build a national network of programs.
Expanding from its current base in New
York City, he has his sights set on cities
such as Los Angeles, Boston, San Fran-
cisco, Seattle and Austin, Texas.
Contact The Reciprocity Foundation,
100 Church St., Ste. 1604, NY, NY; 347-
546-2670;
ReciprocityFoundation.org.
Karen Day and McCabe Coolidge,
Activists for Feeding the Hungry
While the recession whittles away at
household budgets, Karen Day and
McCabe Coolidge work to expand the
ancient tradition of gleaning in their
Floyd, Virginia community. They ex-
plain that in biblical times, the edge of
a farmer’s crop was left unharvested to
provide food for the poor. Through their
Portable Produce project, begun two
years ago, overplanted crops, as well as
bruised or marked produce that can’t
be sold, find new purpose.
During growing season, the quali-
fying produce picked and donated by
Karen Day
local farmers graciously appears on the
doorsteps of Coolidge’s Wildfire Pots
pottery studio. There, volunteers sepa-
rate and deliver it, along with donated
freshly baked breads, to individuals
and families who are without transpor-
tation. Surplus fruits and vegetables
are canned or frozen. The project has
already doubled in size, now regularly
serving 60 recipients.
Impressed by the enthusiasm of
the 100 community volunteers who
have eagerly joined the effort, the
duo explains their modus operandi in
simple terms: “We pay attention to a
problem and address it.” That’s evident
in Day and McCabe’s initiation of three
more local projects underway in the
past five years to help feed the hun-
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