Youngstown church raises funds to buy cows, fish for Third World countries

Youngstown church raises funds to buy cows, fish for Third World countries

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning Valley has seen few signs of spring, though perhaps the closest and most-colorful one can be found on 3-year-old Julianna Brubaker’s face.

“They do what they can to make it fun for the kids,” said Julianna’s father, Mike Brubaker, while his daughter was having a purple-and-pink butterfly painted on her cheek.

Mike Brubaker was referring to today’s second annual family carnival at Zion Lutheran Church, 3300 Canfield Road.

The church’s Sunday school hosted the two-hour gathering to raise money for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America’s project called God’s Global Barnyard. Proceeds benefit a world-hunger effort and are to be used to buy cows, fish and other animals for Third World countries, noted Cher Theisler, the Sunday school program’s superintendent.

The animals will provide sustenance and self-sustainability for many people in those parts of the world, she explained, noting that last year’s fest brought in about $2,700.

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