by Tonic
Published on July 14th, 2010
When Katie Stagliano was in third grade, she planted a cabbage in her family’s small garden. When it grew to an astounding 40 pounds, she donated it to a soup kitchen, where it was made into meals for 275 people (with the help of ham and rice). “I thought, ‘Wow, with that one cabbage I helped feed that many people?’” says Katie, now entering sixth grade. “I could do much more than that.”
So, Katie started planting vegetable gardens as part of her nonprofit Katie’s Krops — she has six right now — including one the length of a football field at her school in her hometown of Summerville, S.C. Classmates, her family and other people in the community help plant and water, and Bonnie Plants donates seedlings. This past year, Katie took her commitment to a new level: she has given soup kitchens over 2,000 pounds of lettuce, tomatoes and other vegetables. Katie and her helpers are now harvesting the spring planting, and another 1,200 pounds will be donated by October.
“She just walks in like a proud little girl with her treasures in her arm,” says Sue Hanshaw, CEO of Tricounty Family Ministries, the soup kitchen in Charleston, S.C. where Katie first brought her 40-pound crucifer. “I love what she exudes, caring for others. It’s made a big impact on a lot of people.”
Says Elois Mackey, 49, a formerly homeless mother of two who has received a weekly vegetable delivery from Katie since September: “She is showing that you can help other people no matter how young you are. I love the vegetables she brings.”
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JMC Ministries Response
Written By Miranda Caverley
In today's society as the media promotes sex, drugs, and violence to the youth Of America. This one little girl is not being influenced by all that garbage. She is making a difference in her community one garden at a time. For those who say one person can't make a difference you are clearly wrong. This little girl single hand-idly has fed hundreds of people by just sacrificing a few minutes a day to tend and plant her garden. The fruits of her labor are clear and she has helped feed hundreds of people who were in need of food at just 11 years old.
If an 11 year old can do this why can't we? Set a side a few hours a month to volunteer to help others if you can. Give a donation to help someone in need if you can't physically go out and help. God can use you no matter where you are in life. So Start making a difference today, the power of one is amazing.
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