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Society of St. Andrew potato drop in Sedalia, Missouri, October 2010 |
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Gleaning story from NBC Action News, Kansas City, August 2010 |
Blessings delivered in bags
- by Mark Morris, Kansas City Star, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2010
Anita Foertsch chose to spend part of her 39th anniversary Saturday helping off-load 21 tons of potatoes from a truck that had hauled them from Wisconsin.
But she didn't see it as much of a sacrifice. Foertsch and dozens of other volunteers who worked at Prairie Baptist Church in Prairie Village were answering a biblical call to use the gleanings from harvested fields as offerings to the poor and needy.
"We have a lot of fortunate people and a lot of hungry people," Foertsch said. "And you can't turn down the gift of free potatoes."
After volunteerspulled more than 4,000 bags of potatoes off the truck and put them into waiting pickups and trailers, they drove them to 20 community kitchens, pantries and service centers throughout the metropolitan area.
