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Kate Wessling and Barbara Standke

Health, Happiness and the Benefits of Volunteering; Join the ‘Common Good Gardens’ to Discover Them!

January 30, 2017 by Kate Wessling and Barbara Standke

Each year, the Common Good Gardens in Old Saybrook raise nearly four tons of fresh vegetables and fruit, and then then donates them to the Shoreline Soup Kitchens and Pantries  And they do it entirely with volunteers – volunteers who have kept it going and improved it for 15 years. You’re probably thinking, “How unselfish ... doing all that work to benefit other people,” and … [Read more...] about Health, Happiness and the Benefits of Volunteering; Join the ‘Common Good Gardens’ to Discover Them!

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