Donors and Volunteers needed to build a "Victory Garden" at the post!

Overview: The Victory Garden Project goal is to improve the health of our veterans within the Pasadena community.  This project will provide veterans with a PTSD therapy program as well as a community involvement volunteer opportunity for local high school ROTC units and a local Boys Scout troops to interact with our Pasadena veterans.  The vegetables grown and harvested from the garden will be used to supply for the post and future food pantry program for veterans in need.

Details: The Victory Garden will be a fenced in area of 4,280 sq. ft. (40ft by 107ft) at the back of the post’s property.  It will have 20 raised beds (10 beds of 4’x25’x2’ & 10 beds of 4’x12’x2’), a storage shed for tools & supplies, and a rainwater collection system to water the vegetables. 
Process: The Victory Garden will be built in two phases.
1^st phase (Early Summer of 2023) – 10 raised beds (4’x25’x2’) built with brick materials with a moisture barrier, 2 picnic tables, fenced with a 6 ft. gate and the rainwater collection system which will consist of 6 new IBC totes (275-gallon ea.) capturing the rain runoff from the 2,400 sq. ft. roof surface of the post’s back storage shed next to the garden.  A 20ft storage container currently located in the garden will be relocated in the garden area and will be refurbished to storge tools & garden supplies.
2^nd phase (Early Spring of 2024) –  will add 10 raised beds (4’x12’x2’), a compost pile containment area with gate and lighting.