Huron Expositor, 2000-07-12, Page 7Agriculture
THE HURON EXPOSITOR, July 12, 2000-7
Foodgrains project feeds families
in countries where food is needed
It is supper time. The
children are hungry and
their big brown eyes look
searchingly at their mother.
The cupboard shelves arc
empty. There is nothing
cooking on the grill again
tonight. They can't ask any
of the neighbours for help
because they, too, are
desperate. Their little back
yard gardens have wilted
just like their own in the
blistering hot sun.
Even the water jugs are
empty and no one seems to
have the strength to walk
25 kilometres to the public
well. How long can they
survive? Does anyone out
there care about them?
For those of us who live
here in southwestern
Ontario, this could only
seem like a nightmare.
When our children
complain about the
refrigerator being empty it
usually means that it just
has the basics rather than
"good stuff."
If the cupboards are bare
we can slip up to Knechtels
and bring home another
week's supply or just phone
and order a pizza.
Not so for many of our
third world neighbours.
They could survive on
what we scrape off our
dinner plates every night.
Yes, we live in separate
worlds it seems. So what
could we possibly do to
help. Often, monetary
donations to these far away
places fall into the hands of
corrupt governments and
the people who truly need
the help never seem to get
it.
What can we do?
Many of you have
already reached out by
aiding the local Seaforth
and area foodgrains bank
project: For seven years
now the local churches
have grown corn, wheat
and soybeans to feed the
hungry of the world. There
has been an overwhelming
response by the people of
Seaforth and area to keep
this project alive and it is.
one of the largest of its
kind in all of Ontario.
This year 100 -acres of
soybeans are growing just a
mile east of Seaforth. Most
of the inputs have been
donated by local suppliers
and the stones have been
picked, the land has been
worked and the crop has
been planted by local
farmers who give so
generously of their time.
All makes and models of
equipment and all the local
churches were working
side-by-side for the
common good of mankind.
It is truly "a Christian
response to world hunger,"
a slogan used by the
Foodgrains program.
Go back now to that little
shack, the hungry,
desperate looks on the
children's faces, the mother
who has no food for her
Scott Hilgendorff photo
The Canadian Foodgrains Banks projects in Huron County received $5,000 from the
interdenominational church service, held for the Huron International Plowing Match (IPM) last
September in Zurich. Taking part in the cheque passing at the Seaforth Foodgrains project were
(from left) Ontario Foodgrains Bank co-ordinators David and Kathryn Mayberry; IPM church
service co-ordinators Bruce and Margaret Whitmore; Huron IPM Chair Graeme Craig and
Seaforth Foodgrains Project member Jim Murray. The IPM church service, held September 19,
1999, was attended by more than 3,500 people. Money collected at the service for the
Foodgrains Bank will be matched 4-1 with CIDA and additional Canadian government funding.
family. Change the facts
just a little. Today a large
shipment of corn came into
their arca. The bags are all
labeled with the words
"Canada Foodgrains."
Every family in the village.
got a bag. Supper is
cooking and the children
are smiling as they play
with the neighbour
children. Everyone will
sleep well because they
won't have that aching feel
of hunger tonight.
Tomorrow they will fetch
the water and refill all their
jugs. Hope has returned.
Tomorrow, looks
optimistic. Maybe it will
rain soon and the fields will
produce again. Thank God
for those people in that far
away place called Canada.
They must really care to do
this for strangers that they
have never met. They must
he really special. God bless
them all for caring and
sharing.
by Janneke Murray
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Scott Hilgendorff photo
Students from St. Thomas Anglican Church's youth group took part in a a -30-hour famine'.
effort to raise $1,115 for the foodgrains project. Members of the youth group gathered on o
weel ' at the church this spring where they played games and entertained themselves as
they went without food (just water and juice) for 30 hours, collecting pledges for their efforts.
Among the students taking part were (front, left) Adam McKichan, Jill McKichan, Stephanie
Bach, Craig Nicholson, Tim Robinson )back, left) Dole Ann McKichan, Ryan Nicholson, Mike
Dillon and Jim Murray (receiving the cheque on behalf of the Canadian Food Grains Bank.
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