"Each year, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere. He's gotta pick this one. He's got to. I don't see how a pumpkin patch can be more sincere than this one. You can look around and there's not a sign of hypocrisy. Nothing but sincerity as far as the eye can see" ... Linus

Service Learning at its BEST!

• Students built and oufitted 2,000 square feet of raised planting beds. 800 sq/ft for vegetables and a 1,200 sq/ft pumpkin patch!
• Four neighborhood schools germinated vegetable seeds and planted our vegetable garden, before they left school for the summer break.
• Neighborhood middle school students germinated 500 pumpkin seeds.
• Church youth groups planted the germinated pumpkin seedlings on June 20th.
• Summer students will weed, cultivate and nurture the pumpkin plants until school resumes.
• Our plan is to harvest a zillion pumpkins on October 29th. 
• SouthEnd elementary school students and their families will be invited to bring a donation - and receive a free: pumpkin, great new books and a puzzle and a board game!
• Hot dogs, hamburgers, reading and listening in small groups - a real live BOOK-A-PALOOZA!  

We'll celebrate SouthEnd children, their families, reading and early literacy! The time is now - we have a unique opportunity to come together to support child literacy. 

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