The Durham VA was so excited and thankful this year that I
thought I would do the decorating of the chapel for Easter.
People from the community, hospital patients and employees use the
chapel daily.
For Easter I thought we could satisfy two requests of the VA
hospital volunteer staff. They have sent
a list of needs and one project they need help with is the gardens for the
assisted living patients. These patients
maintain the garden but they need plants.
By using small plants in baskets in the Chapel the long term
patients can then plant them in their garden. This is a
therapeutic program that gives the Veterans the opportunity to reminisce on
past gardening and/or farming experiences and fosters a sense of purpose and
responsibility through the planting, growing and caring of plants, herbs,
vegetables and flowers.
I ask the members of DCGC to help me purchase these
plants. There will be 5 baskets.
one for each branch of the service. On Saturday before Easter we will take the baskets and deliver them to the Chapel. I could use one or two extra people to help
me make up the baskets. This can
be done any day between Palm Sunday and that Saturday.
Can I count on you to cheer the Vets at the Durham VA for
Easter and again all summer with the planting of the herbs, vegs and flowers
for them to eat and enjoy? Any amount
would be a help. You can give
me a check or cash at the March DCGC meeting or mail me Marcia L at Heritage Garden
Club in the yearbook.
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