The
Blue Berry Patch near Seymour was a great adventure on
Saturday, July
6th. I was blessed to pick berries with 3 grand kids and
a dear friend, Steve Page. We wondered how many pounds we could pick
among us. We were amazed at check out to find we had 35 pounds of
fresh blue goodness. We started picking at 7 AM and finished before
9 AM! When the grand kids started throwing blue berries at each other
I knew it was time to stop, that we had done enough. The berries were
just ready in clusters to fall into the bucket.
It
is inspiring to ponder that the Blue Berry Patch is a Christian
ministry of outreach to 3rd world people who lack fresh
water. All the profits go to the Cross Catholic Outreach with an
effective rate of 97% going to projects to benefit the poor. The
management of this blue berry farm calls their outreach, “The Blue
Water Project”.
Profits
of $43,814 from 2008-10 were sent to the Dominican Republic where
folks were drinking from contaminated creeks . Profits of $25,874
from 2011-12 were sent to a critical area of Kenya to help provide
clean and sustainable water.
The
Patch will pick one more time this Saturday of July 13. They only
pick once a week to let the plants fill out well. I plan to be out
there at 7 AM. How wonderful to find fresh, wholesome fruit only a 40
minute drive away. How inspiring to also to be a small part of a
world wide vision of compassion for the poor who need clean water. I
will attempt to put a few pictures of the adventure on my blog main
page.
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