Saturday, May 21, 2011
YOUNGSTOWN
Students from high schools throughout the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown converged on the city’s South and East sides to spend their Saturday hauling soil, spreading grass seed and building garden beds.
About 80 high school students and 20 adult volunteers participated in Project Grow, and worked to improve vacant lots near St. Dominic Church at 77 E. Lucius Avenue and Immaculate Conception-Sacred Heart Parish at 400 Lincoln Park Drive.
“A lot of planning went into this, and that built the anticipation,” said George Gorchar, diocese associate director of social action. Gorchar also is board president of the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp.
He said Project Grow has several goals: to improve neighborhood landscapes, to help the parish makes links to the neighborhood and to allow the students to serve and live their faith in their community.
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