Baton Rouge, LA - Students at the Bright Futures Community Learning Center in
Donaldsonville, LA were eager to get started planting their fall garden. Everyone
played their part from assembling the raised beds, shoveling dirt, planting,
watering the plants, hauling dirt with the wheel barrow and snapping pictures to the clean – up of the area after the activity was completed.
Despite the threats of rain, the students completed the garden and are looking forward to taking care of and harvesting it. The students and
volunteers planted red cabbage, green onions, strawberries, lettuce, and other
fall vegetables.
Garden participants are taught Nutrition Education by Lisa
Weber and will utilize the harvest of the garden in Nutrition Education classes, as well as, for after school snacks.
The garden
was facilitated by Southern University Ag Center's Stephanie Elwood, Extension Associate in
Community Gardens; Lisa Weber, Nutrition Educator and led by De’Shoin Friendship York, Nutrition Specialist. The project's start date was
November 5, 2014. Other adult volunteers included Joyce Gaignard, Michael
Chatman and Harold Gaignard.
Bright
Futures Community Learning Center, which is run by Donna Gaignard, CEO, serves an average of 60 students who are enrolled in summer
programs, after-school activities and tutoring.
For more information about the project, contact Lisa Weber at 225-562-2326 or
lisa_weber@suagcenter.com.
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Contact:
LaKeeshia D. Giddens
225-771-2160
lakeeshia_giddens@suagcenter.com
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