A rain garden blooms, thanks to generous donations

April 8, 2007 12:35 am

A rain garden blooms, thanks to generous donations

We appreciate very much the coverage given by The Free Lance-Star to our rain garden project at the Bragg Hill Family Life Center ["JM student's project environmental plus," April 3].

It should be known that in addition to other donor support, including Abby Construction and Luck Stone, the project was really made possible through a $1,000 grant from the members of Youth In Philanthropy (YIP) of the Community Foundation of the Rappa- hannock River Region. YIP was founded to engage youth in works of philanthropy in our area.

Through this grant and other donations, we have been able to design and complete the project, but more importantly, we have been able to generate interest among other schools and students in creating rain gardens for their schools and other public areas.

James Hannon Fredericksburg The writer is a member of Students for Environmental Action at James Monroe High School.

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