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| Monday, 08 September 2008 12:22 | ||||
 Disengaged young people have learned more about teamwork and commitment – and how to tell the difference between weeds and “real” plants – during a Community Garden project run by Mission Australia at Hackham West.The Hackham West Community Garden Project had Mission Australia community youth worker Claudine Scalzi teach 10 young people from FAME (Flexible Accredited Meaningful Education) how to plant, tend and harvest fruit and vegetables over 10 weeks from early July... The program finishes with a “graduation party” at the Hackham West Community Garden, 268 Beach Rd, Christies Beach, between 11 am and 2 pm on Tuesday, 9 September 2008. Local member Leon Bignell MP will attend the party, at which vegetables grown at the garden will be used in pizzas to be cooked by the graduates. The Hackham West Community Garden Project is a joint initiative of Mission Australia’s Southern Youth Xchange and FAME, an alternative learning program for young people disengaged from school. Ms Scalzi says the participants, aged between 12 and 14, learned about horticulture as well as “incidental” lessons about teamwork and the need for on-going commitment if results were to be achieved. “Many of these kids have never been to high school, and may not have even attended primary school regularly,” Ms Scalzi says. “Programs like these teach kids that if you turn up and commit to something, you will see a real outcome.” For further information or to discuss photographing participants at the party, contact Mission Australia Onkaparinga Youth Services’ acting service manager Fiona Boyle on 02 8326 1114 or FAME senior educator Peter Hartman-Kearns on 0419 691 007 or Chris Rann 0418 832 512. 
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