By: Charla Rodak, Program Supervisor

BMO Volunteers pose the beautiful gardens they created outside our Lawson Location

On June 12, 2018 Scarborough Regional Office and Lawson Children’s Respite had 15 volunteers from BMO come to complete some much needed gardening in the front of our building. Since this is a multi-functional building which hosts many community events, has a consistent flow of families and external stakeholders often visiting it was important to have our outside match the warm and welcoming feeling of the inside.

The 15 volunteers showed up enthusiastic and ready to work. They transformed the two gardens in record time. One volunteer, Karen from the Finch and Warden BMO location went on her own to purchase some extra items to donate to this project. This was not expected but greatly appreciated. We also received a grant from BMO to cover our supplies in the amount of $600.00. The children from Lawson will be completing a card with a group picture of the volunteers to present to BMO as a thank you in the coming weeks. We would like to thank all the volunteers from BMO, the Lawson kitchen staff that made sure the volunteers had a  continental breakfast and light lunch to enjoy before and after their hard work.

We would also like to thank the staff that assisted with the purchasing of the supplies and their knowledge of plants and where they would thrive.