Every year the staff of First Presbyterian, as part of our personal charitable giving, jointly make a donation to Heifer International. Here is a quotation from their literature about their history and purpose:
Heifer International's mission is to work with communities to end hunger and poverty and care for the Earth.
Dan West was a farmer from the American Midwest and member of the Church of the Brethren who went to the front lines of the Spanish Civil War as an aid worker. His mission was to provide relief, but he soon discovered the meager single cup of milk rationed to the weary soldiers once a day was not enough.
And then he had a thought: What if they had not a cup, but a cow?
That "teach a man to fish" philosophy is what drove West to found Heifer International. And now, nearly 70 years later, that philosophy still inspires our work to end hunger and poverty throughout the world once and for all…
The goal of every Heifer project is to help families achieve self-reliance. We do this by providing them the tools they need to sustain themselves, and it's thanks to the generosity of donors like you.
You have the power to give a hungry family the training it takes to feed themselves and their children; to give a young girl a chance at an education; to empower a woman to have a voice in her community. Together, we can change the world, one family, one community, at a time. And it all starts with a gift.
Last Christmas and the one before, the staff contributed enough to buy a water buffalo for a needy family. This year we are sending a girl to school.
If you would like to learn more about Heifer International and its work, visit http://www.heifer.org.
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