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Long Beach Councilman Dee Andrews Hosts Peace Garden Ceremony Saturday by Ryan ZumMallen | Archive | 08.27.10 |
+  11:50am | The community is invited to attend a Peace Garden recognition ceremony Saturday, August 28, 2010 from 10:00am to 12:00pm at Martin Luther King Jr. Park, DHHS Central Facilities Center, You can click here to RSVP for the event via Facebook. The Peace Garden is a community grass roots project spearheaded by Long Beach Councilman Dee Andrews as a part of the Annual Long Beach Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Week. The recognition ceremony will focus on the neighborhood partner’s and the volunteers that assisted in creating the community project. “When businesses and neighbors get involved with their local communities, we can really make things happen”, said Councilman Dee Andrews. “This Peace Garden has created opportunities for community ties and these efforts are an excellent example for neighborhoods across the country to follow because together we can do anything”. The honorees include the Peace Garden Leadership Group, a youth group that has been working diligently on completing the project and the Neighborhood Services Bureau's Neighborhood Partners Program, that provided a matching grant of $5,000 in goods and services to Central Neighborhood Advisory Committee and South Wrigley Neighborhood Advisory Group to purchase tool shed, hoses and tools to maintain the garden, garden design services, and lumber. Other honorees include Timothy Collier-The Green Plumber, Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Network/Youth Opportunity Center, Azteca Landscape, Sully Miller Company Inc., Home Depot, State Farm Insurance, Connected Corridor, Sasha Sanno/Wrigley Garden/Long Beach Local, Stephen Duprey of DuPrey’s Garden & Design, Silvano Ponce- Handyman, Deborah Kearn- Long Beach Unified School District Educator, Long Beach City College Sheetmetal Department and Ganahl Lumber Company. The event is co-hosted by City of Long Beach 6th District Councilman Dee Andrews, Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) Weed & Seed Program, Department of Parks, Recreation & Marine, Neighborhood Services Bureau, Central Neighborhood Advisory Committee (CNAC), the South Wrigley Neighborhood Advisory Group (NAG). Click here to read our policy on covering the Long Beach City Council.
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Wondering This event is "co-hosted" by the Councilman and at least two City depts involved....$$$??? Wondering But it did look like a nice event and liked seeing young teenagers doing something positive! Stephen Du Prey As a volunteer in building the red wood planters the youth were taught practical work skills, using hand tools, leveling the beds, use of a compound T-square and scribing wood material, grading, drainage of the plot, moving soil with a wheel barrow and even how to properly use a shovel. Skills which will make them a more diverse person and a valued member in the work force. We as adults need to mentor our youth it's what they need in todays world, hands on experience, find ways to teach them. The Peace Garden is a medium for the teaching of all skills for youth, find your place there and share.
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