Take some seeds, plants, and hundreds of children's hands getting dirty, and you've got a special garden project at Charlotte-Mecklenburg's Sterling Elementary that's benefiting others in their community.
Students and staffers planted and maintained a garden this fall on school grounds. Teachers tied in outdoor education, science, nutrition, math, and even writing lessons, since students kept charts and journals about the garden's progress.
Then came the pay-off: Students voted to donate the radishes, beets, spinach and other veggies to Society of St. Andrew/The Gleaners, a local charity that rescues fresh fruits and vegetables and donates them to food pantries and families.
Click the video link to see the students on harvesting day:
Thursday, December 3, 2009
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