First Community Orchard Grows in West Jackson
Keep Jackson Beautiful, which builds and sustains a clean, green and a more beautiful Jackson launched its first community orchard in Jackson this past weekend to kickoff [...]
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Summer Camps at JSU
Summer camps have been a part of the U.S. tradition for over 150 years. Every summer, more than 1,700 eager young minds attend one of the various summer camps offered at [...]
“Look Out on the Fields, the Harvest is Ripe”, Blackburn Garden Video
Blackburn Laboratory Middle School and Jackson State University held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Blackburn Learning Garden in March. The garden will serve as an outdoor [...]
Pictures from Stewpot’s Little Free Library Ceremony
On February 24th, community partners met at Stewpot’s Community House to unveil the 3rd Little Free Library in West Jackson. There were over 100 children from the after [...]
Voice of Calvary Raises Funds to Start After School Program at Barr Elementary
Voice of Calvary Ministries (VOCM) was able to raise funds to start an after school program at Barr Elementary located at 1539 W. Capitol Street. The program started in [...]
Dan & Annie Course, Gardening for Fun
Dan Course and Annie Course have lived in their home on Arbor Vista Blvd. for the past 45 years. Ever since they moved in their home they have been gardening for a hobby. [...]
Blackburn Learning Garden, Creation Day was Huge Success
Overview The Blackburn Middle School Learning Garden has been in the works for the past two years and during that time several community partners joined together to ensure [...]
Coop-A-Doodle-Doo, Cooperative Community Project
Each day, Pecan Park Elementary School students living between Claiborne Avenue and Valley Street walk to and from school on a sidewalk that is trashed, overrun with weeds [...]
JSU Builds “Circle of Humanity”
JSU recently constructed the Circle of Humanity at one of the key gateways into campus on the corner of Dalton and Lynch Street. The Circle of Humanity displays 60 flags [...]