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Rapid City woman finds way to get fresh produce to the poor and homeless

Dakota Digest - 09/02/2011

By Victoria Wicks

This summer a Rapid City woman developed the Food Share Program, a system for getting fresh produce to homeless and other poor people. Shirley Frederick says she’s finding that her effort doesn’t meet the need, but it’s a beginning, and she’s hoping to expand the program next year.

Photo by Victoria Wicks: Shirley Frederick and Dale Casteel. Frederick says Casteel has donated more than 350 pounds of produce to the Food Share Program, which has to date gathered more than 3,000 pounds of food. 




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