Midvale Elementary School sits on an enviable stretch of land with lots of room for playing and gardening, but with that space comes lots of upkeep.
So when a group offered to send in volunteers to tame the school grounds right before Midvale opened its doors to students again this fall, it wasn’t turned down.
Nicola Porto, director of engagement of the Collaboration Project, which organized the work, said she was struck when she heard Principal Becky Galvan say, “What a relief,” in the midst of the undertaking on Aug. 28.
The Collaboration Project was formed in 2019 for the “good of the community,” said Jon Anderson, founder and executive director. It is a collaboration of churches, which vary depending on the occasion, and one focus of the organization is “collaboration events.”
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