What was she to do? She had no money. Her wealthy uncle was not going to lend that kind of money for the town to have a party because his investments had taken a nosedive, but she was a clever young lass and knew that if everyone gave a little, then it could be done. So….
Maria announced the morning of her wedding she was making the best wedding soup ever to be tasted with just one stone…one stone? Yes. A neighbor lent her the largest pot of the village to see what she could create with one stone. Maria said she had the perfect stone ...so she filled the huge pot with water and plucked in the stone…and watched it come to a boil.
In fact most of the town had heard the rumor and so came to see this “magic” stone.
“Now, this soup tastes good, but if it had a bit of salt….” said Maria as she kissed her fingers.
“I have salt,” an interested lad exclaimed and ran off.
“Yum,” Maria said. “But with some potatoes, it will be exquisite.”
“I have potatoes,” said the judge of the town and he went to get a sack.
“Onions really spice it up nicely,” said Maria and the baker went off for onions.
Then Maria slowly suggested carrots, celery, meat, etc. Each time she tasted it, the whole village pitched in.
“Oh! The soup is done but I only have one bowl and spoon,” sighed Maria.
Tables, bowls, spoons…and then flowers and music and bread came pouring out of the houses…the wedding was the most wonderful wedding in the village’s history and the soup…everyone agreed it really was the best soup anyone had every tasted and all Maria had was one stone.
Stone Soup…it takes one stone and a little from many people.
The Genesis spinning plant co-op needs stone soup. We are establishing our Stone Soup Fund to help the cooperative members who need to finish their building after working for two years without pay…all their stones are in the building.
How does it work?
We need 100 people to:
- Donate $10
- Phone 10 people and get a commitment from them to give $10 each and also phone 10 people.
So...100 people give $10 and get 1,000 people to give $10 and get 10,000 people to give just $10. This will fund the completion of the spinning plant. $10 is very little. It will be a beautiful thing. It will be $110,000…lovely soup.
To donate online or send a check go to www.jhc-cdca.org/credit.html
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-- Kathleen & Becca
