Iowa community comes together to harvest 5 farm fields for grieving family
NEW TONIGHT, DANCING TO VIRAL FARMERS CAME TOGETHER IN UNION COUNTY TO HARVEST 500 ACRES OF GRAIN IN A SINGLE DAY. IT HAPPENED JUST ONE WEEK AFTER PAUL BAKER UNEXPECTEDLY PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 66. FIVE FIELDS AT THE BAKER FARM NEEDED WORK AND BAKER’S FRIENDS READILY ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE. THEY USED 18 COMBINES, 45, 40 SEMI TRUCKS AND 20 GRAIN CARTS TO GET THE JOB DONE BY NOON. BAKER’S DAUGHTERS WERE TOUCHED, BUT SAY THEY AREN’T SURPRISED. THE SMALL TOWN COMMUNITY, YOU CAN’T BEAT IT. YOU CAN’T BEAT THE GENEROSITY AND THE EXAMPLE THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE PEOPLE THAT CAME UP TODAY, THE EXAMPLE THEY’RE SETTING FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND FOR THEIR CHILDREN’S CHILDREN, BECAUSE THIS IS HOW A COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER AND IS JUST IT’S WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT. IT IS ONE AREA BUSINESS AND IT’S PACKED LUNCHES FOR ALL OF THE FARMERS, STUDENTS FROM THE SAINT MALACHY SCHOOL AND CRESTON DECORATED THE LUNCH SACKS AND THEN WRO
Creston community comes together to harvest 5 farm fields in one day for grieving family
It happened just one week after Paul Baker of Creston unexpectedly passed away at the age of 66.
Updated: 10:32 AM CDT Oct 28, 2022
Dozens of Iowa farmers came together in Union County to harvest 550 acres in a single day.It happened just one week after Paul Baker of Creston unexpectedly died at the age of 66. Five fields at the Baker farm needed work, and Baker’s friends readily accepted the challenge. They used 18 combines, 40 tractor-trailers, and 20 grain carts to get the job done by noon. Baker’s daughters were touched but say they aren’t surprised.”The small town community, you can’t beat it. You can’t beat the generosity and the example that every single one of these people who came out today, the example they’re setting for their children, for their children’s children. Because this is how a community comes together and it’s just what life is all about,” Baker’s daughter, Meredith Wulf, said.A local business provided sack lunches for the farmers. Students from the Saint Malachy School in Creston decorated the lunch sacks and wrote every farmer a thank you note.
CRESTON, Iowa —
Dozens of Iowa farmers came together in Union County to harvest 550 acres in a single day.
It happened just one week after Paul Baker of Creston unexpectedly died at the age of 66.
Five fields at the Baker farm needed work, and Baker’s friends readily accepted the challenge.
They used 18 combines, 40 tractor-trailers, and 20 grain carts to get the job done by noon.
Baker’s daughters were touched but say they aren’t surprised.
“The small town community, you can’t beat it. You can’t beat the generosity and the example that every single one of these people who came out today, the example they’re setting for their children, for their children’s children. Because this is how a community comes together and it’s just what life is all about,” Baker’s daughter, Meredith Wulf, said.
A local business provided sack lunches for the farmers. Students from the Saint Malachy School in Creston decorated the lunch sacks and wrote every farmer a thank you note.
