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| Chicago Health Corps serving at the Ujima Community Garden in West Humboldt Park. |
Ujima is a Swahili word. It means neighborhood cooperation, collective work and responsibility. That is a pretty accurate description of what is happening at the Ujima Community Garden in Chicago's West Humboldt Park neighborhood. After a good rain on May 31st, Chicago Health Corps members woke up June 1st to a gray morning and met up at this neighborhood garden. Lucky for us it didn't rain on us while we helped beautify the raised beds and pathways. And the previous day's rain made it so much easier to pull up persistent weeds. It was a great time and we were so grateful to the kind caretakers of the garden who surprised us with hot cocoa, coffee, and then, around lunch time, freshly grilled hot dogs! The hospitality was totally unexpected and so appreciated. It was easy to fall in love with the Ujima Garden and to feel like welcome friends in the community surrounding it.
Note: Don't miss the video at the end of this post!
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| Games in the garden. Sana and Jessica made an instant best friend. |
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| Carly making the rows of veggies happy and healthy. |
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| Taking out some pesky weeds in a near-empty bed. |
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| Looks like a teaching moment, if I ever saw one. |
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| Hot dogs AND hot chocolate?! We're happy girls. |
Here it is. James on break at Ujima Community Garden. Showing off a little shovel trick he's been working on. Also keep an eye on the CHCers in the background. Classic.
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