A New Leaf’s retail garden center in Tulsa, Okla., was ransacked by vandals June 2, leaving the nonprofit with about $25,000 in product damages, according to a report by Tulsa World.
CEO Mary Ogle said one-third of the seasonal revenue for A New Leaf, a nonprofit that provides individuals with developmental disabilities with life and job skill training through horticultural therapy, was lost in the damages. The product loss would account for about $40,000 in retail losses, she said.
The nonprofit depends on its garden center sales to support the programs it offers to adults with disabilities, Ogle said.
Read more at Tulsa World.
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