This morning, veterans organizations joined forces with community volunteers for a Day of Service to strengthen the Southside community and its young students at Octotillo Learning Center (OLC), one garden bed at a time.
The Mission Continues, Travis Manion Foundation and RTX veterans spent the day creating garden beds, rehabilitating campus spaces and building interactive learning tools at OLC.
At OLC, 50% of the student body has an Individualized Education Program (IEP), meaning they have developmental challenges to their learning.
“Us coming out here as a veterans organization, bringing other members of the community to build gardens, to rehab their campus, to build them toys and other interactive learning tools is like what’s at the heart of our mission of service,” Mike Montiel said…