foods resource bank

Sundays, April 10 and 17
Donations will be accepted
$20 will purchase one row of crop

Since 2004, we have participated in the Foods Resource Bank (FRB) crop project. The project pulls together our congregation, farmers and individuals who work together to share resources and raise money. The process includes personal donations of money, land, equipment and labor, planting the crop, harvesting that crop and finally selling it.

In 7 years our congregation has contributed $46,310 to the project which has resulted in $116,800 going to missional outreach around the world. This represents a return on our investment of 253%. In 2010, we dispursed money to a Clean Water Well project and the school project in Mozambique.

We have farmers at Orchard Hill involved in Foods Resource Bank. What I love is how over the past seven years, we've focused to tie the FRB work into two existing partnerships our congregation has...one in Haiti and the other in Mozambique. When we focus our efforts like this, we can strengthen relationships, learn more together, cultivate community, and be more effective in wholistic transformation.