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Re: A Post Of Value And Encouragement - I Hope!

Title: Re: [GWL] A Post Of Value And Encouragement - I Hope!
I'll add to this.  I am trying very hard to get stories from PAR participants about their experiences.  By that I mean things like grateful reactions from recipients, unusual, touching, funny, thought provoking, or any other adjective that applies, stories.  PAR is about to reach it's tenth anniversary and from just a few stories I heard at the GWA symposium, there MUST be more good stories out there.  I want desperately to collect such stories and get them into major print to give the PAR program a further boost.  I am trying to work out something so that writers will get something for what they contribute, but I hope you will send stories even without absolutely counting on remuneration just so the PAR program can continue to grow.  
   The late Elwyn Meader, a wonderful plant breeder at the University of New Hampshire, continued to breed and give away new varieties after he retired.  Some of them could have brought him a tidy sum, but he said he gave them away as "his payment for his space on the planet."   That's the kind of attitude I hope we can generate with PAR - selfless giving.
   PLEASE help with this.
-Lon Rombough



Well, I hope this is a post of value. I put up a link to PAR on my
website today. I am asking that anyone involved please email me
privately at SheriAnnRicherson@exoticgardening.com so that I can add
more information to the site. I am attempting to add food pantries, soup
kitchens, contact information, etc. so that readers all over the world
can benefit.

For those of you in Region III (or elsewhere who want to share) I have
started a Yahoo Group for the very purpose of networking. That link is
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/parregion3/

Every garden writer should jump on the PAR bandwagon. It is our
responsibility to promote the program and teach others how to grow
things. We not only influence this generation but will continue to
influence younger generations. I cannot begin to tell you how many old
magazines and books I have read in my short lifetime.

This is our chance to make a difference in the world...let's do it!

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