Local farmer gives $2,500 through America’s Farmers Grow CommunitiesSM
(left to right): Pastor Gerry Wiley; Tara Sanders, winning farmer; Kyler Sanders and Cayson Sanders, children of winning farmer; Austin Sanders, husband of winning farmer; Tommy Bertling, Monsanto representative; Taegan Sanders, child of winning farmer.
SEADRIFT, Texas (March 21, 2012) – Every week, more than 70 children from the community gather at First Baptist Church of Seadrift Texas on Wednesday night for a free meal and fun and games. Providing meals and learning materials each week for any child who wants to attend the program can be expensive, especially for a program funded by community donations. Tara Sanders, a farmer in Calhoun County, recognized this need and recently designated $2,500 to the youth program at First Baptist Church of Seadrift Texas through America’s Farmers Grow CommunitiesSM.
“This program is reaching out to the youth of the community, and it is important because it’s the only one of its kind in Seadrift,” Sanders said.
The church will use the $2,500 to purchase audio-visual equipment and kitchen supplies.
“Our program draws in a lot of kids from the community because we live in an impoverished area and this may be the best meal these kids will get all week,” said Carol Wiley, secretary at the church.
In a ceremony held on March 21 at the church, Sanders got the chance to present the youth program with the $2,500 donation.
Through America’s Farmers Grow Communities:
Farmers in 1,245 eligible counties have the chance to win $2,500 for their favorite community nonprofit organizations.
The Monsanto Fund has invested more than $3.1 million to rural communities this year alone.
More than $352,500 in total has been donated to nonprofits in Texas.
A list of all winners and more information can be found at www.growcommunities.com.
Grow Communities is part of a broad commitment by the Monsanto Fund to invest in farm communities such as Calhoun County. It aims to highlight the important contributions farmers such as Sanders make every day to our society.
About the Monsanto Fund:
The Monsanto Fund, the philanthropic arm of the Monsanto Company, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening the farm communities where farmers and Monsanto Company employees live and work. Visit the Monsanto Fund at www.monsantofund.org.
