The Morden Corn and Apple Festival is a much anticipated summer festival and town celebration. Estimates have put attendance between 50,000 and 60,000 people over three days. This year A Rocha reached out to festival goers at a booth manned all three days. People who came to the booth showed genuine concern about the environment and were eager to learn about ways they could be active in creation care.

A big hit with the kids were all the origami frogs folded by Myra Danielson and Nolan McGregor (A Rocha’s summer intern in the Pembina Valley). The frogs immediately caught kids’ eyes, and as Susan Pharaoh showed how to make them “hop”, Nick Pharaoh and Nolan engaged the parents and handed out information about A Rocha. There was a tremendous response from people wanting further information both about A Rocha and how to better care for creation.

Special thanks go out to Nolan for anchoring the booth, to Paul and Valerie Goosen for organization, and to John and Sharron Weins, Megan Krohn, Elma and Henry Martens and Myra and Larry Danielson, as well as all the other volunteers behind the scenes – we are grateful for your hard work!

We’re hoping to have the booth again next year, and who knows… maybe even a float in the Corn and Apple Parade?

Nick and Susan Pharaoh,
A Rocha Field Study Centre, Pembina Valley, Manitoba