Eden Vision is a community gardening initiative through Save Our Children that aims to bring people together and provide youth and communities with opportunities to develop healthy foundations. It establishes community gardens to unite people, provide education, and grow food. Eden Vision has obtained land, compost sources, and basic tools for its gardens but needs additional equipment and financial support to transport materials and expand its efforts. It hopes to partner with LCCC to offer students internships and service learning related to community and youth development through the gardens.

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2. Eden Vision Overview
Eden vision is a “Green” initiative through Save Our
Children. Eden vision provides opportunities for youth and
communities to develop a healthy physical, intellectual,
social, and spiritual foundation through agriculture.

3. Eden Vision Goals
• Bring people together
through community
gardening
• Establish a learning
environment for the
community
• Equip youth and community
members with a healthy
spiritual, educational, social
and physical foundation.
• Provide healthy food options
to the community

4. Eden Vision Gardens
Community “Love Gardens” – an area where community members come to
share ideas, information, concerns, and goods. EV “Love Gardens” are non-
threatening, non-prejudging environments where people can be accepted and
work together for a meaningful greater purpose.
Men of Eden Gardens – An outdoor classroom where young and older men
explore gardening, manhood, business, responsibility, stewardship and the life
and teachings of Jesus Christ. The goal is help develop leaders with a healthy
spiritual, intellectual, educational, and physical foundation.

5. Eden Vision Gardens Benefits
• Bring people together from different backgrounds (age, race, culture, social class) in a
non-threatening environment.
• Bring healthy local ORGANIC foods to food desert locations
• Prevent Crime (more eyes on the street and neighbor interaction)
• Teach origins of food, math skills, business principles, stewardship, environmental
issues, job skills and life lessons
• Add Beauty to communities and heighten awareness and appreciation for life
• Restore oxygen to the air and reduce pollution
• Many more benefits

6. Student Leaders of Eden Vision
Josh Smith Frank Whitfield Alejandro DeJesus
Bowling Green/LCCC LCCC Sophomore Bowling Green/LCCC
Biology Education Environmental Studies

7. Vision for LCCC
• To establish a relationship with Save Our Children-Eden Vision
to work together develop students academically through
service.
• Offer work-based learning or paid internships for students
going into fields that serve youth.
• Offer students credit for service learning with youth or
community development if it corresponds with courses.
• To engage student clubs in positive Lorain County activities.
– Offer native and international students opportunities to share foreign
traditions and ideas and heighten their social and cultural awareness of
the region.

8. What EV has Attained
• More than $500 worth of Vegetable, flower, and
Herb Plants
• Land – 2 sites, (together about ¼ acre)
• Leaf and Veggie Compost Sources
– Coffee Shops, LCCC Cafeteria, Caterers, etc.
• Manure Sources
• 3 shovels, 2 rakes,
• Watering sources and cans
• Support Networks – City Fresh Cleveland, George
Jones Farm, YWCA, citizens of Elyria

9. Eden Vision Sponsors & Supporters
• Alex Hyde – Hideaway Storage
• Becky Wendt
• City Fresh
• EBC Excavating
• George Jones Farm
• Grafton Correctional Facility
– Vocational Horticulture Program
• Holly Huff – Cascade Block Watch
• Posey Depot Floral & Gift Shoppe
• Rick Ternes
• Save Our Children
• Wacker & Associates
• YOU? Posey Depot Floral & Gift Shoppe donates
vegetables to Eden Vision

10. What We Need
• Pickup Truck
• Gas and food financial support
• 2 wheel barrels
• Straw Bales
• Large and small shovels
• Eden Vision T-shirts
• Webpage