On October 17, 2012 our School, Durham Academy, half of the sixth grade, went Gleaning for the society of St. Andrew. There were three fields of sweet potatoes and those fields probably covered 25 acres but we only worked in one field. They were so big! I worked with David and then tried another group. I went back to David and to my surprise he had joined two other people. Then I found Lael and Will and knew that I would enjoy working with them and they would enjoy working with me. On the other team there was Keenan, Nathan, Michael J., Jack A., and Mathew. We luckily beat them because my team grew. Our team was now Will, Lael, Fred, Tanner, David, Matteo, Chris, and me. Luckily, we filled a total of 125 bags of potatoes. Keep in mind each bag is at least 10 pounds. Then we finished two hours of hard, fun labor that will feed people in need of food in our county.

Photo by Mrs. Donnelly

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