Here is an email we just received from someone who saw the Peak Moment TV interview
about the Sharing Gardens on YouTube. We wish to extend our sincere
thanks to all the many supporters near and far who have nurtured the
program up to this point. Here is evidence that our effort reaches out
beyond our own small community. We wanted to share our excitement with
you all.
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| Scenic Chester, Pennsylvania! |
First
of all, please accept my thanks for being the "break-through" people
in trailblazing this idea. I wish I had the words to describe how my
heart leapt when I watched your video on Peak Moment. I have been
reaching out (metaphorically speaking) launching my faith in hopes that
what I am supposed to do and be in this world will come to me. I
believe it has. I love gardening. I feed my family from our small
garden. And last year, I was able to give a lot of food away. I have
been praying for an opportunity to share that will incorporate my love
of gardening. I believe this is it.
Our city,
Chester, PA, is a very poor and declining city. We have one
supermarket in the entire city of 40,000 people. And although there is
a state of the art soccer facility and Harrah's Casino in our town,
the people struggle to eat. The majority of our residents rely on
government help to feed their families. For the first time in the many
years I have lived here, I see people begging for food or money.
There
is also an abundance of vacant land in the city. I believe a sharing
garden will serve to feed many hungry people and aid in the
revitalization of the city.
You mentioned your
willingness to help folks who have a heart for such a revolutionary
idea. That would be me. If you would consider mentoring me, I would
love to share your vision here in our dear city.
A. Costa
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| Click on image for link to map of Chester, PA |
It appears that the "Sharing Gardens" website has been translated into
Russian!? (Click Here) Our site is being linked to other sites all over the world.
I think you're right that it is Russian. There's a pretty big back to the land movement there, from what I've read.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to say that I also found out about your sharing garden through Peak Moment and really admire all that you've done. Its good to have more models for shared gardens than the most common community garden with individual plots.