Bath Garden Club members Jane Crichton, left, Pat Shaw and Marie Lamere helped host a variety of annual events for local youth this summer. Contributed
Bath gardeners help area youngsters grow – in more ways than one
The Bath Garden Club’s Youth Activities Committee had a busy June, with annual events held with local preschool and elementary school-age children.
Eight members organized a Pre-K Garden Party storytime at the Patten Free Library in Bath that included plantings, singing and a snack for 17 children and their parents or caregivers. A garden-themed book, “Plant a Little Seed” by Bonnie Christensen, was also donated to the Children’s Room by the Youth Activities Committee of the Garden Club.
The Youth Activities Committee also visited Dike-Newell School in Bath in early June, when they worked with all first grade classes to plant sunflower seeds into a raised bed; the sunflowers plants will soon be blooming and will be incorporated into the Dike-Newell School classrooms’ lessons when school begins. Each of the classes also received Christensen’s book.
On Aug. 20, committee members installed a “First Grade Garden” sign at the sunflower garden, so the new second graders will see the results of their efforts.
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A summer concert by Rockland-based Midcoast Community Chorus benefited OUT, Maine’s statewide group that supports and empowers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning youth. Contributed
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