Haylene the Garden Queen

Today on our first full day in Atlanta after a long day of traveling we volunteered at a community garden. The garden was run by Haylene “The Garden Queen” and her husband. Throughout the day we worked in her garden and performed some manual labor in the beautiful Atlanta weather all while working with Haylene and listening to her crazy stories. After a long day of service we participated in a cook out at the garden and got a chance to relax with the group and learn more about Atlanta through Haylene. After our day of service we reflected on our service and the day as a whole. As a group we commended Haylene for looking out for members of her community and bringing them together through the community garden. While we were working members of the neighborhood and of Haylene’s family stopped by just to see what was going on. It was definitely a friendlier atmosphere than we’re used to surrounding Washington D.C. So far I’m really enjoying hanging out with the ASB Atlanta team and getting to know the area around us.

-Jamie