Planting flowers to add color to our neighborhood, February 2012 – Wings of Knowledge

The Junior Youth Empowerment Program in Gilroy placed an emphasis on equipping young people with capabilities that enable them to improve their communities. In this weekend service project, children and youth from the El Cerrito neighborhood planted flowers in front of their apartment complex. The idea was to enhance the beauty of their neighborhood.

The El Cerrito neighborhood in Gilroy

This is what it looked like before. Soon it will look much nicer.

Rounding up the children and youth.

Studying something about soil and plants before they start.

The older kids pose for a picture before starting

Cleaning up the trash

Clearing out rocks and trash

Pulled out a giant weed

Nothing wrong with getting your hands dirty on a project like this

Most big trash is gone, now pulling out small weeds

The activity attracts more neighborhood kids who want to help

Time to till the soil

While the kids work, a neighborhood churro stand goes up. Good snacks to eat!

Younger kids want to see what the big kids are doing

Looking much better, putting a string fence around the garden

Everyone can make some contribution, however minor

View from the stairs

Getting out the rocks and big chunks of soil

One of the moms comes out to help

At the end of day one it already looks much better

Day 2, planting flowers

More flowers

A request…

Nice flowers

Digging small holes for tiny seeds

Sunflower seeds

Putting the sign in

Nearing the end of the project

Happy friends

This is the finished garden.

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