Hello Roosevelt Parents and Garden Enthusiasts,
The Roosevelt back-to-school barbecue is on Tuesday, Sept. 7th! Hoards of new and returning parents will be viewing the school with eager eyes, many for the first time. As parents walk up to the school and around the grounds, they can't help but notice the Gardens!  

A dedicated crew has been tending and watering the Gardens over summer. It is a huge task and we are extremely grateful to those who have taken time away from their own gardens and interests to keep the Roosevelt Gardens thriving! Special thanks goes out to Cynthia Bern for organizing the watering/weeding schedule, Melinda Spencer for filling in most every available opening to tend the gardens as well as Erika Gries, Anne Fritzel, Pam Turlove and others who have nurtured the plants and pulled rogue weeds.  We also had help from the Thurston County Food Bank, Karen Ray and Food Bank "Gleaners" who made sure our summer crops made it to hungry mouths via the Food Bank.

We would like to welcome and invite parents to join in Roosevelt Garden activities. At the barbecue we will hand out postcards and small packets of seeds. Garden Ambassadors will be around welcoming all and offering tours of the gardens. (Contact Melinda or Jenifer if you are interested in passing out the postcards and seeds).

We hope you will include the Gardens in your volunteer activities this year at Roosevelt. Please contact Jenifer Thacher to be included on the Garden Committee email list.

Cheers,
Jenifer Thacher
member of the Roosevelt Garden Steering Committee