on the Move is no questions asked.” Produce is distributed not merely
for personal consumption, Luzario said, but also for sharing. “We want you to help the other people who you believe are hurting,” she added. Mount Zion is located in a semi-
rural area where, as Hall puts it, “people have less income than most
places.” He tells shoppers: “Share with your neighbors. Tat’s the whole idea.” Larson added, “We’ve got large
families and people who have taken in other kids. I was standing in line visiting, and there were six people, and among them they were going to share with five people each. Tirty
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people were getting vegetables!” When Joyce and Hall suggested
Market on the Move, their pastor responded: “You’re helping people, No. 1. You’re helping yourselves because we should all eat more veg- etables. And it’s going to the dump otherwise. So it’s a win-win-win.” Nelson said, “Our attitude was,
how fast can we get this food into people’s hands? We get 150 to 350 or 400 people to whip through this place in three hours. And then aſter we’d been doing this a couple of months we found out ...” Hall provides the punch line:
“We get $1 out of every 10—10 per- cent of everything that comes in.” Market on the Move is a new
nonprofit organization model, based not only on donations but also on sharing and mutually beneficial exchange. Produce brokers donate waste and save costs. Shoppers make donations and receive food to enjoy and share. Volunteers offer labor and their church gets a tithe. Churches lend their facilities and get opportunities for outreach. “People need an excuse to come
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visit a church building,” Nelson said. People who come for Market on the Move may come back for the food pantry, Wednesday free supper, morning exercise or Sunday worship. “In church we watch people come
in whom we know from Market on the Move,” Joyce said. “Our volun- teers are doing discipleship, and they are doing it with joy.”
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Author bio: Martinez is a freelance writer in Tucson, Ariz.
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