Sunnyvale Elementary School teacher Nate Chrastina has a dream. He wants to build a garden for Sunnyvale Elementary School students (and ultimately all SISD students). He needs our help to get it started.

The first work day will be Saturday, May 18 from 8:00 a.m. to noon. He hopes to have enough volunteers to complete the following:

• 3’x8’ raised beds
• Compost bins
• Tool shed
• Entry trellis/arbor/pergola (if we have enough volunteers and funding)

Volunteers are needed to help:

• Remove grass
• Till soil
• Build frames for beds
• Position the drip irrigation
• Plant seeds/seedlings/plants
• Build simple compost bins
• Build/assemble a garden shed
• Water/weed during the summer while school is out

Don’t Have Time, But Still Want to Help?

Consider making a donation to the school and earmark it for the garden. The Sunnyvale Garden Club has donated $500 “seed” money for the garden, but more is needed to achieve the goal of a fully functional teaching/learning community garden.

Consider donating items you no longer need:

• Garden tools
• Wheelbarrow
• Tomato cages
• Tool shed
• Dry, dead plant material such as hay/leaves for the compost bin
• Cardboard boxes

What to Bring With You to the Work Day

• Work Gloves
• Hat
• Sunscreen
• Water
• Tools (Garden tools such as shovels and spades and construction tools such as hammers, staple guns,  etc.)

 How to Volunteer

Beginning next week, Coach Chrastina will post a sign-up sheet on the Sunnyale ISD website.

Submitted by:  Martha Billman – Communications Committee