POTATOES DESTINED FOR NEEDY VOLUNTEERS FILL SACKS, BELLIES.Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer PACOIMA - The Rev. Dudley Chatman eyed 16 tons of freshly bagged potatoes for the poor Saturday and saw more than a versatile vegetable. Like many who joined in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. Interfaith Council Potato Harvest Festival harvest festival Noun 1. a Christian church service held every year to thank God for the harvest 2. any of various ceremonies celebrating the harvest in other religions at his Greater Community Missionary Baptist Church in Pacoima, Chatman saw sermons made from spuds. ``I'm the best bagger,'' the preacher and self-professed ``potato man'' sinfully boasted. ``You don't want to put your new potatoes in old bags - that's the spiritual lesson. It's easier for man to get into heaven than go through the eye of a potato.'' There were plenty of Idaho potatoes on hand for needy residents Saturday as more than 100 volunteers gathered to bag - and eat - the proud but lowly roots donated by the Church of Jesus Christ Church of Jesus Christ may refer to:
While baggers expected eight tons, they got twice that number grown by Mormon hands in the Pacific Northwest. Each 10-pound bag was filled to the brim for distribution at 21 food pantries throughout the Valley. Each potato served Saturday was baked courtesy of Carl's Jr. And it was was good, Interfaith participants said. ``It's going very well ... 'Sixteen Tons,' '' said Ileene Parker, assistant director of community support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services for the council, referring to the Tennessee Ernie Ford Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991), better known by the stage name Tennessee Ernie Ford, was a pioneering U.S. recording artist and television host who enjoyed success in the country & western, pop, and gospel musical genres. hit. ``I've hummed the song for two days, I'm sick of it.'' While some saw crispy golden hash browns, others saw french fries, scalloped scal·lop also scol·lop or es·cal·lop n. 1. a. Any of various free-swimming marine mollusks of the family Pectinidae, having fan-shaped bivalve shells with a radiating fluted pattern. b. potatoes and the king of all, Russets. ``Baked potatoes,'' screamed Madeline Hall, 10, toying with two sea lion-shaped spuds. The Hall family, Mormons all, also see godly god·ly adj. god·li·er, god·li·est 1. Having great reverence for God; pious. 2. Divine. god lessons from each potato. ``It's the law of the harvest: as you sow As You Sow is an American non-governmental organization that works on corporate social responsibility and environmental enforcement issues. It also seeks to reduce the release of toxic substances by industry. The organization was founded in 1992. , so shall you reap,'' said Kimberly Hall of Woodland Hills, director of the Valley Interfaith Council Community Support Services. ``It's not about what you have, it's about what you share.'' Each month, 7,600 Valley residents are fed by Interfaith pantries. ``Feed the stomach, feed the soul,'' professed Stuart Hall, 14, well ahead of his mission duty. ``Potatoes are good for you,'' said Art Wilson, 50, of Pacoima, in a wheelchair on account of a bum knee. ``These have potassium in it, there are good things in it - and I need them so I can walk.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: Madeline Hall, 10, helps bag Idaho potatoes for the needy with her brother Steve, 12, and Fred Huckvale at the Greater Community Missionary Baptist Church in Pacoima. Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer |
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