Day 75 - Meet with Caroline's Promise

This morning, I met with the director of Caroline's Promise, Sarah.  She was wonderful, a young woman (similar to me) who want to make a difference in the world, through starting with the young people in the county she lives in.  She was very excited to talk about the program and how they could be involved in the gardens.  She thinks that there is great opportunity for the different programs to become active in the gardens.  She herself is an avid gardener and looks forward to helping in the gardens, as well as adding to the pantries from her own backyard garden. 
We also talked about how the church she attends could get involved if they decided this was something they wanted to support.  Sarah realizes the importance of food and the growing issues of food insecurity for many of the young people in Caroline county as it is.  She also realized that her little church, where she is a member, and their sister church, might have a real niche in the area, as they are located in a predominately rural area that often gets forgotten. 

While I was at the office that is housed at DSS, I spoke with the director, to see if there might be an opportunity for me to come and "live" there as well... I was welcomed into the building.  Now all I have to work out are some logistical things, and then I will have an office home closer to the areas in which the program is focused in during these first few years.  It was really wonderful.

I also stopped into Fredericksburg DSS and spoke with them, about the possibility of doing a bag-lunch presentation once Community Food is ready to roll out in Fredericksburg area.  Very exciting!