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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 2009-07-15, Page 8Page 8 - Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, July 15, 2009 The deadline for submissions for the Aug. 5 issue of the Lucknow Sentinel will be 4 p.m.Thursday, July 30, due to the long weekend , { • Huron LLimited -Design Budd Contractors -Superior Quality Wising Stock -interlocking Paving Stone Palos, Widlwways & Driveways -Precast Retaining Walls -Various Colours of Armourstone and Nabi Stone • -Lawn Installation (hythoseefing, mechanical aeading. ) Design and Consultation Services Check us out online! www huronlandsca: in .ca Huron Landscaping is located 1/2 mile South of .t.uaknow• cili) R.R.#2 Lucknow ON, 519-529-7247 fax519.529-318! DRIVEWAYS,. SDEWALit$, : PATIOS, C UNtERIOPS &MORE PLAINYSTAMPED, EXPOSED Lucknow Growing Project doing its part BY GARIT REED Sentinel Staff ff Donating land, supplying precious food and teaching various farming practices to needy countries around the world is some- thing the Lucknow Growing project has been a big part of for ll years. The people in the proj- ect donate their time, land and compassion through the Canadian Foodgrains Bank: A Christian Response t9. Hunger. Steve Wright t, of Hol rood, a ::first Holyrood, grower for the project has donat d 16 acres of his land that will produce corn, which in turn will produce the necessary funds. WINGHAM & Q; HOSPITAL IG S "Excel nce 111-Ruml , eal4Car+e" Community Symposium. 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ALL UNITS INCLUDE FREIGHT & AIR TAX. TAXES. ADMIN. AND Llc, EXTRA • Photo by Gorit Reid First year grower for -the fuuriow Grieving Project, Steve. Wright (Holyrood) has- ' 16 aures of his land for the pro- duction of corn. AU of the money made from thecropss will go ti towards the Canadian Foodgrains Banit,:whieh :helps developing countries all aver the world: All of the money then is given to Canadian Foodgrains to be dispersed around the a world. He's not alone in this endeavor • Y , ; Bernie Burgs nearArf.' ' . Dungannon area, has donated 17 acres of his land as • well. It's a total com munity effort in Lucknow as all of the churches help , °tit by holding vat- ious fund-raisers throughout the year, to {rise money for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Donating land isn't the only thing the Lucknow Growing Project helps out with. • Wright recently took .. a trip:, to Nicaragua, which was.. part of a food study f tour. The Canadian Foodgrains B ank gives io , y.id 'reitAircds .ie+dy co also people bette Twin- ing practices and show them healthi- er and more nutri- tious ways of using the `food they make. "I went to see, basically, how Foodgrains Bank was helping put the i ug n •peo- ple,t. "I :think the whole program is . about Cog and sharing with others. The r tours are to see how we are mak- ing . a difference and showing more effbctive ways to farm, plus intro- ducing variety in their diet. It's just healthier for them to have a ' varied diet. mat Canada Foodgrains does through the .various church :organiza tions is find a=need. • They will deter- mine :in places like Nicaragua that they need_ educa- tion on, nutritional food in their farm - practices. The church organiza- tions rariiza-tions would then put together' a •pro- posal fora certain: area in . the world and then present it to Canadian Foodgrains Bank and then they would have to approve the pro- posal. In the last 11 years the Lucknow Growing Project has donated $65,000 to Canadian Foodgrains bank. What is amazing about that number is the fact, whenev- er there is a dona- tion made Canadia Foodgrains Bank, the Canadian International Development Agency will match each donation, on a four to one ratio up to an annual maxi- mullof : $25 " mil- lion. This means over the past 1I .years the Lucknow Growing _, Project has actually raised $325,000., For Wright and the rest of the pew pie that support the Lucknow Growing Project: they are overwhelmed at What a community like theirs can do when giving to the less fortunate. "Everybody who is a part of this in. the community is pulling together to. make this .project successful year after year and that's dieexciting part of it," said Wright. _ . To make a:dona- tion to Canadian Foodgrains Bank go .towww.foodr- grainsbank.ca or call 1-800-665- .0377. Submitted photo Holding • up their version of the Stanley Cup after winning the Lucknow and District Sports Complex day camp floor . hockey championships are from left to right, Damian Passmore, Logan Stanley and Riley Aitchison of the Detroit team. The event took place In the .multi- purpose room of the complex Inst Wednesday.