Pride Center plans garden and trail

Staff report

Youngstown

The Mahoning Valley Pride Center’s major project of the spring and summer is to create a Pride Garden and AIDS Memorial Trail in the donated empty lot next to the center at 1523 Poland Ave.

The center, which is in its second year, is seeking volunteers to help in the planning and transformation of the lot, and is asking Valley landscapers and professional gardeners if they would donate their time and talents to meet with the center’s board and offer plans, advice and materials.

The center and its members will be soliciting donations allocated exclusively for the garden and memorial trail to help defer the costs of the center and donations from any contractors/landscapers.

There is a donation button on the center’s Web site, www.mvpridecenter.com, and those interested can mail a donation check or money order payable to Mahoning Valley Pride, 1523 Poland Ave., Youngstown, OH 44502.

Be sure to put “Garden” in the memo section to be credited toward the project.