The OATHS Community Service Project at T.S. Morris Elementary School has only one more meeting in this school year. We have been meeting regularly with Mr. Freeman’s fifth grade class on the first Friday of the month. In February, we planted herb seeds in mini-greenhouses, and in March we discussed water conservation. In April, we hope to make pizza using the herbs we have planted and been tending in the garden and the courtyard containers.

On the Great Day of Service, Saturday, March 15, three OATHS members joined with the T.S. Morris Partners in Education to help spruce up the school. The OATHS volunteers (Carolyn Gomillion, Kayren Pittman, and Jane McCarthy) concentrated on the courtyard containers by cleaning them out and planting more herbs and summer annuals. The newly planted trees in the front of the school were mulched with pine straw, and the raised bed was cleaned out and planted with lettuce and Swiss chard. Many thanks to Ann Oldham, John Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Neal, Mark, Nate, Isiah, and Mr. Freeman for their valuable help.