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Thought
by Mitchell
I learned a lot from my father and it's paid off in my life. He instilled on us the importance of community and what it truly means to make a mark that you can leave in the world. Having spent much of his youth at a canoe tripping camp in Northern Ontario, where he sent my brothers and me for years and years, dad lived by the motto "Leave your campsite better and cleaner than you found it." That motto applied to his life and was passed down to me and my life.
I'm thinking about this today because last night was the 20th Anniversary DIG: Development in Gardening fundraiser. This small but important NGO does amazing work in Africa building community gardens that teach marginalized populations important sustainable and nutritional gardening techniques that both feed their families and provide income. It's the kind of small impactful non-profit I love and MetroFresh has had an important role in raising money for them and spreading the seeds of information about DIG to the wider MetroFresh community. Over the last decade MetroFresh sponsored gardens in Kenya, Senegal, and Uganda and raised over $35,000 through company and customer donations. I'm super proud of that work and the legacy these gardens leave behind.
To celebrate DIG's 20th anniversary they are beginning a tree planting campaign in those three African Countries. Last night, DIG Executive Director Sarah Koch honored serveral individuals who, over the last 20 years, have made an impact on the organization by planting a native tree in their name. In recognition of the work MetroFresh did over the years to support DIG, I was honored with a Mango Tree that has been planted in my name in Kenya. I even have the coordinates - Lat - 0.317992/ Long - 34.890317. The tree will grow long after I'm gone. And it will always be the MetroFresh Mango! So if you're ever in Kenya, you could go pick a mango from my tree. How cool is that??!!
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