Conversation with Ray Sim, Iron County Care and Share

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Conversation with Ray Sim, Iron County Care and Share

Today I met with Ray Sim and I thought I would share a few thoughts from that meeting.

Ray told me that the ICC&S has served over 900 different households / families so far this year. He also said that over 500 households / families come every month to receive benefits from this amazing organization. I found on Wikipedia that there are about 6,500 households in Cedar City. That means that one out of every thirteen are receiving food aid at the Care and Share!

We talked about the possibility of over production. Ray assured me that their connections with other food bank locations in the region would assure that nothing will go to waste.

Ray and the people at the Care and Share are working really hard for this community and we are happy to support them with the Orchard and Garden project.

This logo is being used with permission from the Iron County Care and Share

http://www.careandshare-utah.com/

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Project Summary

It is our intent to obtain permission to use city land and water to develop a community based orchard and garden. The garden portion of this project will be open to the community and individual garden boxes can be reserved by the season for a nominal fee, similar to the SUU garden program. These fees will help to continually support the entire project. The orchard will directly benefit the Iron County Care and Share and others that provide food aid in our community.

A number of groups have expressed interest in this project already and we are working to secure their roles and duties as we speak. Some of these groups include: SUU, USU Extension Office, Iron County Care and Share, Interfaith Alliance, and LearnKey.

Please contact us to learn more about the project and how you and your group can become involved.