10K Bushel Project

Don King & Dean Sweenie at the grill

On Tuesday October 7 ACF kicked off the 2014
10K Bushel project with a cookout for farmers at
Atherton Grain in Normandy, Illinois. ACF volunteers served over 50 grill cooked meals to farmers throughout the Walnut area. On Thursday, Michlig Grain made their farmers aware of the project to help at-risk children in our communities and around the world in Bradford, Illinois. ACF and Michlig employees served lunches to over 60 farmers and their workers during the 1-hour time. Friday, Michlig Grain was at it again in throughout the farming region of Bureau County delivering some delicious pork chop sandwich lunches. With the farmers harvesting their crops this time of year it is difficult to get these hard-working people to slow down for lunch. So, we made it easier for them as we hand delivered many of the chops. Maybe next year we will call this day "chops for crops". On October 16, ACF and Michlig Grain are partnering up one more time to serve the farmers in the Cambridge, Illinois area.

ACF volunteers and local farmers

Another Child is pleased to be partnering with great agri-businesses like Michlig Grain, Marquis Grain, Atherton Grain, and Northern Grain Marketing.

The Purpose of the 10K Bushel Project

The 10K bushel project is an effort to involve local farmers to support vulnerable children through-out their community and world.  Local farmers are the providers of much of the world’s food. Here in the mid-west farmers have been richly blessed with the ability to grow corn in amazing quantities. Area Agri-businesses, & Another Child Foundation want to partner with local farmers to tend to the needs of at-risk children. The donation of a farmers first bushels of grain will help rid the world of malnutrition. Whether it be 25, 50, or 100 bushels, their support will help at-risk children here in Central Illinois and throughout the world!



 A special THANKS to Ron Brokaw and his staff at Atherton Grain for all of their hard work, to Amy Allen, of Michlig Grain, for her coordination efforts, to Don & Val King for their vision in helping us help others, all of the Michlig Grain staff for their willingness to help us share the needs of vulnerable children all over the world. Finally, a thank you to Dave Bohm who will be heading up the 10K Bushel Project for Northern Grain Marketing.