Twelve Charleston Southern University students and campus minister Clark Carter completed a landscaping beautification project at Bethea Baptist Retirement Community in Darlington.
A tired but happy crew takes a break during a landscaping project at Bethea Baptist Retirement Community.The students could have chosen from a hundred different activities, including sleep, during fall break, Oct. 14-17. Instead, they leveled a dump truck load of dirt, mixed 90 pounds of compost, tilled several new flower beds, and planted 200 trees, azaleas and other plants.
While housed at Bethea, the students shared their time with the residents. On Sunday, they rested and attended Sunday school and worship at Bethea Baptist Church.
“We had a great time serving the folks at Bethea,” said Carter. “We are grateful to Johnny and Sandra Ward for financing this project, and know we’ll see and enjoy the fruit of our labor growing for years to come.”
Sharee Haigler and Kristen Carter haul a magnolia tree to its new home.