Usually, we have many volunteers and families gather to help clean out and prepare the gardens. Usually, we have hundreds of kids and their teachers come through the gardens to help us plant the crops for the season. Usually, we have lots of pictures of kids smiling as they get to participate in this outdoor, hands on learning experience.
This year, because of the school closures with Covid-19 and the need to physically distance, we had a very quiet planting experience with only 2 St. Cecilia students and one former St. Cecilia graduate helping to plant the gardens and cut the long grass. While we got the job done very effectively, it was definitely not the same without all the energy and enthusiasm of the students!
We were not sure that the gardens would proceed this year with all the restrictions, but in the end we got the OK to proceed. It would not have been possible however without the amazing support of 14 St. Cecilia families that have helped to keep these gardens going in the past and stepped up immediately when asked if they could help again this year by each taking a week to weed, water and cut the grass. Thank you for your dedication!
While we hope that the students will be able to experience the harvest come September, we are also not certain that will be possible. We do know though that we will again be able to make a donation to a local food bank with our crops and even if the students can not participate this year in person, the efforts to continue with the gardens will still benefit those in need.
Thank you again to these amazing parents/families that are donating a week of their summer to help tend to the gardens: Shannon O'Hearn; Estelle Mendonca; Laura Villeneuve; Fedja and Wendy Pejic; Jackie Kung; Megan Kunsken; Jodi Brown; Elviro Spremo; Julie Bowman; Catherine Fisk; Kristen Tipman; Meghan Debuc; Fernanda Correa and Terri Poole.
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