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By Kate Daly
Woodside-Atherton Garden Club members volunteer every week to cultivate local school gardens and were so impressed with one employee at Selby Lane Elementary School in Atherton, they surprised him with special recognition: a national award and a check for $1,000.
Dozens of club members gathered in the school garden on June 13 as Sherry Perkins and Sara Jorgensen of Woodside presented Cesar Zuniga with the Garden Club of America’s Elizabeth Abernathy Hull Award to honor his inspirational work with the school’s children, parents, teachers and staff.
As school coordinator for Redwood City’s department of parks, recreation and community services, Mr. Zuniga has many responsibilities including running an after-school program where he uses the fruit, vegetable and flower garden as a teaching tool.
Garden club members, who have been volunteering in the school’s garden since 2015, have recently added John Gill Elementary School in Redwood City to their project list, and plan to help out at Roosevelt Elementary soon.
