Harvest For All

The YF&R Food Drive a Success!

Food Drive’s don’t just happen during the holidays, the Clark County Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers & Ranchers (YF&R) got together on Saturday February 2^nd to collect food for needy families. YF&R hosted the Harvest For All event in an effort to help families in the community. In order to achieve this goal they donated the food to Cappalapa Recourse Center. From 9:00 am to 4:00 pm members of YF&R set up a booth in front of Lin’s handing out a flyer containing food items that were needed. The system worked well for the members of the community to give back, with the list in hand they were able to buy something to donate right away and didn’t have to go through to much trouble. This also gave Cappalapa food recently purchased food without the danger of being expired.

The Young Farmers & Ranchers collected enough food to fill the bed of 2 pick up trucks, or about 1,400 lbs. Ramen noodles, macaroni and cheese, peanut butter, ketchup, and mustard were big hit items donated. Noah Reid was an organizer of the event, he said, “Lin’s workers saw a major difference on the shelves, they want us to let them know what we will be asking for next year so they can stock up on those items.” Mica Leatham, President of YF&R commented that the food drive was good for many organizations and members of the community. It affected Lin’s business, it helped grow Cappalapa’s food stores, it was good for the needy families, and good for the YF&R organization.

Tuna Aki asks this local shopper for donations as he goes for his groceries

In an effort to combine service and educate people about agriculture, they had some fun things on display. A tractor parked out front got a few curious looks and they had Maggie the Milking Cow out for demonstrations. Maggie is a plastic cow that simulates milking a cow. Leatham said, “We wanted to combine service and agriculture. It also gave us an opportunity to get club members involved in the program.” Leatham explained that he is working to expand YF&R and get members to play and active role in it. Members of the Young Farmers & Ranchers would like to thank Lin’s, and members of the community for being so willing to give their time and money to helping make this possible.