Healthy Habits. Healthy Kids.
PHASE I:
Vegetable Garden
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In the courtyard of this South Philly parish's convent, OST staff led youth through the Growing Healthy Habits curriculum as they planned, planted, cultivated, and harvested a community vegetable garden. This garden was the result of lots of hard work put in by youth, OST staff, families in the community, AmeriCorps volunteers, Penn Extension students, St. Gabriel's School teachers, high school Work Ready students, and our Program Manager from The Alliance for a Healthier Generation's Healthy Out-of-School-Time Initiative. Vegetables from this garden were harvested and used as organic ingredients in recipes generated by youth in the OST program.
PHASE II:
Herb & Fruit Garden
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In this second phase, the kids plan to extend the garden onto a second wall of the courtyard where they will plant herbs and fruits. This produce will also be used as healthy ingredients in kids' recipes.
HEALTHY KIDS ARE HAPPY KIDS