After our refreshing walk in the garden, Janet moved our meeting inside where Ann Yeagle, the executive director of Growing Places shared more information with us. She discussed other indicators of food insecurity: race, poverty, unemployment, transportation and supermarket prices. We learned that the North Central,MA towns of Gardner, Lunenburg, Leominster, Fitchburg and Clinton are […]
I first heard about Growing Places when I was working with students at Samoset Middle School. A Youth Venture team of sixth grade girls were interested in helping out their community by growing and then distributing healthy food from their own garden at Samoset. My co-worker Rachel suggested that they partner with Growing Places. I […]
Mark the therapy dog is owned by full-time puppy raiser and volunteer Kathy Haskell. Mark and Kathy volunteer at Samoset and Fall Brook schools in Leominster by visiting and reading with the Life Skill classes. According to the non-profit organization pawsforpeople.org, therapy dogs provide literacy support, helping children focus better and encouraging specifically the love […]
I’m tired of writing about adult stuff alright? So here is pictures of different animals that deserve to be appreciated (not hedgehogs). This is a Dwarf Hamster, I have one named Corey. He’s very cute and deserves to be appreciated. This is a Giraffe. When I was little one licked me on the face at […]
Happy Back to School Week everyone! No one says that right? Unless you are parents tired from a very long summer, no one is ever truly excited for back-to-school. But, there are things to be excited about during the start of school. For example; holidays coming up, new movies coming out, and of course… THE […]
