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University City Children's Center Greenhouse and
Rain Garden
A Foundation grant, along with Express Scripts employee volunteers, helped build a greenhouse and rain garden to give the Center's children an opportunity to learn healthy eating habits. As children plant seeds, care for plants, journal plant growth, and harvest and eat healthy foods, they experience the wonder of growing vegetables as part of a holistic approach to learning.
"In addition to learning basic math, science, reading, and writing, perhaps the most valuable lesson these children are learning is empathy and compassion – caring for living plants and working together as a team. This is a core element that lays the foundation for future learning, as 90 percent of the brain is developed by age four."
— Steve Z., Executive Director, University City Children's Center
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