Re: "Latest theft leaves bad taste in kids' mouths," News, July 19.
It was with great dismay that I read about yet another theft from a community garden. As one of the volunteers for the Lord Byng elementary garden club, I can understand the disappointment of the students from Spul'u'kwuks who worked so hard to grow their various crops.
Lord Byng has also been a victim of theft these past three years. Our students have worked hard preparing the gardens for planting a variety of vegetables and herbs and maintaining the gardens in anticipation of a bountiful harvest.
I was very proud to learn that the students unanimously decided to donate all our produce to the food bank and to community meal programs.
Sadly, last year someone carefully "harvested" the scapes from the Byng garden and then came back for the garlic and many other vegetables. To add insult to injury, sometime in the last four days, someone came and relieved us of our potatoes, radishes and trampled the few remaining vegetables we had in the garden. As a result, we are again unable to fully honour our commitment of donating food to the programs.
Some may call it ignorance, some may call it disrespect - I call it stealing, plain and simple. Shame on those responsible for pilfering these gardens and destroying the children's hard work.
V.A. Stevenson
Steveston
