Naomi Piper-Pell's Journal (8)

This is my final blog entry for my brown belt project.  I am collecting fruit & veggies for Wellspring Women & Children’s Center.  This week I interviewed Maria Torrez, a guest of Wellspring.  She has been coming to Wellspring for 18 years!  She likes the food and would not change anything about Wellspring.  Maria has made many friends at Wellspring.  This week we got plums, peaches, cantaloupe, tomatoes, eggplant, basil, corn, yellow squash, cucumbers, peppers, lemon cucumbers, and…

This is my 7^th blog entry for my brown belt project.  Next week will be my last entry.  I am collecting fruit & veggies for Wellspring Women & Children’s Center.  This week I interviewed Annie Hassid from Wellspring.  Annie is the volunteer coordinator.  She likes her job because she likes working with people.  Annie has to be able to manage and coordinate…

This is my 6^th blog entry for my brown belt project.  I am collecting fruits & veggies for Wellspring Women & Children’s Center.  This week I interviewed Damonte at Wellspring.  He has been coming to Wellspring for 2 years.  He is 8 years old and is in the 3^rd grade at my school.  He likes the food at Wellspring & would not change anything there.  He has made several friends at Wellspring since he started coming with his family.  This week we collected 20…

This is my 5^th blog entry for my brown belt project.  I am collecting fruit and veggies for Wellspring Women and Children’s Center.  This week I interviewed a farmer from J and J Farms.  The name of the farmer is Fidel.  The farm is in Hughson, a town located in Stanislaus County.    About 35 people work on the farm.  Fidel likes being a farmer because he likes working with the cattle on his ranch.  They grow stone fruit, strawberries, oranges, nuts, pomegranates, and tomatoes. …

This week is the 4^th week I have been doing my brown belt project which involves collecting fruit and vegetables for Wellspring Women & Children’s Center at the local farmer’s market.  This week I interviewed a farmer at the market named Pamela from Saeturn Farms.  The farm is located in Gridley, CA.  Pamela has been working for her parents on the farm for about 17 years and the farm started in 1994.  Pamela likes being a farmer because she likes being able to talk to the…

My name is Naomi this is the 3^rd blog entry for my brown belt project.  I am collecting food at the farmers market for the Wellspring Center for Women and Children.  This week I interviewed a farmer.  The name of the farmer is Ruthanne and Alex is her helper.  The farm is called Shared Abundance and is located in Auburn.  I have attempted to post some…

My name is Naomi and I am continuing my brown belt project collecting fruit & veggies at the farmers market for Wellspring women and children’s center.  Before we left home I loaded the crates and handcart into the truck. This week we got lots of fruits & veggies. We got 40 lbs of oranges, 12 lbs of kiwi, 20 lbs of apples, 16 lbs of peaches, 20 lbs of apricots, 1 bag of artichokes, 3 baskets of blackberries & raspberries, 6 lbs of cherries, 1 crate of lettuce & dill, and 2…

Hi, my name is Naomi and I am working on my brown belt project.  I am doing a personal goal.  I am going to the farmers market on Sundays and collecting fruit and vegetables for Wellspring.  Wellspring is a center for women and children located in a former fire station in Oak Park.  They serve meals Monday-Friday and also have many other services.   When we get to the market we always have a plan.  We drop off the boxes first, then we wait until the market ends. Then we go and pick them up. …