Belrock Renos 2020-08

 Here are some recent photos of Renovations at Belrock:

Please note social distancing is maintained throughout the operation.

The Banquet room insulation is complete/ new lighting is completed/new gyproc installed and painted/New heating installed and now for the new dropped ceiling...over 90% of the cost is covered by donations//Special thanks to JAVA GUILD.And 90 % of the Labour is Volunteers Special Thanks to the Volunteers...Looking AWESOME..

Be well Be safe

4H Community Garden 2020

Here are some pictures from the 4-H garden in 2020 and a summary from Paulette MacDonald . I have also  included pictures of my wife and I from last Friday harvesting some of the produce. My wife Celena Leonard is a member of OES (Algoma Chapter #139) as well. -- John Leonard

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There’s no doubt that this was a challenging year. Initially, all community gardens were closed and it appeared that Public Health would not enter discussions about reopening. However, a diligent group of volunteers from the core group of the Sudbury Community Garden Network took up the cause and through several meetings, social media announcements, and news reports were finally able to sit down with Dr. Penny Sutcliffe and provide important feedback as to the importance of community gardening. Many examples were provided as to how gardens feed people, supplement food banks, soup kitchens, and meal plans. We provided stories of how the gardens provide places of comfort for seniors who help feed other seniors, and of youth who garden with the families to serve the community, as is the case with the 4-H Garden. At that point, Public Health made the decision to allow key contacts to plant, maintain, and harvest the gardens. The 4-H families and a couple of community volunteers stepped up and once again, we had a successful planting season. Our gardeners rotated water duty all season including spending time staking, weeding, and cutting the grass regularly. We are still harvesting as there are several heavy squash and potatoes to pull. We expect to surpass 350 lbs. of produce. The produce was provided to an organization that assists at least 6-10 families which house a few children each and live with their elderly parents.

Thanks to Nickel Lodge No. 427’s continued support, we were able to purchase the extra sanitizers, new hose, tarps, and other items like replacement plants and supplies. We hope you enjoy the photos!

Kind regards,

Paulette Macdonald

Sudbury 4-H Club Leader, 4-H District Association Representative/Board Member, 4-H Ontario.
Westmount 4-H Club Community Garden Team Lead, Sudbury Community Garden Network. 
“Home Garden Project,” Cultivate Your Neighbourhood, Greater Sudbury Covid Response Group.
Laurentian University representative, Greater Sudbury Food Policy Council.
Westmount Neighbourhood Association Board member.