On the generosity of orchards…and the enthusiasm of kids

Yesterday some Rhinebeck parents cut up a bunch of apples to serve to kids at Chancellor Livingston Elementary School, part of a statewide project focusing on the harvest this week.

Metta Callahan, Sarah Derbyshire, and Sandra Arias cut up pound after pound of apples to show kids how good and good for you local produce can be.

Local orchards Mead, Wonderland, and Montgomery Place generously gave many, many pounds of luscious, crispy, sweet-tart fruits. Offered to the kids grades K-5 yesterday were gala, cortland, and honeycrisp. Every bite was well-received, especially by some especially ravenous fifth-graders–you know who you are!!

These apple-cutters–along with parents Yunhee McCarty, Catherine Shih, Anne McGrath, and Elizabeth Spinzia, as well as yours truly–had a ball feeding and educating the enthusiastic kids, with a few games thrown in for fun! Thanks to the participating parents, the accommodating Chancellor staff, and the wonderful local orchards who donated so much bounty!

Metta, Sarah, and Sandra cut it up!