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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 2015-05-20, Page 22 Lucknow Sentinel • Wednesday, May 20, 2015 Wawanosh 4-H Fruit and Vegetable Maisy Jefferson Meeting 2 of the Wawanosh Ontario Fruit and Vegetable club was held on Tuesday, May 12 at 7pm at the Wingham Community Garden, which is located behind the Libro Credit Union. The club has partnered with the Community Garden and has volunteered to help tend to the garden this season. As members arrived with their rakes and shovels, they got right to work. There was an abundance of weeds and stones to be picked before the topsoil could be spread. Some community garden volunteers had also come to join the members in this preliminary garden work Once everyone had arrived, Mary Ellen Foran called members together to start the meeting. Presi- dent Maisy Jefferson led the 4-H pledge and Roll Call to officially open the meeting. Mary Ellen gave a brief pitch about the garden and gave members instruction on the work the club wanted to complete tonight. The group then split up with half the group going with Eileen George to tour the Wingham Food Bank which is located across the street. The other half of the club stayed to work on the garden. At the Food Bank, Bob Rapor gave the group a Submitted Wawanosh 4-H Fruit and Vegetable Club members take a break from gardening to listen to Doug Trentor speak about the Wingham Food Bank. May 12, 2015. tour and explained how the Food Bank operates. The Food Bank is the recipient of the harvest from the community garden. The Wing - ham Food Bank and the Wingham Community Garden are both com- pletely run by volunteers so Wawanosh 4-H is looking forward to helping the community by tend- ing to the garden during their meetings. Bob answered any questions that the members had about the Food Bank and explained how great the need for food dona- tions is to the Food Bank. Members were also encouraged to bring in any extra produce they had from their own gardens on Tuesday night so that it could be given to those in need on Wednesday morning. This half the group returned to the garden to work, Wawanosh 4-H Fruit and Vegetable Club members and parents were picking stones and weeds in the Wingham Community Garden May 12, 2015. while the other half of the club received the Food Bank tour led by Doug Trentor. Once all members and leaders had toured the Food Bank and the garden had been picked through for weeds and rocks, the members began to distribute topsoil to the garden. As it began to rain, the club packed up their tools and called it a night. Members that were absent for this meeting will be gathering next Tuesday night to lay mulch on the paths and distribute any remaining topsoil. The members enjoyed water- melon and juice for snack. Maisy closed the meeting with the 4-H motto. 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