Some things are greater than ourselves
Jan 16, 2017 10:36:23 GMT -8
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Post by desert dweller on Jan 16, 2017 10:36:23 GMT -8
In an earlier post, Embrace, I mentioned my friend Jody when we went to the event where President Obama spoke after the gun attack on Congresswoman Giffords. Well, Jody was in Sunday's paper (yesterday). The full page article was about efforts to create quilts to bring attention to migrant deaths in the southwest deserts near Tucson. She has been successful in getting the message across all over the U.S.
What's neat is that she was inspired while camping and hiking, ten years ago, in the Huachuca Mountains of southern Arizona. She was there because of a trip we made to Ramsey Vista campground. We did a short hike and came across a rather large pile of discarded clothes, day packs and other items. These piles were not unknown to me having hiked the area for decades. I explained to her that we probably discovered a "pick-up" point where the migrants met with someone to pick them up to take them further north. They were told to leave anything not needed. This would include clothing, food, packs, toys and lots of other items. Jody was really affected by the site and decided to make it a cause she wanted to be involved with. Jody had the idea to use the discarded items. She made purses from the jeans and attached some of the trinkets. She started a non-profit to sell the purses to help out and bring attention to the matter. Later she used patches from the clothes for quilts.
Who knew that a camping and hiking trip would lead to a life changing event. Sometimes just being in the Wild can instill a sense of a greater understanding about our reason for being on this earth.
Here is the article from the paper.
link
What's neat is that she was inspired while camping and hiking, ten years ago, in the Huachuca Mountains of southern Arizona. She was there because of a trip we made to Ramsey Vista campground. We did a short hike and came across a rather large pile of discarded clothes, day packs and other items. These piles were not unknown to me having hiked the area for decades. I explained to her that we probably discovered a "pick-up" point where the migrants met with someone to pick them up to take them further north. They were told to leave anything not needed. This would include clothing, food, packs, toys and lots of other items. Jody was really affected by the site and decided to make it a cause she wanted to be involved with. Jody had the idea to use the discarded items. She made purses from the jeans and attached some of the trinkets. She started a non-profit to sell the purses to help out and bring attention to the matter. Later she used patches from the clothes for quilts.
Who knew that a camping and hiking trip would lead to a life changing event. Sometimes just being in the Wild can instill a sense of a greater understanding about our reason for being on this earth.
Here is the article from the paper.
link
