Welcome to my project, Little Farm Adventures where I write stories about small farms around the United States to create a fund that helps small farms!
Donations Summary
2018 – The first book was published, The Farm on the Fuzzy Edge of the Map. 40 hours of volunteering was completed at Apriori Farm in Jetersville, Virginia!
2019 – 40 hours of volunteering was completed at Apriori Farm in Jetersville, Virginia!
2020 – $75.00 of the proceeds from the books was donated to First Fruits Farm in Maryland! $200.00 was donated to Farm Aid which provides funding and other resources for family-owned farms.
2021 – The second book was published, The Apple Farm Around the Bend. 50 paperback copies of each book were donated to school-age children in Yerevan, Armenia. A value of $400.00!
2022 – 95 paperback copies of The Farm on the Fuzzy Edge of the Map was donated to a 2nd grade class in a low-income public school in Denver, Colorado, USA. A value of $900.00!
2023 – This year I donated over 100 hours of my time to helping review text-based content for high school and college students as well as serving on the Collective Young Professionals Group Leadership board and the Phelps County Extension Council for the University of Missouri. My family and I also supplies to programs that help foster children, victims of domestic violence, and children who are in long-term care in hospitals around the country.
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Finally Published
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Donation Form Now Available
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