Kelly Curry | Washington, DC
This past Friday, I walked into a community recreation and art center here in Washington DC.
They are giving out fresh fruits, greens, vegetables and herbs to families during a hunger crisis, in which an estimated 16 million children will go without food here in the US because of the SNAP withholdings.
HONGRY =(
When I spoke out who we are “The Electric Smoothie Lab Apothecary from Oakland, California and we want to make fresh smoothies at your next food distribution,” I felt the divine presence of Ancestors, Creator and Beloved Community…including all of you who have supported and witnessed…participated in our becoming. The truth and force of the words, the reasons Electric Smoothie exists…the mission and the purity of it…in the face of this terrible moment in North American history both broke my heart and filled me with purpose.
For a few seconds I was suspended in time kinda’ floating in the cosmos as the life and journey of this small but vital, mighty project…Electric Smoothie…flashed before my eyes and I traversed in a flash every step, every breath I’d taken since we launched Electric Smoothie…11 years ago.
I held it together though as the Director of the donating farm gave my friend Nancy and I a tour of the facility and I saw where folks would be cued up…a large room with a stage…an auditorium. The seriousness and the depth of the moment washed over me.
It was the same feeling that came over me 11 years ago, standing in West Oakland on 7th Street, the old headquarters of The Black Panthers, blending smoothies with a bright eyed, intelligent boy child who had diabetes and had never even heard of a smoothie, but was deeply encouraged when I told him it could make him healthier…he was only eight years old.
God spoke to me in that moment and Electric Smoothie Lab was born.
Back on the ground, here in the present, The Farm Director was telling us they’d hosted about 400 families. The folks I saw walking out had an assortment of fresh living food…potatoes, carrots…apples, oregano, rosemary, thyme, basil, mint, kale, bok choy and other deep fluffy greens poking out of brown paper sacs, full of life and hope for health, healing, joy, love and abundance.
We made a deal to go back this Friday and blend!
PLEASE ❤️
DONATE
We’ll use their fruits & greens but we’ll need more supplies. We’ll need bananas, berries, ginger, bottled spring water, cups, lids, cutting boards…that room is a lil stuffy so we’ll need lots n’ lots of ice to make cold, delicious, inspiring electric Electric Smoothies. I’m hoping we can use Nancy’s knives…My God Daughter “Floppy” Phelora is coming in from Baltimore to help…will you help too?! Please make a contribution to support our work!
No amount is too great or small at https://venmo.com/u/mns_fhad
This link takes you to Jimmy Jam our donations facilitator! Another helper…please add your name to The Electric Smoothie helpers list!!!! Sending love & hugs from DC ❤️