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West Riverview Elementary School has recently undertaken a new project.
They have just installed a number of garden boxes.
Just days before the end of classes, students were hard at work planting vegetables.
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Grade 2 teacher, John Bauer says the initiative is part of a 500 dollar grant the school received through the Nutrients For Life Foundation.
“And what they do is they give grants to schools to put vegetable gardens at the school and what I thought I would do is apply for that grant,” he says.
The educational non-profit provides information and resources to educators and the public about the vital role fertilizers play in feeding our world.
He says they also received lots of community support for the project.
“We went sort of door-to-door to some businesses. Home Hardware helped us out, Kent helped us out. Ayles Landscaping over here in Riverview was really big in helping us out, they built the boxes and provided the soil,” Bauer says.
Many local residents have already volunteered to look after the gardens for the summer.
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The school has yet to decide what they will be doing with the veggies once they’re cultivated.
Kindergarden teacher Beth Vlcek says her students have talked about donating their produce to hungry students who may not be able to afford a snack.
“We also talked about perhaps having little bit of a fall harvest and perhaps making a little bit of soup and sitting down together as a school and doing that,” says Vlcek
Students will get to decide what they want to do with their vegetables once they return to class in September.
