Bountiful Baskets FINALLY Happened!

Bountiful Baskets made it to Green River!  We are so excited that this finally is happening (we started the whole process in July!).  Our truck arrived about 20 minutes ahead of schedule, and that was even after he said that he got lost! LOL  He was kind enough to wait until we had some more help arrive to unload the truck.

We spread out our produce before seperating it into the baskets.  Fruits in one pile, vegetables in another.

Heather and I are giving our volunteers a quick run-down of what needs to happen and how we are going to sort the produce.  We are glad that so many showed up to help. With our husbands, I think we had 8 volunteers! Thanks, guys!

All our hard work getting this going is paying off.  Our baskets looked great all loaded up with produce!  We ended up with 24 participants. We had a lot of wonderful comments from excited people about this.  Heather and I are just grateful this day finally made it. :) 

In our baskets this week we recieved, Gala Apples, Grapes, Strawberries, Bananas, Plums and a Cantaloupe for fruit, and for vegetables, Lettuce, Red Bell Peppers, Tomatoes, Potatoes, Cauliflower, and Artichokes. 

We are glad we had so many participate, and are even more happy that we got a good basket to keep people excited about it.  Many ordered extras as well (bread, peaches, italian packs, granola, etc.).  Yea for Bountiful Baskets!



Busy Day

Saturday was a busy, but exciting day for me. I started out the day by going to Moab for my first Bountiful Baskets training. My friend Heather and I decided that we wanted to get a site going here in Green River. It was kind of a scary thought--being in charge and having to be available for the delieveries every other Saturday, being in charge of all the volunteers, and what if no volunteers show up, etc. But in the end, we decided the pros outweighed the cons. Getting fresh fruits and vegetables for way cheaper than anywhere else for our families won out. :) After our first training, we were feeling much better. It's really not going to be that big of a deal. The ladies in Moab were very helpful and informative. I'm glad we went. :) For our next training we will be going to Ferron this coming Saturday as the Moab site is an every other week. (Green River will be also.) We decided that we wanted the training out of the way so that we could get this up and running a lot quicker. Heather is doing the final training in Richfield as she will already be there for vacation. We are very excited for this to get started. We are having a meeting on Saturday to explain to our neighbors what it is and get them excited about it also. We're creating quite the buzz here! :) I've had people calling and asking for info., people saying they will be at the meeting, people even stop by my house for info because they can't make the meeting. It's exciting! :)
After returning from Moab, I had just enough time to make my kiddos lunch before I headed out again. John and I had a date. :) We went with our friends, Keith and Kristi, to Grand Junction to watch Eclipse! I loved the movie! It was very good--they just keep getting better and better. I can't wait to watch it again. After the movie, we went and did a little shopping before having dinner. We ate at Famous Dave's BBQ. It was excellent, as always. We sat in our booth and visited for almost 2 hours, and it was so nice to have an adult conversation and spend a little time away from the kids. We don't do that often enough! :) We had a lot of fun, and returned home to our sleeping little kids. We paid the babysitter (which was not cheap, but so worth it), and sent her home. The kids had a great time without us as they always do when Kelsey comes over. She took them on a walk to the park, and played hide and go seek inside with them. It's nice to have a sitter that you know will play with your kids and you don't have to worry about them while you are gone. Makes it a lot easier to know they are in good hands! She also has a wonderful mother who is on standby should she need anything. Her mom came and helped her get the kids ready for bed, and settle down Eli when he wouldn't stop crying. All in all it was just a good day. :)

Bountiful Baskets

Here is my latest adventure! My neighbor (and friend) and I decided to get a Bountiful Baskets site started here in Green River. We've already done our first training in Moab and are heading to Ferron on Saturday to do our second training. We're excited to get this co-op started here! We're having a meeting on Saturday at the City park, if anyone in town is interested. Someone told me they priced out the cost of one of their baskets at Wal-Mart and it came to $45.00 worth of produce. (You only pay $15.00!) Can't beat that! We're still looking for a location for pick-up, so if anyone has any ideas.... :) Let me know if you want more information and for those of you not in Green River, there is probally a site near you! You should check it out! www.bountifulbaskets.org