Our Non-Scientific Poll

Our idea seems pretty basic and doesn't seem to need a ton of red tape to get it going. The oranges are almost ripe and we want to get started.

So we decided it was time to take our idea to the streets. Our basic idea was that we'd pick unused yard produce to give to needy families. Our basic plan was:

• We'd get donors by telling people, putting up a website, sending out a press release, and advertising in whatever low-cost, high yield way we could think of.
• To get volunteers, we'd make a policy that pickers could have 10% of whatever they picked. We'd find them in the same way as donors.
• To find places to give the fruit to, we'd check donation policies of area shelters and charities.

As I've been blessed with friends who are much more practical than my son and I am, it was with some trepidation that I told eight people about it. Based on this vast sampling of people exactly like us, we ended up with 100% favorable response and eight volunteer families once we got started! Yay!

So, I guess we're good to go. Idealism is a beautiful thing.