Keep South Berwick Warm Community Supper
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 5-7
Spring Hill Restaurant and Banquet center
Townspeople are hosting an “old school” community supper at Spring Hill Restaurant to raise funds to supply local families with heating oil and “Keep South Berwick Warm” this winter. Soups and breads from nine local restaurateurs and bakers, raffle prizes from local merchants and a bucket at the front door for cash donations — on October 29th, the people of South Berwick are holding a very special supper at Spring Hill. It is an old fashioned community fundraiser being held by townspeople working with Social Services to help local families deal with skyhigh heating costs this winter.
Just like days gone by, there’s no set donation or entry fee — there will be a bucket by the door where people can give whatever they can to help their neighbors get thru this difficult time. Vicki Desilets, (Social Services Director) says. ” We believe that many more families in town will face the prospect of not being able to afford heating oil this winter. At this point, whatever help the community — we neighbors — can offer is desperately needed”.
To that end, restaurants in South Berwick and York are pitching in and providing soups and breads for the event. Among them are: Nature’s Way Market, Pepperland, Forgarty’s, The Catered Event, Redbarn at the Outlook Farm, The Brixham General Store, Spring Hill Restaurant, Muddy River Smokehouse, When Pigs Fly Bread. The South Berwick Senior Center, and the Red Hat Hotties are hosting a bake sale. Local merchants, The Little Hat Company, The Kittery Trading Post, Salmon Falls Gardens, Sobo Book and Bean, Vacuum Village, So Berwick Yoga and Childlight Yoga are providing prizes for raffles to be held during the event. Tickets are also available ahead of time from SoBo Book and Bean and The So Berwick Pharmacy. We also have Jeff Lind and Carl Pehrsson playing acoustic jazz music.
“With the help of a $1000.00 donation from Steve Lizio of So Berwick and the money we raise from this supper, the raffle and the donations that are made directly to the town it will give a family a few hours of heat,” says Pat Robinson, one of the key organizers. “The support we’ve gotten from the local restaurants and merchants has been very enthusiastic — if we see the community responds the same way, the event should really make a difference in local families lives this winter. If people can’t come, we hope they’ll mail in a donation. We really hope to make sure that all of the families of South Berwick stay warm this winter.”
Donations can also be made directly to the Town of South Berwick, c/o Fuel Fund, 180 Main Street, South Berwick, ME 03908.
For more information, call Pat Robinson at 207-337-2792.
I hope that everyone who is able will come to the supper, or make a donation to the town or buy raffle tickets.
Please go to the businesses who have donated and thank them for their support.
at this time there is no raffle prize from Kittery Trading Post as the volunteer who was to call was unable to make the call in time for the deadline. If we get one at a later date we will let you know
Pat
Thanks to you, the businesses and all the volunteers for planning this community fundraiser. It is very nice to live in a community that will rally together to help each other.
The Black Bean in Rollinsford will also me making soup for this supper, I am looking forward to having soup from these great businesses. I hope you are too.
one more forgotten item for this supper it is from 5 to 7 pm
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