SAFE BASE hones green thumbs

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May 24, 2012 - 12:00 AM

Each year SAFE BASE has strived to give community youth a unique summer experience. While physical fitness has been the emphasis in the past couple of years, children will get a chance to grow a green thumb this year.

SAFE BASE, which is supported completely by donations, is using funding from the recently acquired Kansas State Department of Education five-year $584,473 grant for a trip into the outdoors this year. The funding determines how long the summer classes last. For three days, June 18-20, 150 students will set aside textbooks in favor of a program designed to put young hands in motion. The  session- the ninth in 12 years- will feature agricultural activities as well as a myriad of other projects that will emphasize the sciences.

“We want to give these kids a lot of practical skills,” John Richards, master gardener, said while standing amongst the rows of the Wayne Garrett Children’s Garden. “Being able to learn how to grow their own food is something that no one can take away from them.” 

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