LEMONT FURNACE, Pa. — Damien Zsiros, a nursing instructor at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, along with his son Matthew, volunteered to rehabilitate the “Menallen Outdoor Learning Environment” (MOLE) at Menallen Elementary School over the summer of 2018.
MOLE was established in 2009 with a grant secured by Michelle Komacek, a teacher at Menallen. Matthew, now a senior at Uniontown High School, contributed to the maintenance of the garden as a 3rd-grader. He chose to restore the space for his senior project, which requires 50 hours of service, after the space fell into disrepair in recent years.