Garden aimed to help elderly clients get more active

ALBANY, GA -- Thanks to a grant one local organization is working to make their elderly clients more active.

That's because the SOWEGA Council on Aging received a $10,000 grant to build boxed gardens.

Officials say the goal of the gardens is to get the clients outside, and to produce their own foods.

Which in return helps them mentally and physically.

Wellness Coordinator Erin Willingham says, "we hope to work with the Boys & Girls Club, we want to bring more of the community in to bring awareness to our facility also to get the seniors out there and interacting with others. I think that's a wonderful thing for their minds."

The project should be complete at the end of December.