An Orchard for A Third Street Community Foundation

      One of the blogs I follow is listed in my blog list.  The organization is located out in North Tulsa along Peoria, in a community called Turley between Tulsa proper and Skiatook.  My dad lived out there and my sister still does.  It is mixed race, semi-rural, working class and low income.  Rev. Ron Robinson and Bonnie Ashing are creating with the community, a community kitchen garden park and community center.  This is where I believe the future of the citizens of our country lies, with "we the people" working and organizing from the ground up.  So groups like A Third Street Community in Turley may be way ahead of the rest of us.  Here is a way you can help.  I'll let them explain in their own words:


    "Hi all. Here is an update on our work on the community kitchengardenpark at 6005 N. Johnstown Ave. There should be a Tulsa World article coming out soon about our efforts to mobilize people to vote for us in an online national contest going on right now by the National Fruit Tree Foundation. We hope you can help us by voting and spreading the news to other networks. We are the only site in Oklahoma in the competition. 120 sites were chosen and of them, five orchards per month will be given away to the top vote getters.
   Send this email or link to all you can: http://www.communitiestakeroot.com/Plant/Index. There you can register easily to vote, takes just a few minutes to register so you can then vote daily. You don't have to choose to receive any of their mailings unless you want to. Remember to bookmark the link above and go vote easily in just a few clicks every day. Go to the list of states and scroll down to Oklahoma and there you will find the link to go read about us and vote for us. If you have any problems let us know. So many people in our community here do not have computers or internet access so we are relying on the compassion and dedication of so many others who do."


        A Third Street Community Foundation is definitely in the top ten in the competition to qualify for their very own orchard. So lets try to keep them at the top! I have a deep seated feeling that food independence is vitally important for citizens to sense their power and central role in creating the kind of world they want to live and work in. We should support the pioneers who may end up showing the rest of us how this is done. Thanks, G. G.