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Y! MyWebA step back in time yields new insights
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Monday, July 07, 2008
The Carawan family--Michelle, Chris, and 14-year-old Zachary, volunteer at Carriage Hill as a family, demonstration how a family of that time would live, eat and work. Here, Michelle picks lettuce. Staff photo by Samantha Grier.HUBER HEIGHTS — The Carawan family of New Carlisle has gone back in time to learn how to stretch their dollars and manage their stress.
As volunteers at Carriage Hill MetroParks and Farm, the Carawans don bib overalls and checkered aprons to educate visitors about life in the Miami Valley in the 1880s.
In addition to spending quality time together, their experiences at the historic farm — cooking without electricity, churning butter, playing bean bag games — have taught them some important life lessons.
"You don't need all the extras to survive," said Michelle Carawan, whose military family has faced deployment, a number of moves and evacuation from a Mississippi hurricane.
"It's all about adapting and realizing there are other things to do that don't cost money," she said. "Volunteering is something we can talk about and share. And when you volunteer, you're helping other people along the way."
