ISSUE 2010-01, JANUARY 2010

CALENDAR
WEDNESDAY Jan. 20, 2010 BRANTFORD Breakfast 7:00 AM Sherwood Restaurant 799 Colborne Street, Brantford.
THURSDAY January 21, 2010 NIAGARA Breakfast 7:00 AM Fifth Wheel, 398 N. Service (QEW&Casablanca) Grimsby.
WEDNESDAY January 27, 2010 LONDON Breakfast 7:00 AM River Valley Restaurant 1600 Highbury N. London.
TUESDAY February 2, 2010 WEST LINCOLN/ SMITHVILLE Breakfast 7:00 A.M. Maple Leaf Pancake House.
WEDNESDAY February 3, 2010 HALTON Breakfast 7:00 AM Smitty’s, 1035 Brant Street at Plains Road, Burlington.
TUESDAY February 9, 2010 WENTWORTH Breakfast 7:00 AM The Egg & I Restaurant, Duff's Corners, Ancaster.
THURSDAY February 11, 2010 WATERLOO Breakfast 7:00 AM at Galtview Restaurant, Cambridge.
WEDNESDAY Feb. 17, 2010 BRANTFORD Breakfast 7:00 AM Sherwood Restaurant 799 Colborne Street, Brantford.
THURSDAY February 18, 2010 NIAGARA Breakfast 7:00 AM Fifth Wheel, 398 N. Service (QEW&Casablanca) Grimsby.
WEDNESDAY February 24, 2010 LONDON Breakfast 7:00 AM River Valley Restaurant 1600 Highbury N. London.
WEDNESDAY February 24, 2010 WOODSTOCK Lunch 12:00 Noon Ody's Restaurant, Quality Inn, Woodstock.

Thank you to Dave Bylsma (Smithville), Robert LaLonde (Burlington), Herman Proper (Ancaster), Clarence Louter (Waterloo & Brantford), Betty Wierda (Niagara), Benjamin Girard (London). These regular participants facilitated the January Chapter Breakfasts as noted.

WOODSTOCK MONTHLY LUNCH.
A few months ago the monthly Woodstock Breakfast ended when participation dropped. On February 24 we will have our first Woodstock Luncheon, same location different time 12:00 noon. Do bring a friend or business acquaintance.

ONTARIO CHRISTIAN GLEANERS ARE GROWING
OCG’s most recent Newsletter reports, “We have about 250 people that volunteer on a regular basis. Our volunteers come from as far away as Caledonia, Grimsby, Brantford, Woodstock, Elmira, Acton, and Burlington. We are getting to be known worldwide too! We have had volunteers from Zimbabwe, Holland, Florida, Vermont, and almost every province in Canada. To date we have processed and packaged over 3 million servings of soup and over 1,500 bags of dried apples and pears. So far our food has been distributed in 25 different countries.” Such success comes with a price. OCG needs more space, more about that at www.ccbf.org/more_than_business.htm and then click on the OCG logo. OCG President John Verbinnen continuous, “If you have been following the Gleaners progress from the beginning, you may remember that there were a lot of challenges with our first dryer and we ended up changing our system to the present belt dryer. This dryer takes up a lot of space in our warehouse and creates a lot of noise for the operators, people working in the warehouse, and volunteers in the processing room. A lot of work has gone into reducing the noise, but without costly retrofitting, the noise continues to be a concern. To overcome this problem as well as alleviate the lack of adequate storage space, the Board of the OCG has decided to build an addition.  With an addition, we will move the dryer into its own room creating more storage space in the warehouse. I have attached a simple drawing of the addition showing the existing location as well as the new location of the dryer. Building plans have been submitted to North Dumfries Township and we hope to have a building permit before Christmas. The estimated cost for this addition is approximately $70,000. To date we have funds to cover approximately 30%. We pray, the Lord willing, that we can raise the balance in time to start construction by spring.  Please prayerfully consider supporting the Gleaners financially in this project.  All donations for the building fund should include a note stating that your contribution is to be designated for the new addition.” Their most recent web site entry “Soup for Haiti - Wednesday January 13, 2010 - 400,000 servings of soup were sent to help those devastated by the earthquake in Haiti.” shows how active and hands-on this organization is.

For current employment opportunities check CCBF’s Web Site www.ccbf.org/jobs.htm

Canadian Christian Business Federation 970 Bonnieview Avenue, Burlington, Ontario L7T 1T5
Phone (905) 522-8602, Fax (905) 524-1203, Cell (905) 320-9280
J. Hans Vander Stoep, Executive Director
info@ccbf.org    www.ccbf.org