20140901 - Corn Harvest Food Pantries (KG)

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Kyle Grillot - Kgrillot@shawmedia.com Gary Christ (left) and Iona Dillon, 11, both of Crystal Lake work to fill burlap sacks each with five dozen ears of sweet corn to be donated to all of the McHenry County food pantries on Monday, September 1, 2014. The Bartman family has donated 3 acres of his land to be used for the crop. Around 125 bags of corn were collected this year, with the help of around 20 volunteers, approximately 7,500 ears of corn were collected.

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Kyle Grillot - Kgrillot@shawmedia.com Farmer John Bartman of Marengo watches as volunteers load up a trailer with sweet corn to be donated to all of the McHenry County food pantries on Monday, September 1, 2014. The Bartman family has donated 3 acres of his land to be used for the crop. Around 125 bags of corn were collected this year, with the help of around 20 volunteers, approximately 7,500 ears of corn were collected.

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Kyle Grillot - Kgrillot@shawmedia.com Workers load a trailer with sweet corn to be donated to all of the McHenry County food pantries on Monday, September 1, 2014. The Bartman family has donated 3 acres of his land to be used for the crop. Around 125 bags of corn were collected this year, with the help of around 20 volunteers, approximately 7,500 ears of corn were collected.

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Kyle Grillot - Kgrillot@shawmedia.com Farmer John Bartman of Marengo (left), Gary Christ of Crystal Lake, and John Nienhuis of Marengo work to distribute burlap sacks each with five dozen ears of sweet corn to be donated to all of the McHenry County food pantrieson Monday, September 1, 2014. The Bartman family has donated 3 acres of his land to be used for the crop. "Last year we were able to give to all the food pantries in the county, and they didn't really need vegetables for two weeks, hopefully we can do that again this year," said Bartman. Around 125 bags of corn were collected this year, with the help of around 20 volunteers, approximately 7,500 ears of corn were collected.

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Kyle Grillot - Kgrillot@shawmedia.com Farmer John Bartman of Marengo hands a burlap sack to Gary Christ of Crystal Lake to be donated to all of the McHenry County food pantrieson Monday, September 1, 2014. The Bartman family has donated 3 acres of his land to be used for the crop. "Last year we were able to give to all the food pantries in the county, and they didn't really need vegetables for two weeks, hopefully we can do that again this year," said Bartman. Around 125 bags of corn were collected this year, with the help of around 20 volunteers, approximately 7,500 ears of corn were collected.

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Kyle Grillot - Kgrillot@shawmedia.com Farmer John Bartman of Marengo (left) and Gary Christ of Crystal Lake work to load up a truck with burlap sacks each with five dozen ears of sweet corn to be donated to all of the McHenry County food pantrieson Monday, September 1, 2014. The Bartman family has donated 3 acres of his land to be used for the crop. "Last year we were able to give to all the food pantries in the county, and they didn't really need vegetables for two weeks, hopefully we can do that again this year," said Bartman. Around 125 bags of corn were collected this year, with the help of around 20 volunteers, approximately 7,500 ears of corn were collected.

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Kyle Grillot - Kgrillot@shawmedia.com Oran Dillon, 17, and Iona Dillon, 11, of Crystal Lake taste some of the sweet corn to too small to be donated, while collecting corn for to all of the McHenry County food pantries on Monday, September 1, 2014. The Bartman family has donated 3 acres of his land to be used for the crop. "Last year we were able to give to all the food pantries in the county, and they didn't really need vegetables for two weeks, hopefully we can do that again this year," said Bartman. Around 125 bags of corn were collected this year, with the help of around 20 volunteers, approximately 7,500 ears of corn were collected.

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Kyle Grillot - Kgrillot@shawmedia.com Aquino Dominguez of Crystal Lake throws sweet corn into a trailer to be donated to all of the McHenry County food pantries on Monday, September 1, 2014. The Bartman family has donated 3 acres of his land to be used for the crop. "Last year we were able to give to all the food pantries in the county, and they didn't really need vegetables for two weeks, hopefully we can do that again this year," said Bartman. Around 125 bags of corn were collected this year, with the help of around 20 volunteers, approximately 7,500 ears of corn were collected.

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Kyle Grillot - Kgrillot@shawmedia.com M.J. Towne of Crystal Lake divides corn into burlap sacks, each with five dozen ears of sweet corn to be donated to all of the McHenry County food pantries. The Bartman family has donated 3 acres of his land to be used for the cropon Monday, September 1, 2014. Around 125 bags of corn were collected this year, with the help of around 20 volunteers, approximately 7,500 ears of corn were collected.