Mother knows best

(First off, I’d like to thank all my friends who have helped me so far in getting kids outside this summer at Sugar Hollow Park in Bristol VA. I have already taken about 150 children hiking this summer and it will be closer to 500 by summer’s end. Food, water, books, t-shirts, supplies - I buy them all. Below is a favorite pic of mine from a few years back, during a hiking trip with children in the fall of the year. If after reading this column, you feel you’d like to help, you may send a donation to: Planting Children/Ben Talley, P.O. Box 861, Bristol VA 24203. I hope you enjoy today’s column. Thank you.)