07/25/2026
Sometimes all it takes is one beautiful idea. When customers Jeff and Graham Murtaugh wondered how to get a chilled watermelon to the firefighters on the Akawa Butte Fire, that simple act of care sparked something bigger. 🍉 Together with the Murtaughs, our produce partners at 🍉🍊🍌🍏🫐🍇 and United Salad Co., and all of us at Oliver Lemon’s Market, that thought became hundreds of pieces of fresh fruit for the people working tirelessly to protect our community.
If you’re serving on the as a firefighter, support crew member, pilot, mechanic, dispatcher, or in any other role, please stop by Oliver Lemon’s in downtown Sisters and help yourself. We’ve got watermelons, blueberries, oranges, and our heartfelt thanks waiting for you.
A special thank you to Sisters-Camp Sherman FD, , USDA Forest Service Oregon, and every agency and crew working together to protect our community. We are so grateful for your courage, your sacrifice, and your unwavering commitment. 🙏
And if you’ve been displaced by the fire and a little fresh fruit would brighten your day, please know this gift is for you too. 💛
Graham ended his poem with these words:
“I ponder how to mail a chilled watermelon to the front.”
Turns out, in Sisters, you don’t have to mail one. You simply tell your neighbors.
Thank you to Jeff & Graham Murtaugh, Caruso Produce, United Salad, and everyone who helped turn compassion into action.
Thank you, Sisters Rodeo and The Sisters Country for helping us spread the word so this reaches the people who need it most.
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Stay safe, everyone. We’re all rooting for you. ❤️🍉🍊🫐