Saturday, February 19, 2005

Horticulture program offers life lessons to young offenders / wvec.com, 17 Feb 2005

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Patti Rosenberg
"A begonia named Bob and a geranium named Kay are teaching life skills to young inmates at the Merrimac Center, a locked juvenile detention facility in James City County.
'It teaches me responsibility, that good things will come out of it if I work hard,' said Cory, a husky 17-year-old from the Williamsburg area who is Bob's caretaker.
'I had no responsibility when I came in. Now I can see a difference in myself.' "