Merry Christmas

   Merry Christmas to everyone.  I have enjoyed meeting with and working along with our fellow Christians involved in Foods Resource Bank.  This Christmas we can feel proud of the work we do helping others achieve their goals to make their life and those of their villages better.  The FRB site http://foodsresourcebank.org/current-overseas-programs gives details of many of these projects.  As our own growing project ends their year and prepares for another we often chose a special project to help fund.  What all these have in common is the real need for basic things like water, agronomic information, market access, and whatever it takes to provide a better life.  They are also sponsored by one of our christian groups and overseen by FRB.  With so many people in need it is hard to limit which one to support.  It has been our practice to have an overseas project or two for the Somonauk Growing Project and the Earlville
Project supports their choices.  The projects work with a group of farmers supporting the effort with an acre or several.  My acres were part of the corn field that was lost to flooding and replanted to soybeans.  I was pleased by the yield for such a late planting and will deliver them to the local elevator who sends the payment to our local project.  Both Projects also work with churches whose congregation members donate money for their "acres" and go into that local project.  The third way money is raised is jointly at the Harvest Celebration.  Again Thank You for however you were a part of our group and have a Merry Christmas.                                                                 Serving Together, Dean Lundeen