During the past several weeks, five elementary school campuses have been beautified by a variety of groups from partnership churches as well as families and students from the schools. Centennial, Columbia, Ewing, Williams and Susan B Anthony all received a splash of color with bright, cheery flowers in the flowerbeds and a lot of people had the opportunity to get their hands a little dirty making our schools and neighborhoods look more beautiful.
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During spring break week, jr high and high school students planted flowers and raked leaves at Williams Elementary. (This was one of several projects they worked on in Fresno that week.
For a Serve Dei project two groups of volunteers from The Well beautified the campuses of Columbia Elementary and Centennial Elementary. At Columbia, volunteers also planted 8 trees, cleaned and sanitized the playground equipment and donated portable bleachers. The principal from Columbia said she feels “so loved” by The Church because of all the engagement she receives at her school.
Leadership students at Susan B Anthony teamed up with volunteers from their partnership church to plant flowers in the atrium. Some of the kids had never planted a plant in the ground before! It was a great experience for them. They loved hearing the great comments and thanks you’s from the staff and fellow students.
At Ewing Elementary this past weekend it was parents and students from the school that volunteered, along with the principal and a few staff member. They planted 6 flats of flowers on their campus and were excited to see how nice the campus looked when they were done. They decided to plan another workday together in August with more projects on the campus.
We love to see volunteers from partnership churches investing in our neighborhoods, but it’s even more exciting to see families and students from the schools beautifying their own neighborhoods. Seeing the feelings of pride and ownership on their faces is priceless!
This is a great progression! We see volunteers from our partnership churches coming alongside the schools, neighborhoods and families, and working together to make our neighborhoods not only more beautiful, but a better place to live.
What’s the next project we can work on together?
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Special thanks to Gazebo Gardens who has been a great resource for beautifying our schools! Thank you for being such an awesome community partner!
