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 Lou
Encouraged us all to Sow More Wild O.A.K.s
(Ordinary Acts of Kindness)
Lou Poulos
was a kind man with a big smile and a generous heart. As a local
award-winning landscaper, he planted oaks (and other plants) for
a living. He also planted O.A.K.s
(Ordinary Acts of Kindness) with the way he lived his life.
Lou passed away unexpectedly on October 18, 2009 and, as those who
loved him, we want to continue sowing his O.A.K.s (Ordinary Acts
of Kindness).
Our goal is to raise enough money to build Lou's Greenhouse. Lou's
Greenhouse will be a part of the larger Green Built Cygnet
House project - a group foster care home which will be built
in Central Brevard.
Named after a baby swan, the Cygnet
House will be a foster care group home for children ages 6-14
years old that have been placed in the protective services of the
Department of Children & Families, District VII in Brevard County.
Click here to read
more about Cygnet House Green Build Goals
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The Brevard Branch of the Central Florida Chapter of the US Green
Build Council has selected Cygnet House to be their "Legacy
Project." This sponsorship is assisting with the project
by providing a Team of Experts that are facilitating this project
from the Conceptual Design, Construction, through LEED (Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design) certification of this much
needed home. Building a LEED Certified home is to create a new
standard for a clean, healthy, sustainable, economical, and environmentally
friendly group home for displaced children. Cygnet House will
be the first LEED Certified group foster care home in the U.S.
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Plans for the Cygnet
House include a butterfly garden and a vegetable garden where
the children will learn the many benefits of working in a garden.
Our goal is to raise enough funds to build Lou's
Greenhouse and Garden Shed - an on-site structure to
further instill the love of gardening and plants into the children
of Cygnet House.
We will be raising these funds through donations, plant sales and
other means.
To find out how you can help us build Lou's Greenhouse, please
email us.
To find out other ways that you can help with the Cygnet House
project, click here to email
Linda Molica.
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