St. Christopher’s Community Church has begun clearing land for a new community garden to grow produce for local families. You may already be aware that St. Christopher’s is an official satellite location of the Thurston County Food Bank. A site assessment was donated by South Sound Solar, who helped to find a good location on the St. Christopher property to situate the garden. Earlier this month, a work party convened to begin to clear the site for the garden.
The members of St. Christopher’s have stepped up to help bring this project to fruition and folks from outside the St. Christopher’s faith community are now coming forward to help, too. Can you help build this community garden?
You can help by:
Volunteering your time or expertise.
Making a donation of:
- Building supplies
- Deer fencing
- Gardening tools and supplies
- Seeds and/or starts
Or by making a financial donation.
Please contact the church office if you are interesting in digging in and joining this community-wide effort.
St. Christopher’s Community Church
7902 Steamboat Island Road NW
Olympia, WA 98502
By phone at 360-866-2111 or e-mail office@stchristopherolympia.org
St. Christopher’s Community Church is online at stchristopherolympia.org
The Griffin School Parent Teacher Organization, too, is planning a garden at the Griffin School. They have received approval from the school district, have identified a location, and even have received a grant to help fund the project. They plan to break ground and install garden beds in February. The garden will be used by teachers and students grades K-8 and some of the harvest will be donated to the Food Bank. Contact Elena Kuo-Harrison at harrisonkuo@msn.com for more information or to volunteer for the garden at the Griffin School.
