The Rural Voice, 1995-09, Page 45Waterloo Community Foundation's
special Waterloo Region
International Plowing Match 1995
fund. The interest from whatever
money is turned over will be used to
fund local projects in health,
education and agriculture thereby
leaving a lasting benefit in the
community. "That's a first," says
Cressman. "It's never been done
beforeto set up a trust fund."
But beyond that, there's a
tremendous impact on
community development
because of the community working
together to make the match a success.
It's important to community
sustainability, Cressman says. The
motivation for the hundreds of
volunteers is not personal glory but
community building, in proving your
county can live up to, or better, the
matches staged in other counties in
the past. But in working together,
people develop new skills and new
confidence. "Until you get intimately
involved you don't understand the
people -development that goes on,'
says Cressman who also happened to
have a PhD in psychology. "My
challenge (as chairman) is to assure
these folks have the resources to do
the job, and we have to do it right the
first time. There's no saying, 'well,
we'll do it better next year'."
Brunton also remembers the
community involvement involved in
the two times Bruce hosted the IPM.
"You knew of people but you'd
never met them before," he says of
the huge numbers of volunteers who
come together to prepare for the
match.
McGavin says the sheer size of
the volunteer requirements is
intimidating. "It's almost a scary
undertaking. You wonder where
you'll get all the help," he says but
then the word gets out that a match is
in the offing and people start coming
forward.
The right to hold the match are
awarded at least three years in
advance to allow the local
committees to get organized. The
prosposed site of the match has a big
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