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Six enthusiastic volunteers arrived in a neighborhood off Green Valleyâs Abrego Drive on Friday to glean citrus from a late-harvest grapefruit tree called Old Betsy (best estimates place her at 45 years), coming from afar.Â
They are part of Iskashitaa Refugee Network and have been living in the Tucson area from four months to five years. They are from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Cameroon, Nicaragua and Syria. Iskashitaa founder/director Barbara Eiswerth was also on deck, and group photographer Gretchen Crossley. Â