According to the Canadian Wheat Board, the projected wheat yield for this fall is 37.5 bushels per acre, and for the sake of this blog I will use that number for my calculations. In a further effort to make this easier for me, I will also overlook some other variants that would likely affect the calculations.

If we harvest 250 acres, the projected yield for the Harvest for Kids field would be 9375 bushels. With an estimated 60lbs per bushel of wheat, that would produce around 393,750lbs of white flour and approximately 308,823 loaves of bread weighing 2lbs each. If the wheat were to be made into whole wheat flour it would produce 562,500lbs of flour and approximately 441,176 loaves of bread. That’s a lot of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

Since we will already be breaking one world record on the Harvest for Kids field… perhaps we should try to break another one by using the wheat harvested and bake the world’s largest loaf of bread. Someone would probably have to build the world’s largest oven and the world’s largest bread pan, anybody up for the challenge?

Jonny’s Java… ‘The place to be!’
Okay so maybe that’s not their actual slogan but it has definitely been true for me today as Jonny’s has their Donation Monday, the first Monday of every month, where all sales go to a local organisation. Today’s organisation was Children’s Camps International (that’s us!) and we want to say a huge thanks to Jonny’s Java for their help in bringing hope to children around the world. It only takes $5 to send a child to camp and allow them to hear the Gospel of Jesus, that’s about one child for every two drinks sold!

Jonny’s Java, located in the Southland Mall, has been open since March 2010 and right from the start they have been committed to supporting the local community, raising awareness and giving generously to various organisations. In addition to Donation Monday, any tips left when using your debit/credit card go towards sponsoring 7 year old Derwin Daonil Dipre Vasquez in the Dominican Republic as well as an organisation called Coffee Kids.

Be sure to stop in at Jonny’s Java today, or any time you’re needing that extra caffeine kick for your day, especially when you can enjoy a delicious drink and support your community at the same time.
Check out their website and their Facebook page.

Jonny’s Java… ‘The world is bigger than us.’