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Paul McMenemy introduced our speaker, Ralph Meiszinger, a board member of Ontario Christian Gleaners. Their facility is on Morrison Rd, south of Cambridge. Ralph lives in Paris with his wife and 3 sons. He is past pastor of Paris Baptist Church. One of his son's has Down's syndrome and works at their facility, helping process the food. This year is their 15th Anniversary. Their modus operandi is to take surplus vegetables from local growers , dry it and make it into a nutritious soup mix . This is then shipped to hungry people in various parts of the world. Their end product is a bag of dried vegetables that can provide 100 meals. They do not do the shipping. This is done by missions etc that have a presence in needy areas. They do purchase $17,000 worth of split peas to add a protein source to the dry mix. They do not supply local food banks but share the produce if there is extra. They do not supply needy areas in Canada such as First Nations communities. Ralph was thanked by Paul. Rena reminded us that it is club assembly next week. So do not bring a guest, but come yourself as a quorum is needed. Tom the treasurer will present the budget. He will be shopping for a new pair of shoes. |
