San Bernardino, Ca (Malaki 23, 2013) — Ua hāʻawi ʻia ka Incredible Edible Community Garden i kahi California ReLeaf Grant e kanu i kahi māla lāʻau Veteran ma Cal State San Bernardino's Veteran's Success Center. Ma Malaki 23rd, ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka ʻaha ʻāina o ka Veterans Living Memorial Garden, ua kōkua nā poʻe kahiko kūloko i ke kanu ʻana i nā kumulāʻau ʻoliva he 15. Ua kanu ʻia lākou i ʻekolu hui e hōʻike ana i kēlā me kēia o nā lālā ʻelima o ka pūʻali koa US–Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps a me Navy. E kanu hou ʻia nā kumulāʻau he 35 a puni ka pā kula.
Wahi a Eleanor Torres, Incredible Edible Community Garden board, ʻo ke kanu ʻana o The Veteran's Tree Garden e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka wā e hiki mai ana o kā mākou mau koa i ko lākou hoʻololi ʻana i ko lākou mākaukau i ke kūkulu kaiāulu. E kanu ʻia nā kumulāʻau he kanalima ma ka pā kula.
Ua kākoʻo ʻia ka hanana a ua hui pū ʻia e The Incredible Edible Community Garden i hoʻokumu ʻia e Dr. Mary E. Petit, Cal State University a me kā lākou Veterans Success Center, a me ke kalana ʻOihana o Veterans Affairs.
Hoʻolālā ʻia nā kumulāʻau myrtle crepe pua no ka māla e pili ana i ka Veterans Center. "E kū ana kēia mea hoʻomanaʻo ola o nā kumulāʻau i mea hoʻomaikaʻi mau i nā kāne a me nā wahine i lawelawe i kēia lāhui," wahi a Bill Moseley, ka luna o ke kalana o ka 'Oihana Veterans Affairs.
ʻO Mayor Pat Morris a me nā lālā o ka ʻAha Kulanakauhale, a me ka Pelekikena o ke kulanui ʻo Tomas Morales, ʻo ia kekahi o nā luna e hele ana i ka ʻaha hoʻomaka. "E pili ana kēia i ka hoʻolilo ʻana i kā mākou poʻe koa i mea hoʻohui a me ke kikowaena o ko mākou kaiāulu kulanui," wahi a Morales.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Joe Mosely, he kanaka koa Iraqi ʻo ia ka pelekikena o Cal State Student Veterans Organization, he moʻolelo kūleʻa ka lā i ka wā i hoʻi mai ai ka poʻe kahiko i ka home a hiki ke ʻike i ka "mālama kaiāulu a loaʻa kahi wahi no mākou.
E ʻike i ke kiʻi kiʻi o ka hanana.
Source: "Ke kanu nei ka poʻe koa i nā lāʻau, ka māla hāmama ma Cal State San Bernardino"