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Green Choices, Green Value:
For the Families and Communities We Serve
NeighborWorks Symposium - March 2, 2011
Photo Contest: 2nd Place
Photo above: "Turning an empty lot into a community treasure was really our theme for this project," says Aisha Dennis of Philadelphia OIC
Description: Over the past few months students at H. A. Brown Elementary School oversaw the transformation of a derelict lot across from their school into a beautiful garden.
Through an ongoing service-learning project with the Philadelphia OIC Out-of-School Time Program, NKCDC and Delaware Valley Earth Force, students at Brown became stewards of the garden at Sergeant and Jasper Streets.
The corner lot, which was once a garden not long ago, had fallen into disrepair. Trash and weeds had taken over, creating an eyesore for the community. Brown students celebrated Earth Day this year by planting vegetables and perennials in newly created raised beds. “It was neat to see their faces when they dissected seeds and realized there was a little plant inside that would grow,” says Zoe Lloyd, NKCDC Vista Volunteer. Over the following weeks students also painted a mural and anti-litter signs and made a rock garden. Throughout the project students learned about the environment, horticulture and where our food comes from.
“Turning an empty lot into a community treasure was really our theme for this project,” says Aisha Dennis of Philadelphia OIC. “With all the hands-on work these kids did, I really think that is exactly what they made here.”
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