Hope Seeds Celebration Dinner and Concert featuring Don Wharton

Hope Seeds, a Christian not-for-profit organization dedicated to solving world hunger and sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ, is hosting a fundraising dinner and concert at the Jackson Civic Center on Tuesday, April 26.

The dinner, catered by “The Glenn” restaurant of Charleston, Missouri, will begin at 5:30 p.m. Entrees include your choice of Chicken Breast, Pork Cutlet or Vegetarian. Price of the dinner tickets is $25/plate and includes admission to the concert. The concert, featuring Don Wharton, begins at 7 p.m. The concert is free-will offering. Come for the dinner, for the concert or for both. Contact Dave Crites at (573) 579-3407 to RSVP for the dinner.

Hope Seeds, established 17 years ago, is headquartered in Bradenton, Florida, and has a research facility and teaching campus in Bertrand, Missouri. Their mission is accomplished by sending quality garden seed around the world and educating people about sustainable farming. Hope Seeds has provided over 10 million packets of seed to undernourished communities in 63 countries. More information may be found at the Hope Seeds website hopeseeds.org.

Don Wharton is a Christian singer, songwriter and humorist from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Don left a teaching/coaching position at Concordia College in Ann Arbor, MI in 1979 to pursue a full-time music ministry. He has performed over 3,000 concerts at churches, schools and conventions in all 50 states and three foreign countries. He has written over 250 songs, recorded 20 album projects, written 3 books and 5 screenplays, and survived one plane crash. On Aug. 13, 1993, Don was one of seven survivors of a small plane crash into the Bering Sea near Nome, Alaska. The group was returning from a missionary/humanitarian aid trip to the Russian Far East when their plane experienced fuel problems and was forced to land on the ocean near Sledge Island, some 27 miles from Nome, Alaska. The plane sank into the ocean a minute after the group exited the plane. Until help arrived, they were forced to float in the 3 to 6 foot waves of 36-degree water with only the aid of empty five-gallon gas cans. See donwharton.com for further information.

Don Wharton at the Great Wall