Last year, at the final auction of the year, two calves were sold, to help Michelle Libregts take care of her daughter after her husband, Alex, passed away on November 25^th, 2005. 

With your support, I wish to do this every year for the kids who lost a parent.  The only thing that I would wish to change is that fewer children would need our help.  I know that money will not buy happiness, because you can’t put a price on kid’s fathers, but hopefully it will make their misery easier.  Let’s make sure their financial futures are taken care of, for their lives will be hard enough without their fathers.  Let’s give them chance to become whatever they wish to be in life, not what life forces them to be.

Part 1

The calf being sold will be a grain fed, AAA, Angus steer, weighting over 1200 pounds. If you choose to purchase the animal, you may wish to keep the calf for yourself or donate it to families in need.  The calf, once sold will be slaughtered, cut, wrapped and frozen at Ben’s Meats.  I will personally deliver the meat, to the destination of your choice.  Whoever receives this calf in the end will know with each meal that so many were helped.  Beef producers, if you buy cattle for year-end, PLEASE, save a little room in your budget and your heart for one more, even if you only own it for a few minutes while we do the paperwork (manifest and sales receipt) for you to keep.

Please keep in mind that this is the only calf that I have and I’ve purchased for it over the course of the past year, specifically for the purpose of selling it to help these children so that they may have decent education and future.  I hope this calf will receive more support than any other single calf ever sold, because it represents so much loss and will benefit so many young families.  100% of the money raised will be split equally between the children, and be placed into a trust account, one for each child, that will require two signatures (one from each side of the family to withdraw money for the child’s needs).

Any and all bids or donations are welcome, whether it’s from a single person, a family, a group, or a company.  Anything to help these kids is appreciated, even it if is just one single loonie.  This is the only calf there is to help these kids, so please bid, and show what a helping hand is worth to you. Let’s make more than the current market price.

Part 2

There will be one more stuffed calf given to a child, with $1000 cheque donated by myself, and a homemade Christmas calf baby blanket, hand made by my mother, Sylvia Schan, accompanied by a complete list of every person’s name, and/or Company that helped with the fundraiser.  The child to receive this will be the first child born between now and our furthest donation after 12 a.m. December 25^th 2006.  This way, one calf will represent a life, not the loss of a life.

Rick Casson will be presenting this to the family as our M.P., and a well-respected member of our community. 

There will be a song followed by one minute of silence to remember the ones lost before the auction begins.