Update: Community garden project with the Rockford Rescue Mission

June 24th, 2009 at 05:38am Jennie Pollock

In April, I wrote about Choices Natural Market and the Rockford Rescue Mission hoping to work on a community garden near Mulford Road and Riverside Boulevard in Rockford.

I got an email from Karen King last week: The mission is the same, but the location is different. It was too difficult to transport the 60 or so folks, so the garden will be next to the mission on West State Street.

“This way they can work ont he garden daily instead of only a couple hours per week. This will also beautify the West State Street corridor… and ultimately help us better accomplish our mission: teaching these people and helping the mission become self-sufficient,” she wrote.

The building and planting of the garden beds will start at 9 a.m. Saturday. The effort has drawn support from John Logli of First Hand Harvest, William Charles, Home Depot, Schmeling Lumber, Stetson Building Products, Wind Ridge Herb Farm and dozens of volunteers.

If you can help, call Karen at 815-282-1861 or karen@choicesnaturalmarket.com.

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