Hats off to Mountain Research Station

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Hats off to Mountain Research Station

To the Editor:

The Haywood Gleaners wish to express our sincere gratitude to the Mountain Research Station for their recent invitation to glean two of their beautiful fields, one of tomatoes and the other bell peppers.

Not that this was unusual for them to invite us since we’ve been on their generous list of gleaning invites for years, but the timing of this glean just post disaster of Hurricane Helene was most appreciated. The fresh produce was well received by various food distribution centers as it complemented the other donated food stuffs they were sharing with folks.

Thanks also go out to the First United Methodist Church of Waynesville for sharing our need for volunteers which included WCU and Tuscola students, families, and single individuals from as far away as Bryson City. This was critical to the effort since internet interruptions interfered with our gleaning call for the most part of our membership.

The three days of gleaning netted nearly 6,000 pounds of beautiful produce which was shared with Haywood Christian Ministries, The First United Methodist Church of both Waynesville and Maggie Valley, the Pigeon Center, and Grace Episcopal Church in the Mountains.

James Geenen,

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