In conjunction with Earth Day 2002, AmeriCorps team members in Lincoln, Nebraska coordinated efforts involving youth in the development of community gardening space. Making the most of donated land, AmeriCorps members with the Lincoln Action Program collaborated with other service organizations to transform unused parcels of land into a series of seventy-six 8'x8' gardens in which low-income families will be able to grow produce.
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