MPDC’s Health & Wellness Team held its 2nd Annual Tea Party event in the Garden at Hope Community Garden in Roxbury located near Madison Park Vocation Technical High School. The event is one of many to kick-off MPDC’s garden season and summer healthy food access programming. More than 25 Roxbury and MPDC residents gathered to celebrate the start of a summer focused on decreasing challenges with their health and eating healthy. The Tea Party provided an opportunity to increase social cohesion and decrease social isolation. The main highlight of the event was the hat competition that encouraged attendees to wear unique ornate hats.