A group of volunteers joined Congressman James McGovern to begin planting in a new community garden in the Bank Street Tot Lot, just behind the Salvation Army Headquarters on Bedford Street. Volunteers who worked on the garden included neighbors from the Bank Street Neighborhood Association and staff and children from the Salvation Army after school program. Congressman McGovern is an advocate of community gardens in his role as in the establishment USDA Food for Education program and an advocate of programs to reduce "food desserts." Congressman McGovern recently met with members of the Worcester Garden Club in his advocacy for community gardens. Click here for a letter from Congressman McGovern in the Herald News. Click here for photos of the BCC garden. Click here for photos of a recent session on composting and vermiculture. Click here for the Fall River Community Garden Facebook page. For more information, contact Nicole Fortier, Community Gardens coordinator, at 508-679-6841.  
 

(Top row) Congressman McGovern gives some pointers to one of the children as she prepares to plant and then chats with Bank Street Neighborhood president Natalie Melo. (Middle row, left) Congressman McGovern joins children from the Salvation Army after school program and Community Development Recreation Program executive Director Grace Gerling, right, in planting some peppers. (Middle row, right) Congressman McGovern, Mayor Flanagan and other volunteers, including YouthBuild executive director Terry Moran pitch in to plant. (Bottom row, center) The Congressman is joined by volunteers from the neighborhood and the Salvation Army following the planting