On a recent sunny, Saturday morning 5 - Zone 1 clubs came together to help 2nd Harvest Food bank begin the process of educating, teaching and helping future farmers discover their passion for growing food for their own consumption. We put together 25 planting bins, set in the grass placed landscaping paper in each bin and then fenced the perimeter. We will hopefully have the topsoil delivered soon and we can all help get that into the bins and then the growing can begin!
We had Rotarians from Whitehall, Slatington, Allentown West, Emmaus and Allentown help with the project. This was a project that began at the PETS training in January 2018 that finally was finished after our ensuing monsoon season that lasted 12 months.
I would like to thank all of the clubs that participated, we had a fun time meeting Jessica the Executive Director at 2nd Harvest and some of her staff. I cannot wait to see what happens next at 2nd Harvest to help the 72 food banks they serve in Northeast Pennsylvania. I believe this is the first time all 5 clubs came together to do a project like this.
Yours in service Rick Zayaitz
