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October 28, 2006

Make A Difference Day - Olivia White Hospice Home

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On Saturday, October 28th, we had a large crew for "Make a Difference Day" in Flagstaff. Some of our regular crew who helped supervise included Karen Kent and Skye Sieber who drops by when she is available on Saturdays. Marilyn Pate the former Director of Northland Hospice brought a large crew of friends, and we had more than 10 volunteers from "Make a Difference Day" that included some young people from juvenile probation and Americorp.

Much was accomplished: weed wacking, painting a new greenhouse, staining and waterproofing benches, planting bulbs for spring, cutting back perennials for winter, taking trash to the city land fill, moving sand and aggregate out of the front garden and mulching.

Photos of some of the more than 25 volunteers that helped.
Weeding and gathering worms for the sitting raised bed. Photo by Loni Shapiro.

Moving sand and aggregate to the back of the house. Photo by Loni Shapiro.Painting the new greenhouse to match the house. Photo by Loni Shapiro.

Make a Difference day volunteer staining/sealing a garden bench. Photo by Loni Shapiro.AmeriCorp volunteers plant bulbs for next spring. Photo by Loni Shapiro

Thank you:
Master Gardeners Karen Kent and Skye Sieber for help supervising volunteers.
Marilyn Pate and friends for snacks, weed wacking, painting, planting bulbs, hauling trash and collecting worms for our new raised bed.
Leslie Pennick for getting us more mulch, compost, and pine needles.
New volunteer Paula for helping us winterize beds and helping Leslie get more mulch.
"Make a Difference Day" staff for getting us many volunteers to help with the heavy duty work of creating a new bed for our greenhouse, moving aggregate/sand, staining and planting bulbs.
A resident's grandchildren for helping to fill bird feeders.

We will be meeting once a month throughout the winter to plan for next year and create some more garden crafts for fundraising from the garden. Any master gardeners who need hours can get them by attending. If you want to join us please call me (522-8635) or e-mail. Our garden season will begin again sometime in April of 2007. Watch this site for updates.

Thank you all for your continuing support of the Olivia White Hospice Garden. Your donations of materials and labor are much appreciated.

"Seeds of discouragement will not grow in a thankful heart" Anonymous

Loni Shapiro

Posted by maxmaddy at October 28, 2006 8:14 PM