THE STORY OF ADA FLORENCE KINTON COMPLETE - HOPE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER A DONATION TO THE SALVATION ARMY FOOD BANK

In the November 1st issue of Curious; The Tourist Guide, the final chapter of the year-long feature article on the life and charitable work of Ada Florence Kinton, will be published. It already appears in this collection of Gravenhurst blogs. You can find all of them in this past year's inventory of blog submissions, should you wish to read the earlier chapters. We have just recently posted the November column in advance. The column collection will be submitted to the archives of the National Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Ontario, as Miss Kinton, while a well known member of the Salvation Army, was also a talented artist and art instructor in Ontario.

The column series, over the year, in this widely circulated publication, was dedicated to the Gravenhurst Food Bank, operated of course by the Salvation Army in our community. As Miss Kinton worked, in her early years with the Salvation Army, in the soup kitchens of Victorian era Toronto, she knew the ravages of hunger on society's most vulnerable. She went on to write many insightful and uplifting articles for The War Cry in her final years of life, passing away after a lengthy illness, in the Town of Huntsville, in the district she cherished.

I hope the series has inspired some donations, in her name, (not mine) for the benefit of food banks here and in other communities that need the services of kindly volunteers, and generous donors. It is a tough economic time to be asking the communities of Ontario for help, but the need is still very much the case, and is expected to rise substantially if economic conditions worsen. I hope these columns have been enjoyable to read, and somewhat inspiring. Hers was a full life, despite the reality she died at a relatively young age. Her devotion to helping others has always served as a great inspiration to me, and it is the reason I have returned to re-write this biography numerous times…….from what I originally wrote for a local publication more than a decade ago. It has now been re-published four times, reaching a substantial audience.

Please consider making a donation to the food bank in your community, to help out our neighbors in need. God Bless.