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Organization partners with Village to build vegetable gardens
PAUL DELGUIDICE PHOTO Bensenville Independent
Super hero fun at Pancake Day
In the center are Lila 7, Kai, 3, and Emiko, 9, amid the Superheroes (and Mickey Mouse!), who came out for ‘Costumers With A Cause’ at Kiwanis Pancake Day on Saturday, May 11 at the Elmhurst American Legion.
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On Tuesday, May 21, The GardenWorks Project, in collaboration with Bensenville Early Learning Center, Metropolitan Family Services, and Bensenville School District 2, will build 15 food gardens for 15 school families facing food insecurity on Tioga School grounds. The area nonprofit, founded in 2012, is increasing access to fresh, organic vegetables in west suburban Chicagoland by providing families in need with the resources to grow food at home. A community garden will be built and planted by GardenWorks Project volunteers alongside receiving families, all of whom are eligible for emergency food assistance. Households receiving a 4’ X 8’ garden plot will be taught how to maintain and harvest the garden as well as given nutrition curriculum that follow the garden’s seasonal harvest schedule. While emergency food assistance programs provide a comprehensive supply of food items, families often run out of food during the month and are constrained by limited resources for healthy and organic products. These 15 gardens will be of 101 food gardens installed for food insecure families by The GardenWorks Project this spring. All families referred to the organization come from the 45 food assistance partners within the western Chicagoland region. “Children facing food insecurity are much more likely to face chronic health conditions in the future,” said Jeannie Iseman, The GardenWorks Project’s Executive Director. “Our hope is that these gardens serve as a vehicle towards empowerment, education, and health promotion.”
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