When you look at the “Children’s Community Service Garden” at Scripter Park, you see tomatoes, cabbage, cucumbers, eggplants, beans and a variety of other fresh and tasty summer vegetables.
But what you don’t see is the caring, kindness, community spirit and positive experiences being cultivated in the hearts and minds of the kids who tend to it.
Sponsored by Oxford-Addison Youth Assistance (OAYA), the garden provides fresh produce all summer long for Oxford/Orion FISH, Hope Senior Apartments and the Addison Senior Center.
In return, the kids who care for it enjoy a fun, educational, constructive activity that enhances their lives.
OAYA is investigating the possibility of moving an old barn from 38 E. Burdick next to its garden in order to, among other things, store gardening equipment and extra produce. The barn is owned by Oxford Community Development Authority.
To learn more about the barn proposal, or the upcoming Haunted House fund-raiser to help pay for it, call 628-6710.