DeKalb County Community Gardens to hold fundraiser

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Community Gardens coordinator Kathryn Olsen examines kale plants Oct. 5 at a gardens event. Dan Kenney, DeKalb County Community Gardens executive director, is working with Kirkland farmer Gene Heinsohn to win a grant that would bring $5,000 to the Garden Paths of Hope project. The project seeks ot create a farm where people with disabilities or the homeless can work to develop life skills they can’t learn elsewhere.

By Northern Star staff

The DeKalb County Community Gardens will hold a fundraiser Thursday.

The gardening group manages a range of gardens in the county, donating the produce that is grown to food pantries, schools and other groups.

The fundraiser is 4-8 p.m. Thursday at Potbelly’s, 1013 W. Lincoln Highway. Twenty-five percent of the sales made during the fundraiser time will go to the DeKalb County Community Gardens.