Target, as part of its nationwide community service initiative Bullseye Builds, collaborated with local organizations to revitalize a community garden at the Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus (THEARC) in Southeast D.C.

Community Partnership

The corporation teamed up with Building Bridges Across the River, THEARC, and Volunteer Fairfax to launch the revitalization work in the District. The project is one of 13 Bullseye Builds projects across the U.S., funded through a $1 million investment.

Target Executive Vice President Kiera Fernandez said, ‘I think the most exciting thing about this event is what happens when we leave, and that is the community will have a space with some transformation done to it so the people that live here are able to come in, be in the garden, walk the path and see the new paint. Kids can come here and see we left the space better than we found it.’

Restoring the Garden

Volunteers, including Fernandez and other company leadership and employees from stores across the DMV area, worked on improving the walking trail, community garden, greenhouse, and mural behind the THEARC campus. The Volunteer Fairfax team helped gather over 100 volunteers and supplies, handling the logistics of the day.

Together, the volunteers laid down fresh soft mulch and brick linings for the trail, new seedlings and flowers for the garden, and fresh paint for the children’s mural.

Original reporting: The Washington Informer — read the source article.