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Meg Young and Andrew Robinson just came back from a week at the Foyer Notre Dame de Lourdes and in that one week:
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They built 4 square foot gardens:, 48 plots and
assigned each to a child. This is a major accomplishment which will provide
vegetables and also basic knowledge about gardening.
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Taught lessons on caring for the plants and on
composting
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Cleared and traced the perimeter of soccer field and
built goals
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Bought trash bins and had a cleanup day
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Set up a barrel for compost and explained the
process
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Bought gardening tools
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Traced a parking lot inside the compound that
will allow grass to grow in other parts.
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Andrew donated a new TV to the delight of all and he pledged to finance a new main gate that will secure the premise.
THANK YOU !
Meg: “Friday I
did an hour long session on gardening with all the kids....I switched back to
teacher mode and had them all in line! We talked about compost too and I was
there to make sure they stuck to the plan through the weekend. Friday we also
went back to MSC and got trash cans, I even drove us there! Saturday was a
cleanup day, we filled four buckets full of nails, pieces of tin, glass, and
wires- there was a lot of hazardous debris! hopefully they'll start using
the trash cans so that doesn't happen again. Sunday I went to mass, saw S
Benoite, and said my goodbyes. Of course I got to play plenty of soccer and do
some yoga with the girls over the weekend too. I just posted all the pictures
on fbook. It really was a great trip, I enjoyed
Andy's company and being more familiar with the foyer the second time around.”
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