Karen Day - Co-Founder
I'm here at Plenty! because I want to work person to person and step by step. I love finding ways to connect with folks, to bring out the best we all have to offer and to share that with each other. That might mean making soup one day, canning tomatoes at the local cannery the next. It is picking fruit and delivering veggies. It is thinking, "Maybe we could have banners, who could make them?" and then finding just the right person. I'm not a gardener, but I can find someone who will teach kids to garden.
Plenty! works because we all know that we will be giving and receiving at the same time, that being neighborly means meeting needs together.
I've worked in urban schools, community centers and a church in Chicago, mostly on the South Side. There I learned that even in a big city neighborhoods thrive. In Asheville, NC, I discovered how to share a home with friends who had chronic health problems. In San Francisco with the Faithful Fools Street Ministry I found that trust and abundance walked hand in hand. And in Greenville, NC, our congregation created an interfaith network for communication and understanding. Each step has led me here to rural Floyd County, VA, where neighbors have worked together to survive for a couple of centuries. I'm grateful to be a part of this community.
