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HandsOn Suburban Chicago & London Middle School in Wheeling Launch School Garden

By on April 17, 2012 in Chicago, Not For Profit News, Patty Neuswanger

  On April 10th, ground was broken at London Middle School in Community Consolidate District 21 for a school vegetable garden. A total of 69 volunteers, 19 community volunteers, staff and parents plus 50 students built four raised vegetable beds in the school’s interior courtyard. The Wheeling Garden Club also participated and provided planning resources [...]

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Sowing the Seeds of Change, HandsOn Suburban Chicago Plans Gardens for the Future

By on April 10, 2012 in Chicago, Events, News, Not For Profit News

HandsOn Suburban Chicago , located in Arlington Heights, Illinois is working in conjunction with School District 21 in Wheeling, Illinois to initiate two garden projects that address the environment and hunger. Ground breaking began on April 10th at Jack London Middle School located in Wheeling. The first phase of the project involves building four raised [...]

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