Lose For Good Gardens: Raleigh
Posted by Nicole Fitzgerald on Monday, January 3, 2011
Through our partnership with Weight Watchers and their Lose For Good® campaign, Share Our Strength donated six Lose For Good® Gardens across the country this past fall. These are fully-enclosed, sustainable, raised-bed gardens that offer children fun, hands-on gardening experiences to inspire healthy eating habits for life. These in-the-garden experiences are an important component in educating children and their families on the appeal and importance of fruits, vegetables and other nutritious foods – key ingredients to ending childhood hunger.
In September 2010, Weight Watchers launched its third annual Lose For Good™ campaign. Lose For Good encourages Weight Watchers members to lose weight and adopt a healthier lifestyle while also giving back to the community. As members lose weight, Weight Watchers makes a donation to Share Our Strength. Members also have the opportunity to participate in local food drives to help fight hunger in their communities. Winners of this past year’s Lose For Good® campaign are the 2010 Weight Watchers Role Models of the Year. Garden sites were selected in each of their communities: Atlanta, Chicago, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, New York City and Raleigh. Each garden is being placed in a school or center that serves children who may be at risk for hunger.
Raleigh:
In Raleigh, the students in Mr. Faulkner’s agriculture class at Longview School joined us to plant their Lose For Good Garden. Though they all came from different backgrounds, they all shared a love of being outdoors in a garden environment, and it showed! Mother Nature didn’t sprinkled us and the garden with rain all morning, and yet we all had a blast planting veggies like Brussels sprouts, cabbage, broccoli and lettuces, as well as huge variety of interesting a great-smelling herbs, such as peppermint, spearmint, oregano, thyme, sage, dill, lavender, chives, lemon balm, parsley and four different kinds of basil. By the end of the planting, we were all wet from the rain, but we smelled like a spa! The kids were also treated to a special fruit and veggie tasting, led by Share Our Strength’s local Cooking Matters team at the Interfaith Food Shuttle.
Stay tuned for re-caps and photos from the rest of the cities!
January 3, 2011 | 0 comment(s) | Tags: corporate giving, weight watchers
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