School needs your help to renovate its yard

Published on November 10, 2014

St. Columban's teacher Meghan Henry and student Eric Brisebois show off the barren landscape that is the school yard.

CORNWALL, Ontario - The students at St. Columban's School in Cornwall want some grass in their yard - and they need your help to get it.

The school has been chosen by Aviva Insurance to take part in a community fund to help beautify the property at its Augustus Street locale.

The school is in the running for thousands of dollars to help offset the cost of turning the barren concrete and asphalt that dominates the yard into a lush, green landscape.

But the school is not alone in petitioning Aviva for funding. As part of the community fund project, the school is up against other worthy submissions that want to take advantage of the same funding pot.

People can vote online for the St. Columban's projecthere.

Meghan Henry, a Grade 1 teacher at the school, said the children are desperate for some grass in the school yard.

"It's what they really want," she said, adding some have approached her to suggest tripping and scraping one's knee on a grassy field is more desirable than the hard asphalt that currently exists.

There are just a few days for votes to be collected. If St. Columbans is successful in this round of voting, it will be on to the semifinals and more voting, before spots are determined for the final round and cash is doled out.

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School needs your help to renovate its yard