Lions Club Collaboration Benefits Etowah HS Vegetable Garden The Woodstock Lions Club, Lions Club International Foundation, and Anthem Insurance Company have collaborated to benefit the Etowah HS Vegetable Garden. As part of Anthem Volunteer Days, the garden will receive a $2,000 grant from Lions Club International Foundation, and Anthem employees will volunteer to work in the garden. Anthem Volunteer Days is a program that “connects Anthem employee volunteers with Lions Clubs for the purpose of serving and improving their communities.” The Woodstock Lions Club has worked with Ashley Rivers, Future Farmers of America advisor at Etowah HS, for more than three years, helping with labor and equipment at the school’s vegetable garden. Recently, the Club learned that the garden needed funds and labor for repairs. It seemed like a perfect project for Anthem Volunteer Days, so the Woodstock Lions Club submitted a detailed proposal for the $2,000 grant. Due to grant approval, 15 Anthem employees and several Woodstock Lions Club volunteers will meet at the garden this month to help with labor, repairs, and planting. The garden has 18 raised beds (4 are handicapped accessible) and grows both warm and cool season crops. Students enrolled in agriculture courses at the high school help in the garden along with Woodstock Lions Club and other community volunteer groups.Anthem Volunteer Days highlights one of the five global initiatives of the Lions Club International Foundation, addressing hunger. The Etowah High School Vegetable Garden donates all produce, approximately 250 pounds per season, to the Heritage Presbyterian Church Pantry. Every week, the Pantry serves 90 families who otherwise would not be able to afford fresh produce.
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