Pre-kindergarten teacher Barb Ormins (right) hands out a watering can as children walk in an empty lot that was donated by the City of Joliet to use for the new Warren-Sharpe Community Center Children's Community Garden across the street from the Warren-Sharpe Community Center Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Joliet. The garden will benefit the neighborhood as well as the center's food pantry. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Kay Bolden (top left), executive director, and pre-kindergarten teacher Barb Ormins (second from top left) unfurl a sign designating the future site of the Warren-Sharpe Community Center Children's Community Garden across the street from the Warren-Sharpe Community Center Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Joliet. The garden, which will benefit the neighborhood as well as the center's food pantry, will be on an empty lot donated by the City of Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Pre-kindergarten students and staff walk across Joliet St. to an empty lot that was donated by the City of Joliet to use for the new Warren-Sharpe Community Center Children's Community Garden across the street from the Warren-Sharpe Community Center Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Joliet. The garden will benefit the neighborhood as well as the center's food pantry. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Pre-kindergarten students and staff walk in an empty lot that was donated by the City of Joliet to use for the new Warren-Sharpe Community Center Children's Community Garden across the street from the Warren-Sharpe Community Center Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Joliet. The garden will benefit the neighborhood as well as the center's food pantry. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Kay Bolden is the executive director of the Warren-Sharpe Community Center as seen Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Boxes of food await to be handed out in the food pantry at the Warren-Sharpe Community Center Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Joliet. The pantry will stand to benefit from the Children's Community Garden that will be planted in 2013 across the street from the Warren-Sharpe Community Center. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media

Kay Bolden (top left), executive director, and pre-kindergarten teacher Barb Ormins (top right) hold a sign designating the future site of the Warren-Sharpe Community Center Children's Community Garden with pre-kindergarten students across the street from the Warren-Sharpe Community Center Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Joliet. The garden, which will benefit the neighborhood as well as the center's food pantry, will be on an empty lot donated by the City of Joliet. | Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media