Potato Bagging

Langley, WA – On a frosty Saturday morning, intrepid potato baggers gathered at St. Hubert Church to transform bulk potatoes into 10# bags easy for families and organizations to manage. Eight bins, a total of 5 1/2 tons of potatoes from Skagit County, given by the Maplewood Farm, were bagged and then delivered to the Good Cheer Food Bank, the Island Church Soup Kitchen, the Mobile Turkey Unit, and our own St. Anthony Soup Ministry. Some 250 individual families each took home a bag of potatoes from church. This annual event, sponsored and organized by the Knights of Columbus provides the opportunity for work-made-fun and a community coming together to care for others. Many hands made the work light and many smiles and good conversation filled the morning with delight.