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| Whitewater Middle School students with one of their young gardens |
Come Thursday to Whitewater
Middle and learn how you can help nurture student gardens this summer
OK, school’s out, the kids
are home for the summer, and the schoolyard gardens at Whitewater Middle and
Whitewater Academy need your help!
The Catawba River District
invites you to a Farm to School Volunteer Meeting this Thursday at 6 pm at the
schools, 1520 Belmeade Drive near the entrance to the Whitewater Center.
We already have more than 30
volunteers to keep the gardens going this summer and invite you to join the
group. You don’t even need gardening experience – just time to donate this
summer and a willingness to learn.
At Thursday’s garden-bedside
meeting you’ll:
- Learn how these new gardens are helping our students strengthen their knowledge of math, science and healthy diets.
- Hear about plans to support community agriculture in the River District.
- Help build a volunteer schedule so plants get the care they need.
- Get your hands dirty as we weed and water the tomatoes, peppers, zucchini and other plants growing here.
This is a great chance to
learn more about gardening from the experts at Rivendell Farms while supporting
our student gardeners. They and their teachers have put many sweaty hours into
creating the raised-bed gardens, planting seedlings and tending the beds.
With your help, the students
and teachers will come back in August to vibrant and productive vegetable
gardens full of produce to pick!
We will meet on Thursday at
the Whitewater Middle School garden area at the back of the main parking lot.
Come in your gardening clothes and bring water to drink.
- Directions: CLICK for directions to the school.
- To learn more: Contact Edna Chirico at echirico@catawbariverdistrict.org or 704-562-8847.
- Future meetings: The Farm to School Volunteers will also meet 6-7:30 p.m. July 12 and Aug. 19 at the school.
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