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This month we are focusing on our new garden that is now in progress. Instead of one volunteer in this section, the Center would like to acknowledge others in our community who are helping to make this a reality. Without their help it would not be possible to pull this project off. The land for this garden is across the street from our center. The parcel belonged to the City of Lakeport, and was loaned to us by the City Council under the direction of Mayor Ron Bertsch. The idea is for it to be used as not only a source of healthy vegetables for our nutrition program but also, a fundraising and educational resource for our center. Grading and dirt work was furnished by Marsh Andersen of Andersen Construction. Above photo is Marsh doing the finish grading and his friend Gary McCullough helping out. The mayor of Lakeport, Ron Bertsch, performed most of the labor installing the fence and gates. Our next project is the raised garden beds and Boy Scout Troop #42 member, Grant Teuscher, has chosen this as his project for Eagle Scout. Stop by to see Grant‘s progress. Other volunteers that we would like to thank are Pat Skoog, who headed the program, along with team members Jean Welsh, Mike Swartz and “Doc” Starin for their help in planning. Betty Lou Surber, is another member who is providing starter vegetables for planting, and there is the Lakeport Senior Social Club for their generous donations in making this possible. What this project will provide is vegetables for our Meals on Wheels program and meals served here at the center. This will guarantee fresh produce and insure that our seniors are getting plenty of the nutrients needed. This will be an ongoing project and we will have seniors involved in the planting, weeding and harvesting of the garden. We will be adding additional photos as the season progresses and hopefully pictures of great vegetables later in the year.
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