NextChapter Volunteers: The Mid-Ohio Foodbank's Community Garden
At NextChapter we believe in helping people get to the next chapter of their lives. With this in mind, our team searches for volunteer opportunities around the Columbus community. The NextChapter team leaves our normal hustle and bustle to help out our home city. Most recently, the team visited the Mid-Ohio Food Bank to work in their Community Garden
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Janine Sickmeyer
Published on May 30, 2018

Mid-Ohio FoodBank's Community Garden 🍓

 

At NextChapter we believe in helping people get to the next chapter of their lives. With this in mind, our team searches for volunteer opportunities around the Columbus community.

 

 

The NextChapter team leaves our normal hustle and bustle to help out our home city. Most recently, the team visited the Mid-Ohio Food Bank to work in their Community Garden.

 

 

What’s the Community Garden all about?

 

The Mid-Ohio Foodbank’s Community Garden is one of the Urban Farms of Central Ohio. Their mission as a social enterprise is to create sustainable farms that provide fresh and local produce to underserved communities in Central Ohio. The Urban Farms also bring jobs and job training to residents. Food grown in the Community Garden goes directly to the Mid-Ohio Foodbank’s onsite Kroger Community Food Pantry so families have access to healthy food options. 🌱

 

 

Our Journey at the Community Garden 

 

The NextChapter team arrived at the Community Garden as a mix of beginners and experienced gardeners. The director of the garden, Allison, gave us a quick run-down of the garden and gave us the basic information we needed to start gardening! 🍏🍎

 

 

After our quick meeting, we split up and got to work! Janine and Jaime started planting rows of corn seeds. This was one of our trickiest projects because it required proper spacing techniques. We got some help from the expert of horticulture, Allison. She taught us how to set up our rows so the corn will grow perfectly! 🌽

 

 

Colin and Eric planted squash, cucumbers, and even more for the garden. The two were naturals! 🌿

 

 

 

After some hard work, the team took a break by touring the Mid-Ohio FoodBank’s facility. From the production line to the pantry itself, the NextChapter team saw every part of the foodbank! We are amazed and grateful for the great work the Mid-Ohio Foodbank is doing for our home city 🏙

 

 

To finish up the day, we continued to plant tomatoes and other vegetables for the garden. The team also weeded the garden to keep the plants growing beautifully! 🍅

 

 

Our Takeaways

 

The NextChapter team had a rewarding day at the Community Garden! We learned a lot about horticulture and serving our community. NextChapter can’t wait to go back to the garden and bring our experience to other Urban Farms across Central Ohio.