RESTORE MARY JOHNSON'S SEABROOK ISLAND COMMUNITY GARDEN PLOT AND JOY

THE SIPOA BOARD UNDERTOOK A REWRITING OF THE LONG ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY GARDEN AGREEMENT. THEY ADDED SPECIFIC WORDING SAYING THAT GARDENERS MUST BE PROPERTY OWNERS. MARY HAS LIVED FULL TIME ON SEABROOK ISLAND FOR MORE THAN FOURTEEN YEARS AS A RENTER. SHE WAS INVITED TO HELP ESTABLISH THE COMMUNITY GARDEN AND HAS HAD HER GARDEN PLOT FOR FOURTEEN YEARS. SHE HAS INVESTED THOUSANDS OF HOURS AND DOLLARS ALONG WITH BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS IN OUR COMMUNITY GARDEN. WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO DEPRIVE A GENEROUS, WISE, KIND, SENIOR CITIZEN NEIGHBOR OF AN INNOCUOUS SOURCE OF JOY AND WELL BEING, WHEN IT DOESN'T COST ANYONE ELSE ANYTHING AND HER PRESENCE IN THE GARDEN PROVIDES SO MUCH TO SO MANY?

WE THE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE SIPOA BOARD MAKE A ONE TIME EXCEPTION FOR MARY JOHNSON AND GRANDFATHER HER INTO THE COMMUNITY GARDEN FOR AS LONG AS SHE CONTINUES TO LIVE ON SEABROOK ISLAND AND CHOOSES TO REMAIN A COMMUNITY GARDENER IN GOOD STANDING. THIS WOULD BE THE RIGHT AND KIND AND NEIGHBORLY SOLUTION THAT COSTS NOTHING AND MEANS SO MUCH TO SO MANY.