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CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
Annalisa Fitzsimmons
Shelley Ste. Marie
199 JosephiiewSt. Wingham NOG 2W0
-�ur Yultide greeting
T you this year,
Brings every good wish
or joy and good cheer!
Over $2,000
donated for
Ethiopia
Volunteers working with
the Mennonite Central Com-
mittee report a "wonderful"
response tc the organiza-
tion's three-day sale of
SELFHEL? craft items and
the call for donations for
African relief.
Mrs. Abner Martin of RR
1, Atwood said some $1,081
had been donated for
blankets for Ethiopia and
another $1,085 had been
contributed to the Canadian
Foodgrains Bank.
"Besides that people
brought in from 25 to 30
blankets — blankets in really
good condition," Mrs.
Martin said. "One woman
donated an afghan which she
had made and I had others in
wondering about donating
baby clothing. The im-
portant thing is that people
want to help and if some of
the items aren't suitable for
Ethiopia, I'm sure the
committee can use them in
relief programs elsewhere."
The amount donated to the
Canadian Foodgrains Bank
will be matched by the Cana-
dian government through the
Canadian International De-
velopment Agency (CIDA)
on a three to one basis. This
means that over $4,000 will
be going to the Foodgrains
Bank.
Through the Foodgrains
Bank a donation of $370 will
buy and ship one tonne of
wheat to Ethiopia — enough
to feed 5,000 families for one
day.
Besides the Listowel area,
Mrs. Martin said a number
of people from the Wingham
area made donations.
The Mennonite Central
Committee also had a good
response to its sale of craft
items from developing
nations. The money from the
items goes directly to the
craftspeople making them.
Mennonite Central Com •
-
mittee constituent groups
have pledged todonate 30,000
blankets for use in .Ethiopia
by Jan. 31, 1985. A donation
of $2 buys a blanket for a
child and a ; donation of $5
buys, a blanket for an . adult.
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parade in Mount Forest on Dec. 8.
Foodgrains Bank aids
many famine victims
International concern over - they are also designated to
the Ethiopian famine crisis the account of one of the
appears likely to push dona-. seven partners, or 'to the
tions to the Canadian Food- general account.
grains Bank (CFB) well over In addition to serving each
the $3,000,000 mark. of the partners, the . CFB's
One cargo of wheat al- small staff arrange for pur-
ready is on its way to Ethio- chase and shipment of
pia and a second is being or- grains. Shipments are ac-
ganized, according to the. cepted at the port of entry,
CFB Executive Director normally by -church workers
Bert Loewen. At the same and delivered inland to the
time, record amounts of needy.
grain and cash donations are The first shipmen in the
arriving daily for the inter- current campaign for Ethio
church agency. pia left Montreal on Nov. 6
Seven church denomina- and was due to arrive by the
.tions are partners in the first week of December, ac-
Foodgrains Bank, which is . cording to Mr. Loewen. It's a
3,000 -tonne wheat shipment
on behalf of Lutheran World
Relief.
A second shipment was ar-
ranged -for the end of No-
vember. On behalf of the
Mennonite Central Commit-
tee (Canada), 4,000 tonnes
were sent to northern Ethio-
pia through the neighboring
country of Sudan.
On the same vessel, a 2,000
tonne shipment is destined
for the Christian Relief and
Development Association in
Addis Ababa. Partners in
this project include the Unit-
ed Church of. Canada, Cana-
dian Baptist Federation,
Pentecostal Assemblies of
Canada and Christian Re-
formed World Relief Com-
mittee.
This brings total ship -
described as "a Christian re-
sponse to hunger". The CFB
last year raised $1.8 million
in grain and cash from
donors. Each dollar or
bushel donated is matched
three-tn-one by CIDA, the
Canadian International De-
velopment Agency (CIDA).
A CIDA official has con-
firmed that the agency will
continue this three -to -one
match for up to $4 million in
donations. This give the CFB
partners a potential $i6 mil-
lion for food aid overseas for
famine relief and for de-
velopment.
If the need in Ethiopia
should be filled, Mr. Loewen
says, the partner likely will
direct shipments to other
African nations also suffer-
ing famine.
In the first year, 28,900 ton- ments of grain through the
nes of raw wheat, corn and CFB to Ethiopia since last
beans were shipped to El summer to 12,500 tonnes.
Salvador, Peru, India, Upper This food supply, under
Volta, Ethiopia, Sudan, Sim- drought conditions, is
babwe, Mozambique, Kenya enough to feed approximate -
and Haiti. ly 175,000 people for six
As donations are accepted o months. A 00 o 450
typical daily serv-
ing v-
gra
DON'T OVERCLEAN
Don't overclean your
leather and suede garments,
says Margaret Loewen,
clothing and textiles
specialist with the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and
Food's rural organizations
and services branch.
Frequent dry cleaming
removes oils which help
soften the skins and in time,
they become dry and stiff.
Prompt attention to •spills
and stains may help you
avoid making a trip to the
dry cleaners.
Use a damp cloth on
leather. For suede, let the
stain dry and then gently
brush the mark with a suede
brush, holding the garment
over a steaming kettle.
wheat can be delivered to the
receiving country port of
entry for approximately 13
cents., Because of the three-
to -one matching contribution
when donations are made
through the Foodgrains
Bank, a $32.50 donation be-
comes enough, to feed 1,000
people for a day.
Information may be ob-
tained by writing directly to:
Canadian Foodgrains Bank,
P.O.. Box 767, Winnipeg, MB,
E3C 2L4.
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The Wingham Advance -Times, Dec. 19, 1984—Page 7B
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