promotes the self-sufficiency of poor and marginalized groups.addresses the root causes of injustice, inequity, and the lack of human dignity.We envision a spiritually grounded movement that: Instead, we look together at the immense troubles we all face on a small planet and pull together in prayer, research, repentance, and in a process of mutual transformation that reflects our shared commitment to restoring the wholeness of God’s creation by contributing to the building of a more peaceful and just world. Most of the issues identified by global partners as contributing to poverty abroad are also relevant in the United States. This effort is not about going somewhere else to do mission. Rather than replicate project-based mission, the goal of Joining Hands is to organize together in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres to campaign for peaceful social change in a globalized world. Joining Hands is committed to a holistic hunger ministry and its work is integrated with the mandate of the Presbyterian Hunger Program, outlined in the 1979 PC (USA) Common Affirmation on World Hunger. The five components of the mandate are: Relief of chronic hunger, development assistance, public policy advocacy, lifestyle integrity and hunger education. It also considers that spiritual wholeness is necessary for a sustainable community as indicated in Hope for a Global Future and adds this dimension to the five programmatic areas mentioned above.īoth presbyteries and congregations are invited to work within a denominational coalition that joins with marginalized people in ten countries, including churches, nonprofit organizations, community groups and members of other faith traditions – what we call communities of mission practice, who in disciplined ways, engage the world together through common spiritual and ethical values. “Our target is to assist in alleviating the issue of food insecurity within our community and trying to provide as much fresh produce to the community and people that are in need of it as possible,” says Emily Beale, United Way's projects and communications coordinator.The Joining Hands Initiative is an innovative way to mobilize people in focused campaigns to tackle systemic causes of hunger both in the United States and abroad as a witness to the wholeness of God’s creation. The United Way, supported by Fleming College, has also implemented three pilot projects which provide produce to nearly 300 people living in rent-geared-to-income housing who are identified as at risk for food insecurity. Most of that produce is distributed to 20 agencies and ten food banks throughout the city.
Last year that yield increased to 16,264 lbs of healthy fruits and vegetables, including more than 100 fruit trees and a robust irrigation system. Through their effort, they grew 5,500 lbs of fresh produce in their first year. Once an empty lot being used by Crayola Canada, the area was transformed after it came under the charge of United Way of Kawartha Lakes and the students and faculty of the sustainable agricultural program at Fleming College’s Frost campus for a thriving community garden at 200 Albert St South. “The work they are doing in Edwin Binney’s Community Garden benefits not only the students but the entire region." throughout the growing season, where freshly harvested vegetables, fruits, and herbs will be available while the supplies last.įleming president Maureen Adams says the knowledge the students gain from working in that garden is invaluable. The stand, located at 50 Mary Street West, runs every Tuesday from 10 a.m. The United Way of Kawartha Lakes, in collaboration with Fleming College, has opened a farm stand at Edwin Binney’s community garden.
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