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"November 12, 2012I got to meet with many, many wonderfully generous people on Saturday as we held our Check-Out Hunger campaign at area grocery stores. The program hopes to raise enough money and food to provide 60,000 meals to hungry families through Harvesters during the upcoming holiday season.Kelly Eckerman, Johnny Rowlands and I were stationed at the Hy-Vee store in Mission. Helped by representatives from both Hy-Vee and Harvesters, we helped bag groceries, encourage shoppers to donate if they could, and hear their heartfelt stories of their desire to help others during these difficult economic times.I always love to hear about the subjects our viewers bring up to talk about. The Dream Factory is something that is always mentioned. One father told me that nine years ago his daughter was going through difficult medical times. She got her wish from the Dream Factory and she is now a nurse at Childrens Mercy Hospital. He's getting all the information about her for me and we'll be featuring her at some future date on the news.Viewers always talk about my garden and successful tomato growing techniques. One woman wondered which variety of tomato performed best for me during this past hot, dry summer. I had some pretty good successes because I gave my plants utmost attention during the drought, however, the tomato that performed most consistently through the season from Fourth of July until the first killing frost was my Early Girl Hybrids. They never slowed production, even during the harshest of conditions.I handed out my fresh pumpkin pie recipes to those who came by the Hy-Vee store. We also had other items to encourage donors such as Channel 9 mugs, pencils, and personal pictures. They were all a big hit, but I have to say my pumpkin pie recipe was a much talked about flyer and I handed out a ton of them.I felt so badly for one woman. She was leaving with a few items in her grocery cart. I visited with her and encouraged her to help Harvesters if she could. She said she had no money or extra food to give this year, but she promised next year would be better and she'd be back to help out. I gave her a Channel 9 news mug and she was thrilled.Larry Moore"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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