Gaylord and Lois Mierau speak about their Ethiopia tour.

Joan Janzen
for The Clarion

Kindersley’s Prairie West Growing Project (PWGP) hosted their annual banquet on Friday, Nov. 23, at the Elks Hall in Kindersley. The event was a show of appreciation for all those who have assisted in PWGP’s efforts to raise funds and awareness for the work of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank to end global hunger.

This past growing season, the growing project had a Sabbath rest for the land at NE 27-25-24-W3rd, with a day of celebration held on July 7 at that location.

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Linda Lafleur gave an overview of the Harvest Day, which took place on Sept. 16 at Pattison Agriculture Ltd., where local students found out where their food comes from, and heard about the contributions made by the farming industry.

Rick Block, regional representative for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, gave a few quick updates. He reminded the guests about the five-year renewable grant, whereby the government donates four times what is donated to the foodgrains bank, and the campaign to remind our government that Canadians care about feeding the hungry.

He noted there are currently 27 growing projects in the province, and 15 churches and/or church-based organizations involved, and then he introduced Gaylord and Lois Mierau.

Gaylord and Lois shared about their learning tour to Ethiopia in January. There they met families and orphans who receive assistance from the foodgrains bank. Teachers there spoke of hunger as a great problem because hungry students find it difficult to learn.

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