Roswell North Garden Provides Food To Table & Aid Meal Program
ROSWELL, GA — As the science lab and garden teacher at Roswell North Elementary, Liz Rains can often be found in the school's garden. On the weekend, over the summer and other school breaks - she's there. "It's a labor of love," she said. And there's nothing she loves more than sharing the garden's harvest with the community.
Over the years, the Roswell North Elementary garden has donated nearly 2,000 pounds of produce to North Fulton Community Charities, but this year, the first crop of lettuce went somewhere new. Rains delivered 25 heads of lettuce and kale to RO Hospitality's Table & Aid, a community relief effort supporting the newly food insecure.
"It was a pleasure to deliver the first crop of lettuce to Table & Aid," Rains said. "I only wish the students could have been there with me to harvest and pack. The importance of sharing with the community is just one of many lessons to be learned in the garden."
The Roswell North Garden, along with the school's science labs, is fully funded by the Roswell North Elementary Foundation. The foundation is also responsible for the salary of school and community favorite, Liz Rains.
Like so many organizations, the Roswell North Elementary Foundation has been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. The Roswell North Elementary Foundation Spring Soiree and Auction was scheduled for May 1 at Ivy Hall. This event, which accounts for approximately half of the foundation's annual budget, was canceled and hopes of rescheduling are dwindling.
"The community has been so generous," says Roswell North Elementary Foundation president Lyndsay Slocum. "Our fall campaign exceeded expectations, but canceling the Spring Soiree may change the timeline of building the outdoor classroom."
Thanks to a generous grant from the Roswell Wine Festival, Roswell North Elementary Foundation was set to fund the construction and maintenance of a new, fully-covered outdoor classroom. To move forward with construction, the foundation is hoping for a surge of donations kicked off by the Giving Tuesday Now campaign.
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"It's difficult to ask people to give right now," Slocum said, "So many families are struggling and have fears about the future. But for those who are comfortably able, we welcome and appreciate their generosity."
The generosity will certainly be passed on. Rains says she expects to donate all the garden's seasonal harvest to Table & Aid.
"As long as they are giving to those in need, we will give what we have to them."
The Roswell North Elementary Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization formed in 2009 to enrich and support the academic experience of the students at Roswell North Elementary School. The foundation annually funds all the costs of the Licata Science Lab, one of only two elementary school-level science labs in north Fulton, as well as the chef's lab, garden, and additional programs, improvements, or initiatives consistent with the school's strategic plan. For more information, visit https://rnefoundation.com/ or donate online now.
This article originally appeared on the Roswell Patch
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