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owing the seeds of health
Habitat and Mason
Matters partner
on MGH HOPE
garden projects
By NATALIE JOHNSON
Habitat for Humanity, Mason Matters
and Mason General Hospital are partner-
ing this week to sow the seeds of health in
Mason County, by making improvements
to the HOPE community garden on Govey
Lane in Shelton.
The HOPE Garden, which stands for
Hands-On Personal Empowerment was ini-
tiated to help encourage healthy eating and
community involvement, and was created
by Mason Matters, with donated land from
Mason General Hospital.
Last Friday, Habitat volunteers came
together to build raised beds for the HOPE
garden and plan to also build a tool shed for
the garden in the next few weeks.
"For our raised beds we got all of the
lumber donated from Simpson, so it's really
important to emphasize that the communi-
ty has helped build up the project and we're
really grateful for all the donations," said
AmeriCorps Community Health Promoter
Delphina Liles said.
Twelve of the raised beds can be rented
on an ann al basis, Liles said, giving com-
munity members who otherwise would not
have a place to raise a garden, an opportu-
nity to grow their own healthy food.
"In 2009, the Community Health Task
Force decided that they wanted to focus on
projects that would reduce chronic illness
obesity and diabetes in the community,"
she said. "And so they wanted this garden
to serve as an educational outreach piece."
Although the garden originally started
as a small pea patch, this year it will be ex-
panding, starting with the new raised beds.
Liles, who works with Mason Matters
to promote community health, said that
the other half of the garden will host sev-
eral educational groups, including Choice
High School's horticulture class, which also
helped build the garden' raised beds on Fri-
day.
In addition to the raised beds, Habitat
will also build a tool shed for the garden
within the next few weeks, Liles said.
"We have a United Way Tool Bank Grant
and we started purchasing tools but we
didn't have any place to put them so we ap-
proached habitat and asked if they would
help by building a shed," Liles said. "So the
shed is also going to serve as an outdoor
classroom, so we're lucky in that it's actu-
ally been designed and it's beautiful and it's
going to have space for all our activities."
Habitat construction manager Henry
Biernacki said that Habitat is happy to help
with the sheds as a way to further support
Journal photo by Natalie Johnson
Habitat for Humanity and Mason Matters volunteers (back row, left)
Bret Barrish, David Lowrey, Joe Coffey, Henry Biernacki, (front row,
left) Delphina Liles, Pamala Dierker and Steven Dierker built raised
beds in the HOPE Garden near Mason General Hospital on Friday.
the community. The garden received a $4,000 School's
"I'm providing some volunteers to do the Out Washington grant to pay for the shed,
building and probably to supply some lum- Liles said.
ber if there isn't enough there," he said. Habitat for Humanity will also build
Normally at our house builds we always a similar shed soon at Shelton's Catalyst
build a shed for the homeowner, it's one of Park, a similar garden run by the WSU Ex-
the things we do, so it's a no brainer as far tension Office's Master Gardeners, Tammey
as our volunteers are concerned." Newton, Habitat e ecutive director said.
.raising
Courtesy photo
Models for fashion show and early garden club members:
Hulda Bailey, left, Hazel Razor, Erma Orr, Viola Newkirk,
Alma Sandstrom, Alma Bard, Evelyn Bard, Maude Paxton,
Marjorie Johnsen, Margaret Crossen, Erma Roselle, Flor-
ence Cady.
The Evergreen Garden Club is planning a 70-dendron Garden Club to become co-sponsors. They
year anniversary luncheon and tea on Thursday, all maintained victory gardens and the fresh and
March 17 at the North Mason Bible Church, 82 E. preserved items along with floral arrangements,
Campus Drive, Belfair. Kay Thykeson will pres- corsages were exhibited in the fair along with stu-
ent a fashion show of vintage designs. She has col- dents and community participating.
lected vintage clothes, hats and jewelry (for many In 1943, the garden club started a roadside park
years), from 1870 to 1970 and her collection has in Belfair, with a 20 square foot area. The members
grown to more than 200. Floral arrangements for planted and maintained the area until the high-
each decade from 1940 will be displayed." way was moved and the park became 6,000 square
The club was formed March 18, 1941 and Erma feet. A community Christmas tree was planted in
Orr was elected President. Other members includ- 1947. The members gtill maintain the park.
ed Irene Hill, Agnes White, Fanny Eaton, Flor- Public plant sales, starting in the back of Gor-
ence Cady, Evelyn Beck, Viola Newkirk, Nellie don McKnight's Radio Repair shop had been a
Johnson, Pauline Kittack, Mary Theler and Jane source of funding form many projects including the
Marsh. They joined the Washington State Federa- scholarship given each year to a North Mason High
tion of Garden Clubs and national garden club or- School graduate. For many years, the sale.w_a held
ganizations on November 4, 1941 and Cross Sound in front of Ray's Barber Shop. But due to much con-
District in 1953 when it was formed. The goal of gestion moved in 1990 to Pope Center in the area of
this club was to promote civic beautification, edu- Olympia Federal Saving Bank Building. The funds
cate members and the public on horticulture, floral raised from the two plant sales held in the spring
arts and conservation and participate in commu- and fall supports a'scholarship to a North Mason
nity and national garden club projects. High School graduate, civic improvement, Adopt-a-
In the early years, there were many projects Family, World Gardening, Teachers Conservation
including plant exchanges, tree decorating and and the Children's gardening program.
gift-giving to the Naval Hospital, corsage making The members published a cookbook to raise
for North Mason graduates and weddings, school funds to purchase and install a Blue Star marker
plantings and sponsoring the Belfair Community in the park in 2006.
Fair. The fair was sponsored for five years and For more information call Marie Ennaro 275-
grew so large they invited Tahuya and the Rhodo- 5763. *
Mt. Olive
Lutheran Church
Missouri Synod
206 East Wyandotte Avenue
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Office 426-6353
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3701 NE Northshore Road, Belfair, WA 98528-9434
(360) 275-3354
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Childcare: 360-275-0499
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A Progressive Episcopal Church
324 W Cedar St., Shelton
Services
7:30 & 10:30 a.m.
Office phone: 426-8472
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