[Durham INC] Durham Garden Planting Party May 12

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

News Media Contact:

Amy Blalock

Sr. Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 11253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at DurhamNC.gov 

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For Immediate Release: May 9, 2012

 

 

Durham Partners with Holt Elementary for Garden Planting Party May 12

 

What:              Garden Planting Party for Holt Elementary School
Students

 

Who:               City of Durham Neighborhood Improvement Services and
Holt Elementary School Garden Club      

 

When:             Saturday, May 12, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

                       

Where:            Holt Elementary School 

4019 Holt School Rd.

Durham, N.C. 27704

 

Fast Facts:

*         The City's Neighborhood Improvement Services Department, in
partnership with the Holt Elementary School Garden Club, will plant
vegetables in seven raised garden beds this Saturday to expose students
to the beauty of nature while growing healthy food for students and
their families. 

 

*         Using donations from Home Depot, Lowes Home Improvement, and
Wal-Mart, the garden will be used to reinforce student knowledge of
plant life cycles, plant habitat, germination, and promote healthy
eating habits as well as serve students who are part of the school's
Back Pack Program. This program will use the harvested produce from the
garden to help provide students with fresh, healthy vegetables. 

 

*         The Holt Elementary School Garden Club is also building this
garden to encourage student creativity and self-discipline and increase
cognitive skills in science and ecology through hands-on projects. 

 

*         This event is being sponsored by the City's Neighborhood
Improvement Services Department as part of the department's efforts to
create school/community gardens, a healthy environment, and address the
challenges of sustaining a healthy life style. 

 

*         For additional information or to volunteer at Saturday's
event, contact Robin Dixon with the City's Neighborhood Improvement
Services Department, at (919) 560-1647, ext. 34245 or by email at 
Robin.Dixon at DurhamNC.gov.

 

About the Neighborhood Improvement Services Department

The City of Durham Neighborhood Improvement Services Department works to
preserve and improve quality of life conditions for Durham residents,
and to encourage active participation in neighborhood redevelopment and
public policy and decision making dialogue. The department is
responsible for enforcement of quality of life ordinances and state
statutes including the City's Minimum Housing Code; Nonresidential Code;
Weedy Lot, Abandoned and Junk Vehicle ordinances; and the State of North
Carolina's Unsafe Building Statute. The department's rapid responders,
known as the Impact Team, remediate non-compliant housing properties;
abate public nuisances, such as litter, graffiti, illegal dumping, and
abandoned shopping carts; and conduct neighborhood service projects. The
department's Community Engagement staff provides outreach and education
to Durham residents and community organizations. Guided by the City's
Strategic Plan, the department helps ensure that Durham has thriving,
livable neighborhoods by providing the highest quality of services to
engage and educate the community, eradicate blight, ensure safer
neighborhoods, and enhance neighborhood revitalization. For more
information, visit http://DurhamNC.gov/ich/cb/nis/Pages/Home.aspx. 

 

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