Locals of different religious views help our Soldiers for Christmas.
One good deed leads to another. After a very hard year for growing; local farmers help in their way too.
Eight long years of war and a local farmer donates more trees again this year as in the past. Several years ago Susan Hurd thought she and her family would get involved to help our Troops. She found a program called Trees For Troops. And again this year Hurds Family Farm with many years of community involvement has donated 10 of their Christmas Trees to this wonderful organization; Christmas Spirit Foundation that helps our troops; the trees are being delivered to Fort Drum. The Hurds Family Farm is well known for their apple orchard and corn maze, but for several years now they have also been busy growing and maintaining a plantation of Christmas Trees on their homestead in Clintondale, just 5 minutes from downtown New Paltz. Susan wanted this program to grow and while one of her neighbors dropped off a Pumpkin Pie for Thanksgiving, Susan mentioned to him that she needed him to take a photograph of a Veteran for a project she was working on. The neighbor was fellow farmer Billiam of Liberty View Farm. Both Susan and Billiam have been supporting one another on several projects for over ten years now. Billiam was just as excited about this as Susan and he has always been a big fan of hers for many reasons. Billiam has been buying and promoting Susan's Christmas Trees, wreaths and other holiday decorations for years. Billiam, who is not religious at all "loves her Christmas Tree Farm" because "the trees are locally grown and offer many years of safety for birds nesting which adds to their sustainability, they only cost $50 and they also provide winter jobs to workers in our community. Susan makes beautiful wreaths and other decorations from bushes and trees that are growing right in front of her old farm house. And I practice what I preach. I ask people to support and purchase from my farm and that is why I always support and purchase from other local farms like the Hurd's Farm. After all helping in small ways does make a difference!"
Billiam started spreading the word. He told his friend Carol Himmel of New Paltz, who celebrates Channakuh. She is interested about this project because of her ongoing interest and volunteering in supporting troops and their families. Carol said "Many of these service families are living on food stamps. They also can't afford Christmas Trees. I am joining forces to help Susan and Billiam this weekend at The Hurds Family Christmas Tree Farm." A Muslim friend of Liberty View Farm exclaims, "It is wonderful for two apple farms to work together in our community and not think of each other as competition; my Italian American Christian wife will be buying some decorations from Hurds this weekend and I am Leasing an Apple Tree from Liberty View Farm to be donated to family of New Paltz for the holidays. By purchasing locally we support our local economy to help keep farms growing in our area. We will also be dropping off some food donations as well. We are all Americans first and support Susan and Billiam for all their efforts to help our troops."
"It has been a tough year for many, but it always feels good knowing that here in this special community we come together and support each other in any way we can. Everyone at one time or another has life's struggles. We are all different in small ways and large and it is good to know we come together. This is a very long war and it is very comforting to know there is so much love and caring all around us. Let us work together to bring peace and happiness to as many as we can. We wish everyone a Healthy, Happy, Safe, New Year and in particular we wish to make the Christmas Season brighter for military families and especially for all of their children. We hope everyone in our community will join us in our efforts" Susan Hurd.
Susan, Billiam and Carol will be together this weekend accepting non perishable foods and donations for Family of New Paltz helping our local families of troops stationed overseas. The Hurds Family Farm is located on Hurds Rd. in Clintondale and will be open thru Christmas.
Drop by for a visit and share some hot apple cider! And kids get a ride on the Holiday Country Cow Tractor Train Ride for free.
Call Susan: (845) 706-8503
info@hurdsfamilyfarm.com
Call Billiam: 845 399 9545
naturallygrownapples@gmail.com
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