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Seeds of Hope - Thank You Campers!
SEEDS OF HOPE: We want to say thank you to all the individual campers and staff who
donated through the Ewalu canteen to the local Seeds of Hope growing project of Foods
Resource Bank during the 2007 summer camping season. We are very grateful for your gift of
$2,346.31 which will help people in some of the world’s poorest villages. FRB, a
Christian response to world hunger, is made up of growing projects around the U.S. which
raise crops to sell in order to buy seeds, animals, tools, instruction, water supply,
whatever is needed to produce enough food for people in many parts of the world to feed
themselves and their families. When they are able to grow more food than they need, they
can share, barter or sell to purchase staples and basic medicines and send all their
children to school. Our goal is to enable people to feed themselves, make extra money for
education and create new lives. To learn more about FRB, see foodsresourcebank.org. Thank
you for being a part of this ministry! Why not consider a cash donation to the
Seeds of Hope growing project? Special gift cards have been prepared and are
available from Harry Blobaum, 563-933-4062. |
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FRB is a non-government, humanitarian
organization committed to providing food security in developing countries through
sustainable, small-scale, agricultural production. Funds
from “Seeds of Hope” are matched by USAID (United States Agency for
International Development) before being sent on to Guatemala. There, one of 15 cooperating
church agencies will help provide seed for community gardens, greenhouse construction
expertise, improved stoves that emit less toxic smoke while using less wood, forestry
projects and more. No money is used for food
handouts. Four Strawberry
Point churches (St. Sebald Lutheran, St. Mary Catholic, United Methodist, and Emanuel
Lutheran) have combined efforts now for four years to help alleviate world hunger through
the Seeds of Hope growing project. The idea is simple.
Churches and individuals in rural communities find the land and provide the
knowledge and labor to do what farming communities do best – grow a crop. Urban churches and individuals provide financial
resources to pay for rent, seed, fertilizer and equipment for planting and harvesting. At least 5 new growing projects from as close as Seeds of Hope
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