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Feedback from other Vermont Community Members

Thank you SO much for your hospitality, also for your thoughtful words and insight.  The children's book author Donna Sherard so graciously gave me some of her personal time.  Please greet the Drs. Jackson and Lydia Clemmons with a hug for me.  

I am the target audience your organization is seeking to retain in Vermont. Thankfully, I learned of the Clemmons Family Farm through a new friend this past April.  Prior to my first visit to your farm in May, I was seriously considering submitting my transfer request from Vermont due to the lack of advancement opportunities at my place of work here in Vermont.  

After having visited the Farm this past May, I am now re-evaluating my plans to move from Vermont and am exploring strategies for advancement either within or outside of my current job. I am currently an online MBA student at a local academic institution.  The brief conversations that we've had this past Sunday has blown fresh wind under my sails.  

I have been very discouraged with the narrow-mindedness that I routinely encounter at work since my arrival in four years ago.  I have been living in "survival mode" since then.  I am determined not to let the narrow-mindedness of people dictate my earning potential and hence, my ability to grow and make a positive impact in my community.  Also, I've had to face the fact that I can and must do more to "build up" my community - which is to interact with people/organizations whom/that I can actively support in worthwhile causes/endeavors.

My heart was glad to hear directly from Dr. Jackson Clemmons of how he came to purchase the farm, which I will always treasure and will count as a great honor.  I pray for the success of every endeavor as the Clemmons Family Farm transitions to a nonprofit organization.  There is so much RICH soil, both spiritual and natural, at the farm.  I am so happy to have found out about the farm before I submitted my transfer (God moves mysteriously). 

Again, thank you SO much for your hospitality.  You have encouraged me more than you know.  My hope is to return the favor in honor of the greatness the Clemmons family and Farm have added to the State of Vermont for over fifty years and counting.  I wish you a wonderful rest of this Sunday and a marvelous week ahead.

Warmest Regards,
Contact us at: contact@clemmonsfamilyfarm.org
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Leave us a message at: 765-560-5445

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  • What We Do
    • About Our Programs >
      • K-12 Ethnic Studies
      • Creating Healthy Communities >
        • Cancelling Miss Rona
        • A Sense of Place >
          • A Sense of Place at NEFA-CCX
      • The Agitators
      • Art >
        • A bit about the Art
        • Farm2Art Program
        • Culinary Heritage & Arts Program
      • Farm
      • Forest
      • Our Heritage
  • About
    • About Us >
      • Our Vision
      • Our Plans for the Center
    • Who We Are >
      • Jack and Lydia's Living Legacy
      • How Jack and Lydia Found and Bought the Farm
      • Holding On to Our Legacies
    • When Are We Open?
    • Press Coverage >
      • Other News >
        • 2019 Visitors Survey: Sneak Preview
        • 2018 Updates
        • 2017 Updates
        • 2016 Updates
    • What Our Community is Saying >
      • 2018 Visitor Survey Findings!
      • Feedback from other Vermont communities
    • Subscribe!
  • The Storytelling Room
    • Alone Together With Words That Heal
    • Juneteenth in the Air Program (2020)
    • 2018 To Sing of Common Things
    • Family Storytelling >
      • Farm Storytelling Channel
      • Our Storytelling >
        • Heritage, Farm & Family Stories >
          • Louisiana and Arkansas: 1800s - 1920s
          • From the South to the Mid-West: 1930s to 1950s
          • Finding and Buying the Farm
        • Vermont2Africa and Back Stories
  • Artists' Registry
    • Are You Looking for an Artist?
    • Why, Hello there, Artists!
  • Historic Buildings
    • Venue Rentals
    • Stay with Us!
    • Six Historic Buildings
    • The Barn House >
      • The Barn House Legacy
      • The Barn House Library
      • Stay with Us!
    • The Big Barn >
      • "Making History, Creating Place" Videos!
      • The Historic Water Cistern
    • The Main House >
      • About the Black Locust Trees
    • The Shop >
      • Shop Storytelling Videos
  • Please Donate!
    • Subscribe!