Start and grow a community garden.

“We were warned that once people found out we were growing food, the lot would be ravaged. What happened next was indeed terrible, and sad. The fruits and vegetables began to…fall of the plants and rot on the ground. No one was picking. Unless I picked the produce myself and handed it to people sitting on the benches, the food went untouched.”

“Around the end of June, we were joined at the garden by a group of about forty Student Life volunteers from The First Chinese Church of Cordova, Tennessee, for three days of work. I had made a four page list of “things to do” in preparation of their arrival, but had no clue as to their experience or “desire” to get their hands dirty. I needn’t have been concerned. They arrived about 8:00 A.M., and by 1:00 P.M. they had completed all four pages of “chores.” They wore me out for those three thrilling and industrious days.:)”

“So last weekend I spent an hour harvesting peas. About a half hour into it, I noticed the benches beginning to fill and started talking to some of the guys. It turns out some just don’t like peas (who knew?).”