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| Better Basics/Hope Center children grow and eat lots of fresh vegetables. |
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| Hope Center Summer Camp Botanical Gardens field trip. |
Fairfield Hope Center
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| It was a very cold and windy day when we planted the apple trees. |
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| Hope Center "Be At Your Best" percussion concert with Mark Seymour. |
Better Basics Fairfield Hope Center
The AGITC is partnering with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Alabama Department of Agriculture and
Industries,USDA, US Forest Service and the Green Industry Associations to provide forestry, landscaping, gardening
and other service learning to the Center's students.
Properly called the Better
Basics Fairfield Hope Center, the project is funded by the State Department of Education over a five year period. Additional
funding comes from donations and a USDA/ Department of Agriculture Specialty Crops Grant.
The
K-8 students will be given lots of exercise, tutoring, enrichment and gardening with the help of a professional, friendly
staff from 3:00 - 6:00 PM each school day.
The major partners are Better Basics, Inc., Fairfield
Board of Education and the City of Fairfield.
Please stay tuned for photos and progress
reports from the Hope Center.
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| UAB volunteers with well deserved trophies after lots of heavy cleanup work at the Hope Center. |
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| It will take lots of horsepower and compost to make our garden grow. |
