Global Youth Service Day
Submitted by Lynn Kasma
It’s no wonder so many historians believe weather is a far greater influence on the actions of humans than humans want to acknowledge. Working to get the Community Garden underway utilizing a grant from State Farm Insurance, as part of Global Youth Service Days, has proven quite the challenge. Case in point was the Mills IMPACT Teams inability to kick off Global Youth Service Days on the weekend designated nationwide, because of a late season snow storm that dropped 16 inches of the white stuff on us prompting a no travel advisory for the entire county.
Rescheduling also posed a problem with Friday afternoon on May 9 proceeding without a hitch and then Saturday May 10 cancelled due to rain. Luckily May 12, although windy and cold, brought out a dozen plus high school students to help plant trees in the Sculpture Park which is the future site of the Horizons program sponsored Farmers Market. Another day will be scheduled once the Community Garden is plowed and ready for plot sectioning and planting.
It would be fun to say we cooperate with the weather however the truth is we are mere pawns in its whims and ways and react as best we can to accomplish what needs to be done with the fair weather provided. Thanks to many peoples efforts the Community Garden and Farmers Market are underway and will open as scheduled. A special thanks to Dan and Bonnie Welter for moving the new shed onto the garden site and to Heather Cassidy, Tammy Detloff and the high school crew for planting the trees in the Sculpture part making the site more attractive for the Farmers Market.
