Diocesan Council for the Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocese Phoenix Print

star-24px 2020 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Public Spaces
This project will install raised garden beds, seating and shade trees at a community garden and launch new programming in the space.

Project Results

AARP funds helped create waist-high raised-bed planters for the Society of St. Vincent De Paul's urban farm. Shade trees and benches were added to better serve the garden's older volunteers and people with disabilities. When posting pictures on social media of its first plants and harvest, the society used the hashtags #MakeKindnessViral and #AllinThisTogether.

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Completed community garden.
Volunteers at community garden.
Completed raised garden beds.

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