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have exhausted unemployment benefits and are practically begging for government commodities and other assistance.
It ws difficult to get these local growers to talk about their generosity. Sam Snead, one of the organizers of the effort, at first refused to comment at all, insisting he didn’t make a donation just to get his natne in the paper. When we told him that we already knew about the apple contribution and were going to write about it so our readers could have some good news for a change, he softened a little. But it wasn’t until we told him that the example of the Rappahannock orcharists might inspire others to lend a helping hand that he agreed to talk. And even then, he didn’t want to say much.
But what Sam Snead, Jens Tholand and Twizzy Wood did deserves recognition. With federal budget cuts bringing reductions in social services at the same time the unemployment in southwest Virginia climbs to over 16 percent, it’s more important for others to rediscover the old fashioned neighborliness that people here in Rappahannock have had all along. Who knows? Maybe the Rappahannock spirit that was exported to Tazewell County along with our Rappahannock apples will spread. We hope so.
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