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Perkiomen Valley Middle School West Students Turn Vision into Reality

Student, teacher and parent volunteers work on Rambo Park's butterfly garden

students who submitted designs for the butterfly garden in Trappe's put the plans into action last week.

The children, teachers and volunteer parents shoveled, planted and mulched the area around the park's bullfrog pond in accordance with the . Council members Fred Schuetz and Cathy Johnson also helped with some of the work.

Teacher Danielle Patterson said the experience was "great because it gave us a chance to get involved with the community." She also praised the professors and students at who helped the students with their designs.

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