GRAIN DONATIONS are accepted by the parish IF and when the farmer transfers ownership of the grain to the parish using the proper Grain Transfer Form found on the parish website, your parish office, and at several local grain elevators.  [Please note: the custom where by farmers take a load of grain to their local cooperative and ask the cooperative to write a check out to the parish is illegal according to IRS rules and thus the parish has the right and WILL REFUSE to accept grain checks using this procedure.  If we accept checks like this, the grain cooperative (not the farmer) will receive the donation credit.]  Once the form is completed by the farmer and given with the grain to the grain cooperative, the grain cooperative is to contact the parish office to notify the staff that the parish is now the owner of the grain.  It is then the responsibility of the parish staff to sell the grain at its discretion.  The grain donor will then receive a letter of acknowledgement for the number of bushels of grain given to the parish.  We are grateful for any and all donations which are made to the parish for the mission of the parish.  The most convenient donations are made via cash donations [cash or check] from the donors’ bank account.  If you have any questions, please contact your parish office.  Thank you.