden, that some students started last spring. They started plants from seeds, let them grow in cups, then transplanted them outside. The garden has "evolved" over the past few months...parents have donated plants and flowers, then materials to put a wood casing around it. This garden needed caring for over the summer, when the students were not there every day to water and weed.

David was involved in a volunteer group during the summer, where the coordinator found multiple opportunities for high school students to serve different local organizations in different ways. He liked the outdoor projects, including clearing trails with the town Conservation Committee, and weeding and planting for Gaining Ground, a working farm that supplies food to shelters in the region.

So when this elementary school garden came up, as needing watering and weeding over the summer, and it also happens to be just a mile from our house, David put up his hand. Then he asked if his younger sisters could help too, and they said of course.

We went each Monday morning, for about 2 months, to water and weed the corn, beans, cabbage, marigold, and pumpkin plants. The teacher who started the garden wanted to put an article in the local paper about the garden helpers. And she asked me to take a photo for the paper.

So here is the article about my kids working the garden this summer (first time they were in the paper), AND this is the picture I took with my camera--the first time I have had a photo published!

You can click on it to enlarge, if you want to read the article or see the picture better. David even has a quote! It was a fun project. We go back to school Tuesday. Have a great week! Kari