Plans are already underway to spruce up the Ponoka Jubilee Library community garden.
Youths with the Ponoka Youth Centre (PYC) put on their leadership hats and helped library manager Jackie Berry paint the flower and plant beds at the library’s community garden Tuesday, May 12.
The group is part of the Torch Club leadership group at the youth centre that is looking at ways to develop leaders and at the same time give back to the community, said Doris Reich, program co-ordinator with after school program at the PYC.
“One of the goals for the torch club is to be involved in community work of some kind,” said Reich.
Working with the library is a match that both Berry and Reich feel works as they both have a strong community focus.
“We just want something that is a nice place for people to come visit,” said Berry. “We’re hoping to get some benches or a picnic table or something so people can come sit back here and enjoy it.”
Berry says the Keystone Group, another leadership club at the youth centre, will help the community and library with planting Wednesday, May 27. She said everyone in the community is invited to join in on the fun and anyone with extra seeds is asked to donate them to the library.
Reich said she hopes to have youths with the Keystone group working collaboratively with members of the community. “They’ve got to learn from someone.”
“Really, we want this to become something that everybody can enjoy,” added Berry.
“If anybody has any plants or seeds that are willing to donate, we are more than happy to take them,” she concluded.