I have known David for 4 years. Each summer he returns to St. Helena to pick tomatoes and to give many of them to members of the OSY team. David is 56 years old making him one of the oldest migrant workers, perhaps the oldest, currently picking in South Carolina today.
David is one of those individuals that I look forward to seeing every summer. While I know that his life in the fields is phsically difficult on him, he maintains a positive attitute that I can only hope to emulate.
The photo below was taken at the request of David, a fact which makes it even more special to me. He asked me inside his room to meet his friend and of course to give me a bag of tomatoes. I promised David that I would give him a copy of this photo the next time I returned to Dempsey Camp. Unfortunately, he and the rest of the camp packed up and left for Virginia before I was able to give him a copy of this photo.
I look forward to David's return next year in May of 2013. I will have a framed copy of this photo ready to give him.
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