Retired Doctor Harvests Corn to Feed Hungry Families - Zack's Good News
A retired doctor in Erie, Pennsylvania, is keeping a community tradition alive, harvesting and donating fresh sweet corn to feed local families. The project was founded by a generous businessman named Jim Renshaw. After 15 years of growing corn for the Second Harvest Food Bank, Jim passed the torch to his former doctor, Jack Yakish, who jumped right into the field to take care of business.
Jack rallied a crew of family, friends, and neighbors and planted three acres of corn from a single box of seeds. This year, Jack and the volunteers hand-picked and loaded thousands of ears into borrowed…
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