b'2021 PARTNER STORIESAs William Cramp Community School began reopening for students in September 2021, our POP Team could once again return to the North Courtyard Orchard and Gardens and care for the fruit trees, berry bushes, flowers and vegetables. Of the many plants that survived the year and a half of pandemic, none was thriving more than the magnificent Fig Tree that was planted by POP three years previously and now abun-dant with fruit. Then, as I entered the school and met with Principal Logan in her office, there on her desk was a bowl of figs, harvested earlier that morning to share with students.- Craig JohnsonWilliam Cramp Community SchoolCreating an opportunity for the community to directly change the landscape of their environment after being shut-in for a whole year. We really enjoyed working closely with PowerCorps young adults to accomplish the orchard rebuild. We held our annual harvest party in the orchard in October; PowerCorps used [it] as a hands-on learning site and community members used the orchard for their events. POP does a really good job at this. UTC thought the part-nership was very beneficial to the success of the orchard and we appreciate the relationship with you all.- Mike JonesPearl Street Orchard (Urban Tree Connection)new orchard partners:Andrew Hamilton ElementaryMercy LIFE West PhiladelphiaPearl St Orchard with Urban Tree Connection4'